Politics

Instead of grilling would-be Prime Ministers on the price of groceries that they are unlikely to buy for themselves anyway, let’s test them on matters they would deal with in office.

Covid dominated the headlines in 2021, other policy areas received less attention than deserved.

There is a major surprise hidden in the overall result of the German elections.

Referenda are a much more transparent way of government by numbers than the poll-driven roll-out and roll-back of initiatives we have become used to.

To land a top job, having a stand-out CV helps.

The business of legislation is murky.

The worst of Muldoonism is back in New Zealand politics.

Mastering ‘Democracy’ was easier than I had thought.