Go Back to the Mat
Winston is on fire as he raises the ire of Te Pāti Māori by highlighting their appalling behaviour.
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Kill Free Speech to Regain Trust
Tedros has discussed trust and how to get it back – by killing free speech, of course.
NZ Politics Daily: 18 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK Farah Hancock (RNZ): Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers, political parties Kayla Kingdon-Bebb (Post): As fast-tracking proceeds, the outcry will only grow (paywalled) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): National MP renews vow to ‘lie on tracks’ to stop rail project, now on fast-track Maria
Reading Between the Lines, WCC Is Cooked
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see where the debacle called Wellington City Council is headed: they are being lined up for a Commissioner.
NZ Politics Daily: 17 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Government intervention in Wellington more likely than not - source Krystal Gibbons and Mary Argue (RNZ): Wellington council intervention: Mayor to meet with minister Peter Dunne (Post): Wellington council jolted into action, now the Govt has to follow
1News Poll Steady as She Goes, but Average News for Luxon
1News released their Verian Poll over Monday and Tuesday this week, and it echoes what I have been saying for quite sometime.
There Are Signs of Untruthfulness
Sometimes the speaker connives for his adversaries to be censored. It is like when a business gets the government to shut down competing businesses. It is a form of protectionism or what economists call ‘rent-seeking.’
NZ Politics Daily: 16 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT RNZ: Can the govt step in to take control over Wellington City Council?: What you need to know Andrea Vance (Post): Attention Wellington City Council ‒ this is not a drill (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): Tory Whanau’s Wellington City Council: Why there’
The Pathway from Frumpy Loser to Leader
The move is on. Will Ayesha Verrall make the cut to become the next Labour leader?
Why We Hate the News
Basically because they are bent, biased and no longer relevant. But the academics think it’s because right wingers hate the news.
Now the War Against Hate
State coercion never resolves the problems it sets out to address but only gives rise to new and worse problems.
You Should Know Thy Enemy
Politicians turn to the bureaucrats, who face no public accountability and often spend decades in their cushy jobs, who spoon feed them their agenda.