On Saturday I posted Will Ardern be PM for three more years? Today, I report that contrary to my previously expressed opinions, Eleanor Ainge Roy on Saturday wrote in The Guardian: “With seven months to go, the internationally acclaimed PM must tackle queries over whether she has done enough at
Don’t we just love to speculate about politics. To analyse the polls and guess at what we think might happen. The scenarios can be many and varied and of course some of our views are deeply influenced by our own wishful thinking. For example, there’s nothing I’d
This month marks the second anniversary of National’s anointment of Simon Bridges as Party Leader. It would be fair to say that there was a high level of surprise by his selection. He really wasn’t on the radar before he suddenly became leader and many wondered openly about
Who cares? Thousands of year-13s are moving on and will no doubt go on to wonderful and useful careers. Why does “Stuffed” think anybody cares what a tiny minority of ill-informed, rowdy followers (please note – NOT leaders – trendy followers), are going to do? Why do they qualify for
The “Stuffed” opinion piece starts off “You’re at the airport, ticket in hand, and sweating bullets as the Customs officer examines your passport. Something’s not right.” “Come with me, ma’am,” she says. “ “Then you’re handed over to the police, your flight back to the US leaves
RIP Mike Moore – One of New Zealand’s Real Statesmen – 28 Jan, 1949 – Feb 02, 2020 Many New Zealanders will remember Mike Moore for his very short stint as Prime Minister from September to November 1990. Not unlike the present Prime Minister, who replaced a very low polling Andrew Little,
Many years ago, Margaret Court set some tennis records and has a tennis arena in Melbourne named after her as a “legend” of the sport. This week, Tennis Australia honoured her at the Australian Open. “From one tennis legend to another, Rod Laver presented Margaret Court with a replica of
The “Stuffed” headline reads: “Hayley Holt’s baby is so wanted, it’s none of your business who the father is” I had to scratch my head. Who is Hayley Holt? If I have no idea who she is, her baby’s father probably doesn’t feature on my radar
I can think of very few events in life that would be more painful than having to bury your own child (or children) and with that in mind, I offer my sincerest and heartfelt condolences to Jason Alexander in Christchurch, who lost both of his daughters, aged 15 and 17,
While most BFD readers might already view the Trump impeachment as a farce, many all over the world (including so-called “media experts” and assorted “academics”) seem unable to focus exclusively on the facts but remain captive to the highly emotive rhetoric espoused by the Democrats and the MSM. The
When news broke of the College Admissions Scandal in the US, many of us will have sat back knowingly and smiled thinking: “spoilt, privileged, rich brats getting yet more advantage by virtue of having been born into rich, movie star families. When actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to a token
In my previous post I made the observation that “If rules don’t matter enough to warrant following them, society as a whole evolves entirely by itself”. I was referring to the fact that sloppiness in the way we use our language (of which our prime minister is a master
Wise, intelligent people who are self-aware, know when it’s time to “hang up the boots” and move on. Unfortunately, politicians too often don’t fall into the categories of wise, intelligent or self- aware and far too often, overstay their welcome. If nothing else, the Trump impeachment hearings,
American humourist Evan Esar is known for the famous quote: “All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with a mighty urge to become otherwise”. There’s nothing any of us can do that will change that basic driver of humankind despite what some political leadership might like
This government has to be by far the worst government in the history of our nation. Just like those “chinky sounding names” made so famous by her incompetent MP’s in our present government, Dieuwe de Boer sounds very much as though it is of Afrikaans origin – you know, that
Under this headline “Laziness, United States and our own prime minister to blame for regression of English language” Karl du Fresne wrote an opinion piece on Stuffed last week: “The year just passed was notable for the supplanting of the letter T by D in spoken English, so that we
