The Importance of Knowing Your Enemy
Those who fail to learn the lessons that history provides us are doomed to repeat the failures of the past in the here and now.
Politics
Everything about politics
Yes, You Can Protect Liberty and Security at the Same Time
The key is to understand how the market works.
Just Get Rid of Them
Governments will always wind up corrupt. The more power in the hands of government, the more incentive is given to power-hungry psychopaths and narcissists to gain control of that power.
What Luxon’s Poll Numbers Mean for National MPs
Even before National loses more popularity due to Luxon being unlikable, inept and generally unable to articulate what he stands for, five National MPs are going to lose their seats.
News Briefing: 11 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLLING, PUBLIC SERVICE Jenna Lynch (Stuff): The PM needs his political radar to flick on - urgently Richard Harman (Politik): The coalition gets a wakeup call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A critical week or two for the PM (paywalled) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Bad
Luxon’s Time Is Now Limited
The latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll has more bad news for Christopher Luxon and National.
Face of the Day
At today’s post-Cabinet press conference, Luxon said it was important Bayly had some time to clear his head after resigning.
News Briefing: 10 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): How likely is the National Party to oust Luxon? (paywalled) Duncan Garner (Listener): Why I’m picking Christopher Luxon won’t lead National into the next election (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Under-fire MP Andrew Bayly takes a break
No One Is Defending Luxon
What has been really noticeable is how few people have come to his defence.
They Think They Are All That and a Bag of Chips
Kiwis voted for change at the last election, and Luxon said, yeah, nah.
Is Chris Bishop Really Doing the Numbers?
Bishop may be doing the numbers, but the indications are he is not.
What Happened to Lobbying Reform in NZ?
We believe that the most critical lobbying reform is the establishment of a mandatory register for lobbying activities. This is commonplace in other OECD countries.
