All political parties have mantras. Can I suggest that Labour’s is: “Under this government, all problems have been solved!” By which I mean, whenever a problem is raised - no matter from which place on the political spectrum - Labour’s response to is say, “Don’t worry. We’re on it. Either we’ve already solved that problem […]
It’s a fun game: pick which party individual newspapers’ editors vote for. In England, they make it easy - the editorial line is clear and partisan, and widely-trumpeted. Here, where papers tend to be single players in local markets, there is a greater need to straddle the middle so as not to offend big chunks […]
Reading newspapers in the traditional way - sitting down at a table, with a hot drink, and slowly turning the pages - does have its attractions, especially at the weekend. And, if you do it this way, rather than through the organised chaos of the Internet, then strange patterns can start to emerge from the […]
So, it seems the SIS is at it again. Its case against Ahmed Zaoui is so embarrassingly weak that it’s started interviewing his friends in the Algerian refugee community to see if they can get some dirt that way.
It’s the SIS’ job to gather information on individuals it considers a danger to New Zealand’s national […]