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Christopher Luxon has almost said the right thing when looking at how New Zealand has fared over the past three years. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, he told them, “I do feel we’ve played a very fearful, a very negative, a very inward game over the
Has Penk and Seymour gone to the dark side with McCarten and Bradbury or has McCarten and Bradbury seen the light? Life is getting so confusing. The interesting thing is that there are exactly ZERO votes to be had from Bradbury’s audience. In fact, I would say that they
Garret Martin American University School of International Service Dr. Garret J. Martin is a Senior Professorial Lecturer, and the Co-Director of the Transatlantic Policy Center, in the School of International Service of American University. Boris Johnson, the now outgoing prime minister of the United Kingdom, had wanted to follow
“Populism”, to judge by the thundering denunciations of the media-political class, means popular ideas which are not approved by the elite. Which is, in fact, almost exactly what it means: “range of political stances that emphasize the idea of the people and often juxtapose this group against the elite”
Anyone who thinks Australia is set for a bright new dawn in China relations, with the election of Anthony “Mr 32%” Albanese, is kidding themselves. China is carrying right on with its bullying ways. The only difference is that now they’ve got the government they paid for — one which
Chris Stafford University of Nottingham Chris Stafford is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham within the Politics and International Relations Department. His thesis focuses on the nature of congruence between British MPs, their constituents and their Party leadership during the 2016 EU Referendum and issues of democracy
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
Hugo Dobso Kristian Magnus Hauken University of Sheffield Hugo Dobson was awarded his PhD from the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield in 1998. His thesis explored Japan’s participation in United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping operations. Kristian Magnus Hauken’s research deals in great part with
J. Budziszewski mercatornet.com Dr J Budziszewski is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin, where he also teaches courses in the law school and the religious studies department. He specializes in political philosophy, ethical philosophy, legal philosophy, and the interaction of religion with philosophy.
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science “We are concerned that the deaths of the vaccinated are not being adequately investigated” said a spokesperson from New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) referring to an open letter to the Chief Coroner of New Zealand. “We are requesting confirmation that
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 The Prime Minister’s recent visit to Washington, during which she seemed to have signed New Zealand up as a strongly pro-US outpost in the South Pacific
Almost all the media appear to be (perhaps under government financial guidance) still obsessed with something called Covid. Meanwhile, almost all of the population have moved on and are worrying about more immediate and pressing problems like inflation and the cost of living. The media are avoiding these topics as
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. On Thursday, UK Prime Minister
Just because you give something a flash Maorified name and merge everything into one doesn’t mean it will all be a success. Especially if it is a Labour Party idea suggesting that mergers and centralisation of control will deliver cost savings. Yet that is precisely what has happened at
In recent days I have had several articles published on The BFD which take a frightening view of the short term in New Zealand: the madness of the Ardern Government, the steering wheel in the hands of drunk teenagers with an IQ of about 2½, cliffs approaching. A question which
