Lindsay Mitchell

I listen to a lot of talkback radio because it gives me a feel for where people sit. It's reasonably representative politically. The con...

So Roger Douglas would abolish Working For Families. Fantastic. There is so much wrong with that grand redistribution scheme; 1/ Redistribu...

Media Release COMPULSORY DNA TESTING ANOTHER UNWELCOME CONSEQUENCE OF DPB Thursday, March 20, 2008 The need for compulsory DNA testing to es...

In light of the post below it is entirely reasonable to expect that a good number of children have mothers who have lied about their parenta...

In this land where feminist doctrine dominates public policy, where men have supplanted money as the root of all evil, where the bond betwee...

A group of Pacific men band together to persuade others that being tough guys isn't the way to raise a family and they call themselves ...

National MP Judith Collins is attempting, with a series of WPQs, to ascertain how many people on the DPB began there as a teenager. As part ...

First, an explanation of why so little blogging. As mentioned earlier I took a local shop to have a painting sale two weeks ago. The sale we...

For the media the ACT conference was all about the return of Roger Douglas. That is what they have covered, speculating on his reasons for r...

National Party Conference - 600 delegates Labour Party Conference - 700 delegates ACT Party Conference - 200 delegates Not bad for a 1% p...

Another senseless ban passed in parliament last night. The bill passed 109 to 11 with only the Green, Maori and Act parties opposing. Thank...

John Howard, backed by Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson, says Rudd's apology was wrong. A later generation cannot apologise for the actio...

This is a heartbreaker and in my experience the 'authorities' are hitting the nail on the head. The case has highlighted concerns h...

I cannot come up with any reasonable justification for or defence of this .

Colin James has a good column in the NZ Herald today in which he argues that upward mobility is important for sustained economic growth. In...

This is good. The PM is apologising for the last Labour government. She is reported on NewstalkZB news saying Roger Douglas ran rampant in t...

Deborah Coddington has called for ACT to become the "hard-ass" party. They should select candidates that don't mind being call...

A couple of years back I read a rather raw and extreme speech which I hoped reflected a personal paranoia and not reality. Here is an excerp...

I wanted to read Louisa Wall's maiden speech so went to the Labour Party website . No speech there. In fact she isn't even listed as...

And further on education, this is a gem. Rick Giles has locked horns with Stratford High School over the matter of blog accessibility. He re...