Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Are the guns really the issue here?

We need to talk about Brian Tamaki having his guns taken off him.

Let me say right at the start: I'm not a fan of Brian Tamaki. He's a troublemaker who doesn't seem intelligent enough to understand what he's doing. But I still feel uncomfortable about the police taking his guns off him.

Rachel Stewart: Gunning for McKee

What's really behind the incessant Nicole McKee hatred?

Political scientist Bryce Edwards is someone I respect for his level-headedness but his recent article on Nicole McKee needs to be fact-checked, and fact-checked hard. If you haven’t seen it here it is: https://substack.com/@democracyproject/p-149335230

I mean, I get if you’ve only got access to journalism that is overwhelming negative - and clearly that’s the case here when you read who his key sources are - then this is the result. But it’s lazy. And far too trusting.

Cam Slater: Why Can’t Chris Cahill Tell the Truth

Telling a lie once is pretty bad and doing it on a radio station is worse. Chris Cahill has been busted telling too many lies: he must resign.

I could be generous and say Chris Cahill is being economical with the truth. However, in this instance, he is just flat-out lying.

Point of Order: ACT beats Hipkins to the draw in announcing changes to our gun licensing laws

Uh, oh. Earlier this afternoon there was nothing doing in the Beehive. Or rather, there was nothing doing that they wanted to tell us about.

We therefore drew a blank when we checked the Beehive website to find what our servants are up to.

Nor (when we checked with Scoop) could we find anything new from the Nats or the Greens, although the Nats since then have posted a statement on the rising expense of hiring government consultants.

ACT was given a free kick, in effect, and scored with three statements.