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There is currently some conversation around whether Luxon is being ‘singled out’ for his Christian faith. Or, rather, whether Christianity is being singled out – and is an ‘acceptable target’.
https://youtu.be/uzsGLRNnnEE https://eveningreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AVFA_Dec_2_2021.m4a A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning consider and analyse…
So we have another covid variant – Omicron – now circulating and we wait for news of its power to further disrupt and endanger our lives. Within a week of its being reported we already have two cases in Sydney. It will be with us here in Aotearoa New Zealand shortly, if it hasn’t already arrived.
A few weeks ago the Reserve Bank governor made the extraordinary claim that house prices were unsustainable but that the Reserve Bank had played only “a bit part” in the problem
I predict a large rash of fake CVCs around the place over summer.
I’m proud to have known this man and to have stood alongside him on many frontlines. He lived a big life in a small country. Thank you Jimmy.
On 14 November 2021, an Open Letter (below) was emailed to Nanaia Mahuta, noting her past comments on certain aspects of foreign policy and the importance of international rules and institutions.
What a week. But while National’s woes dominate, who is noticing the erosion of democracy and the exclusionary politics that Labour is busy promoting?
I asked someone today what they think when they hear the name Judith Collins. Nastiness was the answer and I think this is how she will be remembered, not only by her political opponents in Labour but by a big chunk of her National Party colleagues.
The comings and goings in National over the past few years feel more like a scripted series of ‘House of Cards’ than real life.