Much of the commentary has focused on how small this Budget is – its $1.3 billion allowance of “new” operating money being the smallest in decades. While correct, that misses the fact that the package ...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with ...

John Bowie has a great tribute to Bob Jones, that fans would enjoy reading. One extract: He could be irascible, infuriating, and absolutely impossible to pigeonhole. One minute he’d be railing against ...

The Government has binned a tax worth an estimated $100 million each year after threats of retaliation from US President Donald Trump and claims about “overseas extortion” through these types of ...

This poll would see Prime Minister Farage with a majority government. The seat projection on it is: Reform 346 (+341) Labour 145 (-267) Lib Dems 73 (+1) SNP 39 (+30) Conservatives 17 (-104) The cross- ...

Roger Bridge, a much loved, and long-serving member of the National Party and former chair of its Canterbury West Coast region, has died. Bridge was widely respected within party circles for his ...

Peters strongly rejected Hipkins’ assertion that he held a record for being the worst behaved or most suspended MP. “Chris Hipkins says a lot of things. But he is a sausage eater who doesn’t know what ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered New Zealand’s 2025 Budget on Thursday in a vivid blue pencil dress. The distinctive outfit is believed to be the Nouvelle Sculpt Stretch Crepe Dress, from ...

I asked ChatGPT when each US Supreme Court Justice is expected to die based on standard demographic data. Most will probably exceed the average as they would have above average access to healthcare.

An interesting poll in the UK on transgender issues. In terms of net agreement with the UK Supreme Court decision that women-only spaces can exclude trans women, the results were: All voters +41% ...

Leah Gibson and Carl Watters have both been charged with trespass for using an access way that crosses their neighbour’s land and say they and their kids have been reduced to sneaking off the property ...

Culture, my good fellow. The people of the Trump administration are going after Harvard on multiple fronts. One of those fronts is Harvard’s failure to protect their Jewish students. Another is their ...