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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The latest Listener has devoted five pages to the forthcoming Nelson mayoral election. Four and a half are devoted to former Green Party candidate Matt Lawry, a two-term Councillor. They include a full-page photo, another half page photo of him with his family
As I wrote some years ago, there’s a grave breach of journalistic ethics that flourishes, unpunished and almost entirely unnoticed. It’s the mixing of opinion with reporting that occurs every time a public figure is labelled “far right”. “Far right” is not a fact: it’s an opinion
One of the commonest criticisms of monarchs and peers is that they often act as if they’re above the rules that apply to we plebs. But even the Sun King had nothing on the entitlement mentality of some elected officials. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese seems to be channeling
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. Few high-ranking officials closely involved in the decision-making process that led to lockdowns have come clean on what really happened or how it came to pass
Cheap, abundant energy has been critical to the high standard of living enjoyed in the West. Has been. Because now, thanks to the mad delusions of the Climate Cult, cheap, abundant energy is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. And that’s just with a still-small penetration of
John Curtice University of Strathclyde John Curtice is a Senior Research Fellow at NatCen Social Research, Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde and Research Consultant to the Scottish Centre for Social Research. He is particularly interested in electoral behaviour, electoral systems, and political and social attitudes. The death
Do they want us all to starve and freeze? Because there seems to be little other plausible explanation for the political and business elite’s fanatical headlong rush to switch to solar and wind. Like socialism, they assure us that it will work this time. Also like socialism, it’s
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Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Councils up and down the country are lashing out at the Labour/National housing deal, with the Christchurch City Council the latest to stand up to the law. The Christchurch City Council has just voted against applying the density rules – meaning
Nicole McKee ACT Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Relentless pressure from the ACT Party on behalf of law-abiding firearms owners has led to the Government taking action on licencing delays. There are thousands of people who have been waiting up to a year for their licence to be processed, some
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org A Swiss billboard is making the rounds on social media depicting a young woman on the telephone. The caption reads, “Does the neighbour heat the apartment to over 19 degrees (66F)? Please inform us.” While the Swiss government has dismissed the poster as a fake, the
When nepotism determines the placement of important government positions, addressing cronyism becomes whack-a-mole. ‘Dad, you won’t need your sunhat where you’re going’, ‘The quack-quack bully goes to Ireland’ and ‘Who in the Mahuta clan wants another top paying government job? Compare nepotism to rotting hair
Viewspot “Today, day 927 into this pandemic, we have reached a major milestone in our journey with COVID-19”, Jacinda Ardern proclaimed, trumpeting the end of nearly 3 years of draconian COVID-19 restrictions, bar a few mask and isolation requirements. “Today, 927 days into this pandemic, we’ve reached
Anyone heading along to the last meeting the candidates night in Rodney might like to ask the following questions: 1. Why does Rodney have to pay the targeted rate when other areas do not? 2. Why did Rodney First push the targeted rate? 3. Is there anything on the Truth
On 29 August, just two weeks ago we broke the story that the New Zealand Police had sought the help of Interpol Canberra to help them illegally stop two Australian journalists, Avi Yemini and Rukshan Fernando, from coming to New Zealand. We were leaked an Interpol email, that many on
Co-leader of the Green Party Marama Davidson is 100% Coloniser. Part of her racial heritage is Maori and they were the first immigrants to colonise New Zealand. The other part of her racial heritage, of course, is European and they too like the Maori were immigrants. Of course, they
