It is the inevitable consequence of a non-adversarial fact-finding system that no matter how competent and diligent the fact-finder, mistakes are made in the findings. For example, in my case the IPCA ...

The Medical Council has proposed a statement on cultural competence that is basically a political litmus test. It is outrageous overreach, and an example of why Parliament needs to rein in all these ...

The Taxpayer's Union has done a report listing 103 ways local government can save money. Some of the more significant ones which I support are: Install water meters Avoid excessive advertising Do ...

In this part, I look at how often urgency has been used to bypass select committee consideration of a bill, and also how often the 6 months standard consultation period has been reduced. This practice ...

March 17, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 17 March 2026 ...

Former wife of Labour leader Chris Hipkins, Jade Paul, has posted a series of unsubstantiated personal claims about their relationship on social media - claims Hipkins says he “reject[s] entirely”. In ...

John Davidson has Tourette syndrome. He has the variety where he uncontrollably yells out offensive things. It isn’t what he is really thinking. It is just part of who he is. He has campaigned for ...

The problem with your argument is that it presupposes that Iran has no right to produce nuclear weapons, which would only be emulating the US and Israel. If, like me and other realists, you understand ...

Same in chch library. I went once to a look and was struck by the lack of books, the beautiful but so expensive architecture and the impressive light fittings. And many men in PJs. The snooty ...

A short video went viral last weekend that briefly restored my faith in British policing. It showed a female Metropolitan Police officer standing alone in Whitechapel, surrounded by a crowd of angry ...

As a keen follower of Parliament, one of the issues I have tracked in the past has been use of urgency. Back in around 2011 I was concerned about the amount of urgency being used, and actually worked ...