Politics

I was there on July 7, 1916 when the Labour Party was officially formed.

I’m a big defender of our media. I’ve copped some flak for it, but I think that on the whole our reporters do a reasonably good job

Scientists trapped in record Antarctic sea ice retracing voyage of 100 years ago. What has happened to global warming? — Robin Grieve (@RobinGrieve4ACT) December 25, 2013

The first thing that you have to understand about military spending in America is that we have to spend that money.

For the sake of argument, let’s say that you are a 56-year-old lobbyist for the Chamber of Commerce, which is a DC-based trade association that influences lawmakers on behalf of enormous corporations.

I’ve just returned from Australia for Wellington Anniversary weekend and it struck me how honesty seems to be a one way street.

John and I had been hanging out a lot. In fact he’d been coming over to our house pretty regularly since he discovered I had an original Optimus Prime transformer. 

On the afternoon the Martin Place Siege was happening, I tweeted the following (and no, don’t worry, it’s not flippant):

She’s pretty much everyone’s favourite Labour MP. Despite all the in-fighting and muck-raking and general ickiness that has beset the Labour party

Andrew Little is straight up and down. He’s a man of no bullshit. What you see is what you get. He’ll give you answers that are honest and thoughtful. That’s the narrative that he wants to build.

American Political Batshit: An Explanation by Adam Dawson

It’s 3am and my children are safe and asleep. There’s a phone in my bedroom, on my bedside table in fact.