Blog Bits
- Bryce Edwards summarises a study of the television coverage of the 2008 election. It’s disappointing how little focus on policy there was.
- Claire Trevett’s unofficial John Key’s Pacific Diary is a great read.
- The Dim-Post suggests Phil Goff needs to give a speech repudiating their nanny state legacy. I hope Goff doesn’t take his advice.
- Trevor Loudon reveals the new President of the NDU used to be a Young National!
- Toad thinks private income protection insurance is the same as being on the dole. He gets savaged in his comments section, and Whale responds here.
- Tony Milne ponders opposition politics.
- MacDoctor blogs on obesity and how an obese parent makes a child six to ten times more likely to be obese. So regulating school tuck shops is not the answer. An excellent post.