UK. The right of asylum is an ancient right to flee a government or ruler that persecutes you. It goes back thousands of years. In the modern era the UDHR says: Everyone ...

The real issue is the unnecessary complexity and arbitrariness of the current law. That isn’t being addressed. Instead we are getting a deluge of hand-wringing about “vigilantism” and doomsday ...

At Patreon (paywalled)I have done my normal monthly summary of how Governments are looking placed for re-election. My intro is: Nigel Farage is positioned to become the next UK Prime Minister, while ...

The first is replacing DCs with a Development Levy System, The second is establishing regulatory oversight of Development Levies to ensure charges are fair and appropriate, The third is increasing the ...

New Zealand’s public hospitals are facing a doctor shortage, yet Health New Zealand—the bureaucratic body overseeing our public health system—continues to artificially limit the number of hospital ...

The Government has agreed to introduce legislation that will enable a four-year term of Parliament subject to a referendum, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “As stipulated in the National-Act ...

Wellington Water chairman Nick Leggett is right to “pause for thought” about whether his position is tenable, given the company he is accountable for has ripped off ratepayers. More scathing reports ...

The ABC's 2025 federal election coverage will be the last to feature Antony Green AO in an on-air role. The national broadcaster's chief election analyst is stepping down after more than 30 years in a ...

Local Government NZ president Sam Broughton intends to embark on a fight-back against the Government’s most contentious “back to basics” proposal: caps on rates rises. According to the Government’s ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown says he will demand an explanation from the Pharmacy Council over its competence standards for pharmacists, which have been described as “deeply disturbing.” It follows ...

Some media commentators have taken these high level resignations as a sign of trouble within the Government - that implicitly, these resignations are a bad thing. I take the contrary view, that ...