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I was wondering if Ed Miliband, the new leader of the British Labour Party, is the son of the late Marxist theoretician and sociologist Ral...

Friday October 1, of course, marks the day when there will be a massive transfer of wealth from the New Zealand working class to the wealth...

Who knew that Sideshow Bob's wife, Jo Nicholls-Parker , was playing such a pivotal role in the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch ...

As I mentioned in a previous post, Sideshow Bob is refusing to debate the issues with his mayoral rival Jim Anderton - despite having earlie...

Councillor Sue Wells is one of Christchurch's more arrogant councillors. Always convinced that she is right about everything, she has l...

Under the reign of 'the People's President', America's rich have got richer this year - while the poor have got considerabl...

TVNZ's Breakfast is broadcasting from Cathedral Square in Christchurch tomorrow. This will give the loathsome Paul Henry another opport...

Shortly after the Christchurch quake Sideshow Bob confidently insisted that the Christchurch City Council had opposed the development of ...

We all know that Sideshow Bob is milking the quake for all its worth and so it comes as no surprise that he is continuing to ponce around in...

IT TAKES A PILLAGE: BEHIND THE BAILOUTS, BONUSES, AND BACKROOM DEALS FROM WASHINGTON TO WALL STREET Nomi Prins (Wiley John & Sons) I wa...

Despite his claim before the earthquake that he had heard the complaints of local people and recognised that the Christchurch City Council...

Did you know that Sideshow Bob can leap tall buildings in a single bound? Not really. But Bob's supporters would like you to believe it....

Miles Warren, a prominent Christchurch architect, says it was 'scandalous' that a new sub-division was allowed on reclaimed land i...

Who is coming to the rescue of Christchurch in these difficult and stressful days? It's not the stock market, not the finance houses (th...

But - wait - there's more! Unfortunately. Like a lot of people in Christchurch I got some good sleep last night. There were some mild af...

That was a less than enjoyable night. We had some major aftershocks during the night with the first one hitting shortly after 11pm. I had j...

I wasn't going to broach this subject quite so soon but since Bob Harvey, the Mayor of Waitakere City thought he'd campaign on beha...

6am or thereabouts. It's over 24 hours since the earthquake struck. I've had a fitful night of sleep at best. I've spent a lot o...

There is an eerie silence over the city. I live near a main road that leads to one of Christchurch's big shopping malls and there certai...

There has been a major earthquake in Christchurch. I understand it was a 7.3 and the epicentre was some 35 miles from Christchurch, near Da...

Sideshow Bob has been quick to tell the good people of Christchurch that, in these tough economic times, we 'all' have to tighten ou...

Is anyone surprised that one of South Canterbury Finance's bad loans went to our 'urban visionary' Dave Henderson? You will reca...

During the last mayoral campaign in 2008 , Sideshow Bob went around declaring that he, if voted Mayor, would be 'accountable' to th...