Open Mike 12/06/2026
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Media
Daily review 11/06/2026
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Open Mike 11/06/2026
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Daily review 10/06/2026
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Open Mike 10/06/2026
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Daily review 09/06/2026
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Open Mike 09/06/2026
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Daily review 08/06/2026
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Open Mike 08/06/2026
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In defence of the MP’s lot
Surging populist thinking is compounding neo-liberalism’s dislike of the public sector and our democratic institutions.
Open Mike 07/06/2026
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They all do it…
FiveEyes issues warning re possible Chinese intelligence recruiting methods! Beware! China issues warning re already recruited anti-China MPs. Cue shock horror!
Open Mike 06/06/2026
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Daily review 05/06/2026
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Open Mike 05/06/2026
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Daily review 04/06/2026
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When is a Free Speech Union not a Free Speech Union?
When it is a right wing astroturfing front.
Open Mike 04/06/2026
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Daily review 03/06/2026
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Open Mike 03/06/2026
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Daily review 02/06/2026
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Open Mike 02/06/2026
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Open Mike 01/06/2026
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Open Mike 31/05/2026
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Open Mike 30/05/2026
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Daily review 29/05/2026
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Open Mike 29/05/2026
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Daily review 28/05/2026
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Open Mike 28/05/2026
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More fishy than a bait shop
Christopher Luxon has implied that a junior staffer met major polluters and received submissions urging him to sink Mike Smith’s bid to hold them to account which were then hidden. But it was his Chief Policy Advisor.
Daily review 27/05/2026
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Open Mike 27/05/2026
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Daily review 26/05/2026
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Open Mike 26/05/2026
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Daily review 25/05/2026
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Doing their master’s bidding
Briefing papers from two of the corporates being sued by Mike Smith for damaging the environment urging the Government to change the law to stop the case were received but allegedly lost by Luxon’s office.