Barry Soper
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Louisa Wall quits politics: Barry Soper - Jacinda Ardern needs to learn how to deal with talent and potential trouble
OPINION: Ardern's unknowingly become an expert at doing the dance of the unveiled. → Read More
Barry Soper: Why there was no point sticking around for Ashley Bloomfield
OPINION: Bloomfield's resignation would have come as no surprise to Ardern. → Read More
Barry Soper: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's traffic light announcement a familiar meaningless sermon
OPINION: The sermon sounded like the same script they had preached so many times before. → Read More
Barry Soper: Police Parliament protest, mental health
OPINION: What's happening to democracy, let alone the promised transparency of this Govt? → Read More
Barry Soper: Why can't this Government make a decision and announce it at once?
OPINION: Is it about power or just plain incompetence? → Read More
Barry Soper: There's an air of permanency at Parliament grounds
OPINION: The camp's become a well-fed, ordered hippie village of sorts. → Read More
Covid 19 convoy protest: Govt's refusal to engage with Parliament group unwise if not unkind
OPINION: From the beginning the Prime Minister has preached kindness. → Read More
Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: Barry Soper - Government trying to oil squeaks that have turned into shouts
COMMENT: Don't hold your breath, as you may clog up the threatened hospital system → Read More
Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: Barry Soper
OPINION: It should come as no surprise to Ardern why her popularity's on the wane. → Read More
Christopher Luxon's biggest mistake in first showdown with Jacinda Ardern
OPINION: Covid for Ardern and her band of weary warriors is their ticket to ride. → Read More
Barry Soper: National gets what it wanted
Opinion: Simon Bridges made the right call today. → Read More
Barry Soper: National leadership - few political hit jobs have been so badly executed
OPINION: It was like a script straight from Pink Panther and bumbling French inspector. → Read More
Barry Soper: For Jacinda Ardern, press conferences seem to be all about media control
OPINION: Press conferences with politicians generally have always been torrid affairs. → Read More
Barry Soper: Auckland's mood will have lifted a little
The Government couldn't possibly lock down the country's economic powerhouse any longer. → Read More
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Barry Soper - Beehive's road map for Auckland is a road to nowhere
OPINION: PM can't say how long we'll be on the road and where the map will take us. → Read More
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Barry Soper
OPINION: Observe the body language of the PM and the pressure she's under seems obvious. → Read More
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Barry Soper - Don't expect Govt to admit elimination strategy has been scrapped
OPINION: The past five weeks in Auckland has been a shemozzle. → Read More
Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Barry Soper
OPINION: We've been told repeatedly from the Beehive's 'Pulpit of Truth' to be kind. → Read More
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's policeman father carried out Dawn Raids as junior officer
Ross Ardern was a junior police officer who had not believed it should be part of the job. → Read More
Covid 19 coronavirus: Barry Soper - Official Fiji numbers clearly disguise what's really happening
OPINION: Official Fiji numbers clearly disguise what's really happening. → Read More