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Tag: Simon Bridges

Nikki Kaye Todd Muller New Zealand National Party
New Zealand 
May 29, 2020May 30, 2020

New Zealand: Muller and Kaye’s ascension has opened a can of worms in the National Party

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1164 Views featured, new zealand national party, Nikki Kaye, Simon Bridges, todd muller

When the National Party caucus moved to replace Simon Bridges as their leader with Todd Muller, their intent was to turn their fortunes around

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New Zealand National Party Simon Bridges Paula Bennett Nikki Kaye Todd Muller
New Zealand 
May 21, 2020

New Zealand: The Duality of the National Party

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1305 Views featured, national party leadership, new zealand national party, Nikki Kaye, Paula Bennett, Simon Bridges, todd muller

After a dismal polling result, many are predicting the impending demise of Simon Bridges’ reign as leader of the National Party. Last Tuesday’s Newshub-Reid

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New Zealand 
April 26, 2020April 28, 2020

New Zealand: Has Simon Bridges’ time come?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1151 Views featured, Judith Collins, national party leadership, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges

After a litany of disastrous PR stunts, many believe Simon Bridges’ time as leader of the National Party has come to an end. Recently,

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Jami-Lee Ross speaking to media
New Zealand 
March 10, 2020March 14, 2020

Jami-Lee Ross dropped a bombshell in the House and everyone ignored it

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2149 Views chinese communist party, chinese interference, featured, foreign interference, jami-lee ross, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges, xi xiaoli, zhang shaona

Botany electorate MP Jami-Lee Ross made headlines in 2018 when he blew the whistle on a large donation by a Chinese businessman to his

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New Zealand 
March 1, 2020March 6, 2020

Who does the National Party truly stand for?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1865 Views 2020 new zealand elections, featured, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges

Last month, the National Party showed us a glimpse of their economic priorities if elected into government in this year’s election. Reusing once more

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Simon Bridges New Zealand National Party
New Zealand 
February 21, 2020February 23, 2020

The predictable National Party promises a rerun of the John Key era

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1151 Views 2020 new zealand elections, featured, John Key, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges

As sure as the sun will rise, the National Party will unveil a plan of tax cuts before any election campaign. This year’s general

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Fake news protest
New Zealand 
February 1, 2020February 5, 2020

This year’s election will be dirty, so we need to be vigilant against fake news

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1112 Views facebook ad library report, fake news in new zealand, featured, jacinda ardern, new zealand national party, parliamentary budget office, Simon Bridges

In the span of a week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made two big announcements regarding this year’s general elections. First, that her Labour Party

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National MPs with Delfin Lorenzana in Manila
New Zealand 
January 22, 2020

Simon Bridges and his National MPs are fraternizing with staunch acolytes of Duterte’s brutal drug war

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2881 Views 2020 new zealand elections, featured, new zealand national party, paulo garcia, rodrigo duterte, Simon Bridges, war on drugs

Signalling the start of their 2020 election campaign, National Party leader Simon Bridges and several of his party colleagues are making a working visit

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New Zealand foreign electoral donations ban Simon Bridges National Party
New Zealand 
December 5, 2019

At last, a crackdown on foreign donations in New Zealand

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1150 Views andrew little, chinese interference, featured, foreign donations new zealand, jami-lee ross, National Party, Simon Bridges

In the wake of the controversies surrounding the National Party regarding foreigners donating large sums to their Party, the Coalition Government has announced changes

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National Party Simon Bridges John Key Gerry Brownlee
New Zealand 
December 1, 2019

Budget freezes and station closures: How the National government paved the way for more crime

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2861 Views featured, new zealand crime, new zealand police, Simon Bridges, sir john key

With the release of the National Party’s “discussion document” on law and order, it is clear that they are planning a “hard-line conservative” stance

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