News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Sir Keir Starmer is standing by a pledge to ban new drilling in the North Sea, despite New Zealand abandoning a similar policy made by ex-PM Jacinda Ardern amid blackout fears.
When New Zealand's 'Freedom Convoy' protests rose up against Jacinda Ardern's severe 'No Jab, No Job' mandates, a professional filmmaking team was there to capture it. Watch the film they made.
In yesterday's election in New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party was trounced by the centre-right National Party, polling half as many voters as in 2020. How did it happen?
The Labour Party has been trounced in the New Zealand election, as Kiwis reject a blizzard of environmental regulations and take revenge on Jacinda Ardern for her tyrannical lockdown policies and sweeping vaccine mandates.
In New Zealand, Rebekah Barnett reports on concerns of secrecy and double standards as it's revealed that over 11,000 healthcare workers obtained Covid vaccination mandate exemptions from the Ministry of Health.
Why is a Conservative Prime Minister following the lead of health authoritarian Jacinda Ardern in introducing a progressive smoking ban that will see everyone born after 2009 banned from buying cigarettes?
Dame Jacinda Ardern, Sir Chris Whitty, Dame June Raine, Sir Gavin Williamson, Dame Jenny Harries – the list of misplaced honours for the lockdown gang while real heroes go unsung is a travesty, writes Allison Pearson.
New Zealand’s Government has awarded 'damehood' to its former PM Jacinda Ardern for “leading the country through the Covid pandemic” – despite deaths currently running 25% above average.
Two major polls on Tuesday showed that New Zealand's Labour jumped five percentage points following Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation. Kiwis are glad to see the back of her too, it seems.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has plunged to the lowest level since she entered Government, according to the latest polling, which puts opposition parties on course to win the election next year.
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