Lindsay Mitchell

I support the right to choose. But personally I cannot choose the termination of life. It's an emotional, deep-seated impulse. But I fac...

Reform UK has just released a report proposing ideas for reforming the current social security system. I thought the opening sentence was ...

Apparently because alcohol kills 50 times more people than P we should be 50 times more worried about it. If I were 50 times more worried it...

Well, actually, I haven't won the bet yet but I won the bet. Let me explain. Last Sunday Des Coppins had a draw open to all callers to h...

I have now had chance to read the report . In 2007 MSD instigated a new approach to sickness and invalid beneficiaries. It involved more int...

I was caught on the hop yesterday when I received a call from Radio Live asking me to record an interview about my earlier press release reg...

Sus kindly sent through a letter she received yesterday from the Minister for Social Development, Paula Bennett. Representing National, in t...

I was wondering whether regional reliance on the unemployment benefit matches regional unemployment rates. (June 09 benefit data is used be...

The number of working-age beneficiaries has risen by 21 percent over the last year. Here's a breakdown by September 2009 total and annua...

There is too much wrong with Tim Hazeldine's defence of ACC's viability in today's New Zealand Herald to take any comfort from ...

Media Release NATIONAL'S BROKEN PROMISES Sunday, October 18, 2009 Information obtained under the Official Information Act shows that the...

Has David Garrett got this right? So Pita Sharples used taxpayer money to host a meeting with Black Power and Mongrel Mob leaders. Taxpayer ...

Yesterday was an unseasonably warm day so I latched back the door out to the deck. It wasn't the first outdoor exploration the kittens h...

Statistical studies into the effects of smacking are becoming even more controversial than the practice itself. If you can find the stomach ...

Thinking about the previous post, this government needs some ideas about how to cut spending. Can we assist? Substantial amounts are needed ...

Government spending ;

We had a hefty ACC rise last year under Labour. Now we have an even heftier ACC rise under National. I still haven't figured out what...

This is an interesting interview from the Wall St Journal , more because it encapsulates why the drug war won't go away rather than why ...

In the past I have examined the gender imbalance in working age Work and Income clientèle. The ratio was running about 60:40 weighted toward...

According to the BBC ; Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has outlined plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 from 2016, up to 10 ...