You would think that a long-haul jet that uses 100,000 to litres of jet fuel to get from London to Christchurch is a bad thing but in fact it’s not. Global tourism is about the lesser of two evils. The…
Right now I’m seeing market failure that requires government intervention. Time and time again we have seen private investors promise hotels which should have been built by now and have not been delivered. The stadium, the swimming pool, the town…
Knowing the rules is only a fraction of the battle. Candidates also have to know how to use the processes to get things done, or not done. Some elected members do, some members of the community do. Many don’t. Getting…
“Right-wing” council candidates cares about over spending on needless bus lanes, cycleways and speedhumps. The mantra we have seen from “left-wing” Labour has been “nothing is safe, cars need to be gone, slow down everything, spend baby spend”. When you’re…
Do you have confidence in the answers given to Cr Pauline Cotter in this video? Does this all sound like the undelivered pledges that we’ve all heard about the cathedral? Does this sound like more of the rhetoric we have…
