Evening all :) Back to planning for a moment. A Local Plan goes through many levels of consultation - as an example, in the two tier set up, the District or Borough Council has to consult with a rang… (View Post)

I don’t disagree the construction companies are a big part of the problem. When I did my time in local Government, we would tender for school extensions or new buildings or additions to care homes an… (View Post)

We’ve had the final Verian poll for 2024 conducted for One News and it shows National leading Labour 37-29 with the Greens on 10, ACT on 8, the Māori Party on 7 and New Zealand First on 6. The govern… (View Post)

Afternoon all :) On topic, the problem is everyone has their own subjective interpretation and definition of all the “isms” listed. We could waste 100,000 posts trying to define liberalism, socialism… (View Post)

Yes, it was the second story on the main evening news after a poll about the Treaty Principles Bill which has been proposed by New Zealand’s answer to Nigel Farage, David Seymour, leader of ACT. The … (View Post)