John Porter: Can You Smell That?

Is that whiff the odour of corruption?

Before new MPs can sit, speak or vote in the House as a Member, participate in debates or serve on a select committee they must be sworn in.

An MP can be sworn in by either taking an Oath of Allegiance or an affirmation.

I, Joe Blow, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

Allegiance to the Queen according to law.

Do you think government ministers believe in the Rule of Law?

Graham Adams: The great abortion beat-up

John Key was often accused of using the “dead cat” strategy when he was coming under intense pressure as Prime Minister. The ruse he used to successfully distract opponents’ attention was likened to throwing a dead cat onto the dining-room table. Suddenly, an uncomfortable conversation would be abandoned as everyone shouted: “Look! There’s a dead cat on the table!”

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has shown recently that he is every bit as adept as Key at the dead-cat maneuver as his government comes under sustained fire over its many failures.

They include, but are not limited to: the spiraling cost of living, a broken health system, insanely expensive housing, and crimped building supplies.

Mike Hosking: About time there was an investigation into the Mahuta contracts

As if the Government didn’t have enough credibility issues, the inevitable Mahuta investigation has begun against the backdrop of the Prime Minister saying she had her full confidence.

There is something not right about the whole Mahuta thing. The Foreign Affairs appointment came so far out of left field it made the Poto Williams appointment look like a stroke of genius.

A person who hates flying but is Foreign Affairs Minister. A person who has barely travelled post Covid, telling us the Pacific is fine and we can wait until the Pacific Leaders Forum next month while the Chinese park themselves locally aiming to achieve God knows what, and Penny Wong on a plane most days to try and mop up the potential damage.

There is a power struggle between the Prime Minister and the Māori caucus. There can be no other explanation for the ridiculous defence over a Minister who is low profile, work shy, and letting her portfolios down.

Andrew Bolt: Woke Culture Becomes a Security Threat

 

Andrew Bolt Transcript: Woke Culture Becomes a Security Threat 

There's a mind rot – this woke culture. In fact, being woke is now a national security threat. And to prove it let me introduce New Zealand’s foreign affairs minister Nania Mahuta – as woke as they come.