National’s popularity is kept high due to the property prices going up. Middle class support stops the moment that bubble pops, the Opposition still has some way to go to beat National – but it’s far less pessimistic than the mainstream media or Matthew Hooton are braying.
So what would you expect to be the main story of the week that the Political Editor and Editorial of the largest newspaper in NZ focus on?
I like Matt Nippert, he is one of the best journalists we have, but the surprise so many of his peers seem to have had at his piece on how multi-nationals avoid paying tax says more about them than the corporations.
It’s like some have just discovered Santa Claus isn’t real.
…this is the biggest story of the year and yet the bloody Bachelor or Max Key gets more attention.
Let’s just remind everyone what actually happened here.
There has been some media recently on the cannabis shortage in NZ, but not much understanding of why it is happening. No one seems to be putting the pieces together to help explain the market dynamics at play.
…how is it that Labour get accused of racism for criticising exploitative employment practices yet fucking National create muslim terrorists who don’t exist to gain mass surveillance laws and avoid answering questions about why the WTO spied for Tim Groser?
Our total denial of the realities we face if we do not make significant changes now is as bewildering as our blind ignorance. We deserve political leaders who will lead, not make excuses. The very existence of us as a species demands it.
The accusation is that the SIS helped the CIA find ‘black sites’ or secret prisons in the Pacific for terrorists taken by the CIA from South East Asia.
The surge in guns is deeply linked to meth – without acknowledging that, an inquiry would be pretty pointless.