If National Party Caucus didn’t read damning election report, how will they learn?
This isn’t compulsory reading because it would put half of the National Caucus on a suicide watch!
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Oh look at that, just as TDB predicted – the SIS had 2 hits on white supremacy terrorist
We are not asking for new powers for the SIS and GCSB, we just want them to be held accountable for the ones they have!
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Very good fluoridation political call, Dr Verrall
Infectious diseases specialist Dr Ayesha Verrall was a surprise cabinet appointment being a first-time MP. Despite the rarity she’s not mucking around. This is evidenced by her legislative proposal, as Associate Minister of Health, to shift decision-making over water fluoridation from local authorities to the Director-General of Health (in effect the Ministry of Health).
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The Wiggles receive death threats – the new Covid season of subjective rage
It really says something about who we are now that the Wiggles are receiving death threats.
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MEDIA WATCH: Q+A immigration post Covid
Q+A doing some good public broadcasting this morning with the first of their post Covid specials considering the future of immigration.
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What the latest political rumours really say about the Wellington Bureaucratic elites
Th latest political rumour being feverishly spread through the back channels is that Jacinda and Grant are at loggerheads over a secret new policy programme to the point that Jacinda has threatened to resign if Grant doesn’t give it to her.
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The geopolitics of why NZ isn’t attacking Australia over 501s
At some point someone is going to legitimately ask if China would actually be worse.
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GUEST BLOG: Douglas Renwick – Doomism and challenges for the environmental movement:
Climate scientist Michael Mann’s recent book ‘The new Climate Wars’ argues that the battle to convince people that climate change…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Pointer to Government rethinking on district health boards?
On 4 March I blogged on Otaihanga Second Opinion about recent indications that the Government was rethinking its position on one…
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Dismantling ‘anti-Semitism’
First, many thanks to Tony Greenstein for permission to use the cartoon seen above. Describing himself as socialist, anti-Zionist and…