While delving into the details of how Simon Bridges got hold of Budget 2019 details can bring out partisan nastiness and seem like nothing compared to the lives of real people, process matters and it‘s good someone is keeping watch
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Trump or be Trumped
Donald Trump appears to have set the chickens on the fox with his decision to snub Thursday's Fox News Republican debate. Will anyone tune in now the ringmaster of this circus has gone rogue…well more rogue?
Read MoreDirty polls, what Winston wants & debates
The latest poll suggests trust issues are moving some voters, the risk of giving Peters what he wants and debate expectations...
Read MoreTime to get serious about parliament's unserious side?
While school children come to watch MPs goofing around in parliament, the real business of governing takes place outside the debating chamber
Read MoreIn that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands ...
Fran O'Sullivan doesn't like it when commentators present their readers with "very thin analysis". Perhaps she ought to stop doing so, then.
Read MoreObama's train wreck, Romney's life boat
Romney took the first Presidential debate...of that there is no doubt, even if he was a stranger to the truth of his own policies. Post debate, Americans are left wondering if there had been an alien abduction of other guy. Love him or hate him, Obama was AWOL and squandered a massive audience at a critical time.
Read MoreOMG, that's the cream of the Republican crop?
A God-quoting, science-doubting, swaggering Governor from Texas for President...what could possibly go wrong?
Read MoreOMG that's the cream of the Republican crop?
A God-quoting, science doubting, swaggering former Governor from Texas for President...what could possibly go wrong?
Read MoreNever argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference
There's an old saying in politics – that explaining is losing. Which is why it's best to have nothing to do with Viscount Monckton's search for publicity
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