Joyce catches Labour leader buying coffee

The ugly face of socialism Energy Minister Steven Joyce has condemned the “socialist lunacy” of both Labour and the Greens, after Labour Party leader David Shearer was spotted buying coffee for two fellow MPs. Joyce said a member of his staff had seen Shearer in the queue at a popular Wellington café last week, placing an…

If we let this happen

Where will this end? It starts with an electricity policy proposal by two political parties, then they nationalise the supermarkets, and before you know it you’re not allowed to have babies unless you’re a member of the Party and have sworn an oath to honour the memory of Comrade Stalin.Won’t somebody think of the children? Unless…

Yes, Steven, this is just like North Korea

Steven Joyce yesterday claimed that the plan by Labour and the Greens to reform the electricity sector was from “the North Korean School of Economics”. But is this true? Let us examine the facts: A state-owned organisation will purchase power from power generators. These generators will be a mixture of private, state owned, and partly-state-owned…