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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Can Christopher Luxon grow his way out of a buyer’s remorse election? (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Can Christopher Luxon turn it around? (paywalled) Damien Grant (Stuff): ACT’s clarity a sticking point for Luxon in his
I usually hate the term but you simply cannot get away from using it to explain JD Vance’s speech to the Eurocrats.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Matthew Hooton (Herald): Labour eyes swift return to Government (paywalled) Peter Dunne: Next election still National's to lose Herald: David Seymour’s letter to police advocating for Philip Polkinghorne - the full text and the questions the NZ Herald put
We've all seen when what happens when someone says they have a plan: they get elected and then we discover to our detriment that it was all slogans.
After days of questioning about whether he would sanction the ACT Party leader, parliament’s boss, Speaker Gerry Brownlee, on Thursday told MPs he had no power to do so.
For those who have long called for the draining of the Washington swamp, hello DOGE.
Any good business exists to make profit. When the government wants its pound of flesh, customers always lose out.
Reality is coming. As sure as night follows day, it’s coming. Reality cannot be denied. Reality cannot be tricked. Reality is unforgiving. Don’t be the last person left defending this deranged ideology.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Barry Soper (Herald): David Seymour’s actions test Christopher Luxon’s coalition leadership Verity Johnson (Stuff): Chill, David Seymour isn’t NZ’s Trump Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): Christopher Luxon’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week RNZ: New Zealand slips further
Christopher Luxon has done the impossible: he’s gone against history and tanked his new government’s support instead of growing it.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Matt Nippert (Herald: New Zealand slips off least-corrupt podium Pattrick Smellie and Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Govt: corruption, transparency and purgatory (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): David Seymour’s 48 hours under fire Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Has David Seymour gone mad?
Another poll, another bad result for National.
