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McBlog: Opportunity Knocks... To The Left

Commentator & StraightTalk panelist Ashley Church argues that a vote for The Opportunities Party is simply a vote for the Greens and Labour, and that TOP is not the centrist party it presents itself to be. It is a strongly left-wing party wearing centrist clothing, a Trojan horse designed to deliver centrist votes to the left. Ashley argues that TOP has been deliberately re-engineered as a political vehicle capable of attracting voters who care about environmental protection, housing affordability and political reform, but who would hesitate to vote Labour or Green. It is also strongly socially liberal.

StraightTalk - 29 June 2026

In this episode of StraightTalk, we discuss: the latest political polls and media coverage of the weekend conferences; we ask the panellists whether we really need a bill in Parliament to solve gender ideology & how we define women – or is there a better way to deal with the madness; last week we discussed Pauline Hanson and Brian Tamaki’s comments about multiculturalism – we put the same question to this week’s panel; do the panellists agree with the tipping culture in the US – it seems FIFA world cup fans and even Americans are souring on it; and speaking of FIFA World Cup, who are the panellists predicting will win – and do they even know what I’m talking about when I say FIFA World Cup.

ARC Conference (London) 2026 with Simon O'Connor

Bob speaks to Family First's Simon O'Connor about the recent ARC Conference held in London with an array of international speakers including Konstantin Kisin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Seth Dillon, Sall Grover, Nick Freitas and many more. The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) is an international movement with a vision for a better world where empowered citizens take responsibility and work together to bring flourishing and prosperity to their families, communities, and nations. YouTube channel to watch the presentations: https://www.youtube.com/@arc_conference/videos

CounterCulture - Intersectionality: fuelling justice or division?

Should all people be placed in categories based on their gender, race or sexuality in order to help fight injustice? Kimberle Crenshaw, who coined the term "intersectionality," believes so. In this episode of CounterCulture, the panel goes straight to the source of the intersectionality movement and unpacks the logical conclusion to Crenshaw's ideas. Are there better ways to fight racism than with more racism? Is there hope and redemption to be found in cultural Marxism? Or does it bring more harm than good? Join the panel as they dive into all of those questions and more. Here's the latest episode of Counter Culture hosted by Samuel Bilton ...

McBlog: Far Out! Far-Right Kids In Class

Bob examines two hysterical media reports from Stuff and Radio NZ which panic about "far-right" students in schools who may be closet "trad-wives", or worse still, hold conservative views. Perhaps they're just the sensible ones who don't buy the left wing narrative being indoctrinated by the teachers' union and the Ministry of Education. Of course, every left-wing student is a perfect little angel.