Increasingly, our Government is behaving like a playground bully. If Ministers will not restrain themselves from abuses of power, others need to stand up and speak out
Read Moreurgency
Kicking the tyres from beneath New Zealand
Government's gathering pace, in a way that ought to give us all serious pause - because it rips apart more than our constitutional fabric.
Read MoreIgnorantia legis neminem excusat
For the Police to act inconsistently with their own governing legislation once is bad. For them to do it twice is even badder
Read MoreTalking about process and dismissal
Labour has happened across a pretty nifty little parliamentary trick. But it's time to put it away, I think.
Read MoreA policeman's lot is a happy one ...
Would electing a serving police officer be a valuable addition to a local authority, or a threat to our very constitution? Whatever your view, you're too late ...
Read MoreThe politics of urgency
The real challenge confronting John Key's new National-led Government is the rush to judgment on its sense of urgency
Read MoreFire at will - again!
The lines are drawn. Labour attacks National’s “outrageous arrogance” in ramming through an Employment Probation Bill introduced – in 2006. The old ritual begins once more.
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