On the TV news at six item on this yesterday it was hinted that this policy is being emphasised now because the government is looking very weak following the storm of protests that erupted over Waitangi weekend. Want to get something out there that makes ...
It may come as news to you Gosman, but it isn't just hard core leftists that don't accept the Seymour version of things. There is a lot of disquiet out there about what Seymour's real motives are. His opponents don't necessarily wear mokos or march in ...
@ Binders It was a very good thesis. I would encourage you to read it. It is in the Victoria University Library.
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 5:25 pm, February 6th, 2024 - 10 comments
Categories: Culture wars, david seymour, history, labour, Maori Issues, Maori seats, Parliament
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"My understanding is a guy came out as a prophet of his own religious movement in the 1870s. And politicians feel a strange obligation to be there every year. I've never felt that." David Seymour is shallow as a birdbath. With the Bible in one hand and …
Oh for God's sakes this is patronising crap. Leftist peace activists and I happily count myself one do read history, lots of it. We also read maps, and primary sources from all sides. And we are not unaware of military capability, with so many examples of ...
Chloe has lofty aims to make the Greens the largest left wing party in NZ. People can laugh and say she is unrealistic, but look at what happened in Germany? Die Grunen (The Greens) have 118 seats in the German lower house and are part of the coalition ...
That's precisely the point - we are being forced to pick a side. That means we do not have an independent foreign policy. Like most of the rest of the Asia Pacific, we would rather not have to do so. And for the US, AUKUS has other benefits besides ...
US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has just been in Kyiv in the last few days. The Kyiv Independent reported: U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland arrived in Kyiv on Jan. 31, said U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget ...
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 3:10 pm, February 2nd, 2024 - 27 comments
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War with China? Or cocktails with the Colonels? I haven't got the invitations, but I'm a no for both. Speaking to Radio New Zealand about the prospect of New Zealand joining the AUKUS nuclear submarine-related deal, Defence Minister Judith Collins said: …
... plans to tax caffeine and Mike Hosking would be fielding calls...
I don't actually object to the idea of not automatically increasing tobacco duties every year. I was part of a group before the 2017 election in Palmerston North that challenged shadow health minister Stuart Nash to look at alternative ways of tackling ...
But notice that they are still wearing ties, which no farmer does whilst working on his/her land. So like all ACT's political stunts, they only get it half right. Sloppy work from a coalition party that thinks being in government is just a big laugh, man! ...
It is the public face of an erstwhile coalition leader largely manipulated and outflanked by prime ministerial pretenders Seymour and Peters. They won't be complaining. Luxon's weakness is their strength and whilst it works that way their notional truce ...
No explanation given. Perhaps it is due to the Christmas/New Year break.
Its all about money, which which quite normal in USA. Zionist and other hard line Israeli supporters still have considerable clout in US banking and finance so the Democrats are not likely to give anything but the most lukewarm support to their Palestinian...
Roy Morgan polling reports that a December 2023 political poll shows the NACTZ coalition down 6.5 points from the last poll compared to the Labour-Greens-Te Pati Maori bloc. All three of the triumvirate are down in support. A relevant quote from the film "...
... Newstalk ZB and will call Mike Hosking out for the big...
It will be interesting to see how Brownlee, as Speaker, deals with time-wasting, meaningless points of order and challenges to the Speaker's ruling that he specialised in as an opposition member.
We all knew deep down that this coalition government would be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog. Luxon would be the poster boy, doing nothing and signifying nothing other than what his two junior partners, each of whom thinks he is God's gift to ...
Perhaps they are still sleeping under their bridges.
I see there is no planned budget cut for the Ministry of Silly Smirks.
No doubt Nicola Willis will take the credit for Grant Robertson's financial prudence, backed by the usual pat-on-the-back support stories from the NZ Herald. If the NZ electorate didn't have the attention span of a goldfish, they might learn something.
Just as I and thousands of other loyalists expected. Congratulations to Grant Robinson! Best finance minister we've had since Michael Cullen.
The Iraqis have formally asked the US to leave now. Trump didn't get the US out of Syria - remember "we took the oil." They are still there as invaders and occupiers in an illegal operation in eastern Syria, still taking the oil.
Dead right Darien. First they reduce the tobacco excise tax. Next they repeal smoke free legislation.
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 12:38 pm, January 25th, 2024 - 31 comments
Categories: defence, FiveEyes, Free Trade, gaza, israel, Peace, us politics, war
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CNN reports that the US has named the ongoing operation against Houthi in Yemen “Operation Poseidon Archer, suggesting a more organized and potentially long-term approach." New Zealand has joined it – cue the slippery slope. New Zealand is sending six …
So you support taxing walking and EVs then?
It's funny but the Beatles' song Taxman popped into my head with this topic. The lyrics: If you take a walk I'll tax your feet. Perhaps that is National's next step - taxing us for walking on the footpaths (because footpaths are technically part of the ...
If Whaka Kotahi (aka NZTA) run the RUC as well as they run other aspects of transport such as road repairs, the result will be a total ballsup. Actually it isn't a question of fairness in any case, that is just National's convenient excuse to do what it ...
I would argue that there are two - Australia and Canada, although you could also argue that they are way more centre than left.
In my workplace people who a couple of months ago were dancing in the streets at the fall of the Labour government are now asking themselves "what have we done?"
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