Dog whistling Housing Corp tenants
National has announced that it will put an end to a “state house for life” if it gets into power next year. But its rationale is not only cruel but based on a faulty understanding of the local reality.
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Bene bashing
National has engaged in the most crass form of beneficiary bashing in opposing Government changes to the benefit system announced in the budget and passed under urgency.
Simon who?
National MP Simon O’Connor is thinking of a tilt at Auckland’s mayoralty.
National needs a friend
National is pondering one of the realities of MMP. Without friends its chances of becoming Government are very limited.
Nat attacks on Ardern reach new low
Simon O’Connor’s attack on Jacinda Ardern yesterday represents a new low, even for National.
Treachery and silly season political snippets
There’s still a few MPs “on duty”. Their function is to maintain the semblance of active government and to roll out a bunch of announcements they hope will escape full scrutiny.