Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesperson Garth McVicar has accused the Government of being soft on crime, after a third major earthquake rocked the Canterbury region this week. Monday’s two quakes inflicted further damage upon a region struggling to recover from the events of September and February, and caused further distress to people already seriously traumatised. Mr…
It has been a day of terror: throughout Christchurch and throughout the Labour Party. But I’m sure you’ll agree that the biggest news story of the day concerns the altering of history. One of the big questions hanging over Sir Peter Jackson’s Dambusters film has finally been answered – the dog Nigger will be renamed…
I don’t consider myself the envious type, but there’s a part of me that hurts when I see the good work other people are producing. I’ve tried my hand at satire, but it’s pretty clear I’ll never be able to match it with the top players. So maybe I’ll just quit. This revelation came to…
I really am not happy about being dragged into any of this. There I was, trying to have one of my thousand year sleeps, when next minute all these jokers from the news media are banging on my door demanding an interview. I had a mind to devour them all there and then, but my…
Hard-hitting conservative columnist Dr Frank Shizenhausen has some ideas for John Key. I’m delighted to read that this government is planning further changes to labour laws to give more choice to employers and their staff. Deregulation of the labour market means workers will finally have real choice. They can choose to accept the miserable terms…
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List has been released. Here are some of the highlights: Ruprecht von Fokk, head of the Institute of Business, was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to destroying the New Zealand economy. Under any just system the people responsible for the damage done to our…
United Future leader Peter Dunne has become the latest high profile person to engage in the “planking” fad. He is the first politician in this country to “plank” on live television. Mr Dunne has been ridiculed over the years for everything from his hair to his dress sense, and has often been mocked for being…
Andrea Vance reports on Stuff that Former National MP Bob “the Builder” Clarkson is defecting to the ACT Party. Clarkson has all the attributes the ACT Party is looking for. He’s: old rich white male irrelevant a former National MP a “colourful” character (I could use stronger language to describe him, but I would be…
From David Cunliffe’s Facebook page: Whangarei meeting was great – over 60 locals and three fine candidates from the North: Kelvin Davis, Lynette Stewart an Pat Newman Northland has had National MPs for decades and has nothing but the worse autistics in the country to show for it. This team will wake up the North,…
I’ve some good news for Labour supporters. I had a dream last night that revealed to me why Labour has struggled in the polls, and why Phil Goff is struggling to get any traction with the public. He’s ill. According to my dream (and we all know that dreams can reveal essential truths about the…
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