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Maori Go Straight to Threats
New Zealand will never have a grown up discussion about the Treaty of Waitangi; even more so with threats of violence and intimidation over a democratic referendum about the Treaty. When Maori say democracy doesn’t work for them we should believe them, that they are against democracy. When Maori
Nobody Ever Said War Was Nice
In mid-1944, with WWII still raging, George Orwell took aim at socialist and pacifist Vera Brittain, who had published a hand-wringing pamphlet attacking Allied bombing raids in Europe. Like the comfortable leftists today attacking Israel’s self-defensive response to Hamas’ unspeakable barbarities, Brittain whined about the “thousands of helpless and
Race Police Come Knocking for Whitey
Each passing day only underscores the sheer scale of the bullet Australia dodged on referendum day. Despite the endless protestations of “unity”, it was clear to anyone who actually read the Uluru Statement (all 26-odd pages of it) that this was a deeply divisive proposal. It really irks the Yes
Swiss Roll Right at the Polls
While BFD readers’ eyes have been almost certainly, and rightfully, focussed on the voting day on each side of the Tasman two weeks ago, a week later, another general election was held, in far-off Switzerland. While all politics is local, the Swiss elections also seemed to follow a trend sweeping
The Polls Toll for Airbus Albo
As the fallout from the “Voice” referendum continues, “Airbus Albo” is scuttling off overseas, yet again. Of course, the trip would have been booked months ago, and there are a few things going on in the world. But politics is as much about appearances as substance, and the appearances here,
The BFD Daily Opinion Poll
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I Watched the Whole Thing. I Wish I Hadn’t.
Over the weekend I was sent a video from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It outlined in two short, yet horrifying minutes some of the appalling war crimes and atrocities perpetrated by Hamas on innocent civilians of Israel in the border areas around the Gaza Strip. I was also
Advance Turns Its Sights to Free Speech
The defeat of the “Indigenous Voice” referendum, if nothing else, showed just what a grassroots, low-budget campaign can achieve against the assembled might of the elite. The Yes campaign had the backing of the government, most of the minor parties, and even prominent members of the opposition. Every single state
The Mask Comes off for All to See
With the referendum done and dusted, the activist groups behind it have dropped their masks of “unity” and “love”, and revealed their true, ugly face. Australians can heave a sigh of relief that we dodged the bullet of this lot. After spending a week throwing an epic sulking fit, an
Harvard Pays at the Hip Pocket
As I wrote recently, major US law firms are no longer too keen on hiring Harvard or Stanford graduates. Mostly because they are all too aware that the cult of “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” has stifled critical thinking on US campuses. Graduates from elite universities are no longer the best
The One Transition They’re Happy to Do
As Lewis Carroll’s Humpty-Dumpty famously said, “When, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less”. The whole point, he elaborated, is “which is to be master”. As history has regularly shown, authoritarian ideologies regularly twist the plain meanings of words in order to assert