What National showed us during this fuel crisis was that they will serve us all up to the free market
When things fall apart, who picks you up — and who tells you to harden up? The fuel crisis gave us the answer.
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.

When things fall apart, who picks you up — and who tells you to harden up? The fuel crisis gave us the answer.

A claim is made. A judge is dragged. Then it’s “disavowed.” But the damage? That sticks.
They won’t call it what it is — but their silence says enough. If this is “defence”, where’s the line?

Six weeks. That’s all it took to turn a war into a humiliation.

You’re paying more at the pump. So who’s actually responsible?

I remember the horror of Bush invading Iraq on false trumped up claims of weapons of mass destruction… …and I…

Criticising Israel isn’t antisemitism. So why is that accusation being used to shut this argument down?

When the rich can squeeze media they don’t like… is that business — or something else?

If this is who National might run… what exactly are voters being asked to sign up for?

NZ First’s rise isn’t random — it’s fuelled by anger, algorithms and culture war politics. The real question is who it destroys next.