Every Prime Minister falls. Here's 3 ways from recent history.
Feb 24, 2021
22 min
What is an MP? What do they do, and how can they screw up? Let's find out!
Oct 24, 2020
15 min
Today I describe the worst job in the country, the Leader of the Opposition. Thankless, stressful, and powerless, but ambitious people will give it a shot in order to win the top job.
Oct 20, 2020
18 min
Being PM sucks, but women Prime Minister's have significant advantages. What is the job like? Can anyone do it? Should anyone want to? I look into these questions.
Oct 19, 2020
17 min
NZ has just held a general election and the Labour Party won in a landslide. What is the MMP electoral system? Why do we have it, and how does it effect politicians?
Oct 18, 2020
16 min
Today we talk about the foreign exchange crisis after the 1984 election and the constitutional crisis that it generated.
Oct 17, 2020
24 min
The 1984 snap election. Why did it happen, and how? A maverick female MP, a PM under pressure, and a building economic crisis. Those ingredients would mix and end Sir Robert Muldoon's eight and a half years in power.
Oct 13, 2020
19 min