Chris Luxon is visiting the United Kingdom to gather new ideas. He obviously thinks that the United Kingdom and in particular England is a haven for conservative ideology. Although it is currently turning out to be a classic example of how bad a clusterfuck conservative…
The Guardian reporting breaking news, Boris Johnson is to resign on Thursday as Conservative leader but will push to stay on as prime minister until autumn after his chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, called on him to go and a string of cabinet ministers walked out. His…
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Right now Labour is preparing the ground for its run at 2023’s election with new policy. New policy must be wildly popular. Labour are in a steep polling decline. Unlike the 2020 election in which they coasted home on crisis management, they are actually going to have…
Remember Steven Joyce, the serial economics paper failer who claimed there was a $11.7 billion dollar hole in Labour's alternative budget, even though history shows there was an actual $7.5 billion surplus? Another example of his negotiation prowess has recently received media attention and the…
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Who would have thought that Boris Johnson's reign as Prime Minister would be so chaotic. The problem isn't so much his inability to manage, or his hypocrisy over Covid or his repeated philandering. It is his inability to tell the truth. The latest crisis erupted…
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As predicted by Jacinda Ardern a few months ago with the onset of winter the daily rate of Covid infections is increasing. It appears that we are into a new wave of the virus. And every day there is an announcement of more people dying…
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Jacinda Ardern has just completed three overseas trips. The cumulative benefits for the country are extraordinary and I have never witnessed anything similar from another New Zealand leader. Just over a month ago she landed in the US as yet another school massacre occurred and…
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This week Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand concluded a free trade agreement with the European Union. The benefits are not to be sniffed at: Export revenue to the EU to grow by up to $1.8 billion annually on full implementation. Duty-free access on 97% of…
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Kia ora koutou katoa. It is a rare thing to have New Zealand represented at a NATO Summit. While we have worked together in theatres such as Afghanistan, and have been partners for just on a decade, today represents an important moment for our Pacific nation. New…
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