Not PC

" I f all that’s holding the United Kingdom back is the country’s mood, then the arrival of Andy Burnham as prime minister might improv...

“ U ntil August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the pos...

Y ou work.  You earn.  You're taxed.  You spend from what's left.  You save, if you can, from the remainder.  National leader Christ...

  'Sacrifice,' by sculptor Rayner Hoff, inside the Australian War Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park "I t's gratifying, in ...

" M y fellow New Zealanders, whether citizens, residents or those just passing through en route to Australian pastures, it gives me lit...

I n Auckland yesterday we woke to news that Iran's theocratic rulers were dead and dying.  Within hours, Iranians in Auckland had gather...

I have in front of me a new book by Tross Publishing, which I have been invited to review. Having written a chapter or two for the publisher...

A viral video by young lawyer Riana Te Ngahue is doing the rounds purporting to explain ( for her aunties)  something called Neoliberalism...

  " T hese reforms dismantled the import quotas and regulatory walls that had kept Australian manufacturers comfortable and unchallenge...

" T he problem is that politics is not about good intentions, but trade-offs and results. Everyone wants growth. But will ... they have...

  " W hile the share of people in extreme poverty has been falling since the 19th century, the total number didn’t begin to decline [at...

"' R eal Socialism' has never been tried in the same way that 'Real Capitalism' has never been tried. "The differe...