With all this kerfuffle over liquor laws, we’re failing to keep sight of the real problem. Some of us can’t handle our liquor. We can pass a lot of laws, set up action and support groups, and engage in furious debate over what must be done. But I’ve got a far simpler solution. Some people…
Well that’s a chapter finally closed. Clare Curran has apologised graciously for her ill-advised remarks on Red Alert about the Greens, and this seems to have been accepted by a number of her most vocal critics in the blogosphere. It still leaves unaddressed the role of the Red Alert site in Labour’s communications strategy. My personal…
Uncompromising left-wing columnist and Chairman of the Workers Solidarity Party of Aotearoa, Bob Mittsky, returns. Comrades! I’m pleased to hear there’s a possibility that New Zealand will sign up to an international convention that will make denial of the Holocaust and other genocides a criminal offence. And about time too. For too long we have…
Dear fellow lefties, We have to come up with a plan to defeat this government. National are going to start flogging off our assets if they are still in power after the election, and they’re also going to gut the welfare state, do their best to kneecap ACC, destroy Kiwisaver, and ensure that the gap…
Perhaps the most astonishing thing about the UnitedFuture party list announced yesterday is the fact that they have that as many as nine party members. Who knew?
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Aucklanders yesterday endured hellish conditions as rain, followed by light snow, made the lives of thousands of people almost unbearable. The light dusting of snow caused panic on Auckland’s Queen Street, and this panic quickly turned to rioting and looting. In Parnell one man’s coffee was spilled as he looked up in terror towards the…
I know Wellingtonians stressed out about the wild weather don’t need any more bad news, but you need to be told. According to the Law Society, 2153 lawyers working in Wellington hold practising certificates. That accounts for 19.8% of all practising certificates held by New Zealand resident lawyers. But it’s even scarier than that, Wellington…
Prime Minister John Key today announced a range of policies aimed at targeting the young. Mr Key told the mostly-late middle-aged audience at the National Party’s annual conference that urgent action was needed to address youth issues. “We simply can’t go on acting as if there isn’t a crisis,” said Mr Key. “The fact of…
Conservative columnist Dr Frank Shizenhausen with his take on the UK riots. So what is really behind the UK riots? It is just too simplistic to blame poverty, social dislocation, misery, unemployment and a sense of hopelessness in the young. Because were those things even remotely to blame for the events of the last few…
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