Friday’s UMR leaked poll made for more than sombre reading if you’re a supporter of the right as most of us here are. UMR is Labour’s polling company so it is very easy to dismiss it as a rogue poll or hope that somehow an element of
I adhered to my usual habit and didn’t bother tuning in for the daily telling off from she who thinks she must be obeyed. Instead, I turned to the local rag. As far as I’m concerned I don’t need to be lectured to by someone born some
Bob Jones, in a recent article on The BFD, had this to say: It’s a sorry scene ahead of us and I say again, by election-time the Jacinda lustre will be replaced by despair and anger with the obvious electoral outcome. I agree wholeheartedly. The backlash has already
Dr Muriel Newman wrote an excellent article which was published on The BFD on Friday. The content contained in the article should send a chill up the spine of every person in New Zealand who believes in freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Currently, all three are being eroded
With Monday’s announcement on moving to level three next Tuesday the adding of an extra week to level four shows complete ignorance of how business operates, the overheads involved, staff costs, compliance costs and the slim margins they operate on. As Bob Jones has pointed out in his last
It is becoming increasingly apparent that we have in this country a Government that lacks the transparency our “Dear Leader” Jacinda Ardern likes to bang on about. For whatever reasons, and I can think of a few, we, her supposed faithful and loving subjects, are not being given the full
I subscribe to a blogger by the name of Bill Bonner. He writes daily on financial matters mostly pertinent to America. His latest article is headed – A Nation of Poltroons. The word poltroon was used as a common insult in the nineteenth century and its meaning is an utter coward.
Before I start, I want to record that I had the misfortune to be too near the television on Tuesday afternoon and heard the “Duchess of Ardern” Jacinda Ardern, royally, for the umpteenth time, spout the lie of going hard and going early. I can cope with hearing a mistruth
The Coronavirus has put the spotlight on three people in high places who are not up to carrying out the tasks their positions demand. Two are attached to political institutions and one is a Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has a goal of also being a member of one of
Okay, unlike the PM, I’m going to be honest. I’ve had a guts full. I’ve had a guts full of this lockdown. I’ve had a guts full of the individual who currently inhabits Premier House. I’ve had a guts full of being dictated to. I’
Dear Jacinda, You seem to operate under the old adage that if you tell someone something often enough they will believe it. May I politely ask, was this part of your communications degree? Again at your Sunday press conference, you stated that observing the trajectories overseas had helped the Government
Editors note: Due to technical issues yesterday that prevented our articles from being viewed by most of our audience I have made the decision to republish them today. I am fast coming to the conclusion that this virus thing is less about controlling the virus and more about controlling the
I am fast coming to the conclusion that this virus thing is less about controlling the virus and more about controlling the people and the message. The “Pravda One” early afternoon sitcom every day certainly gives that impression. They may think that standing at their lecterns daily spouting large numbers
I am becoming increasingly aware that far from being in control of the COVID-19 pandemic the Government, as in most areas of governance, is showing itself to be painfully lacking in the ability to do what is needed. It has got to the point where, unless you have a
I mentioned to SB, in what seems an embarrassingly long time ago when we were discussing The BFD, that I would write an article encouraging those of us who visit the site regularly to consider taking up one of the subscriptions on offer if they have not already done so.
I am aware the virus is a killer. Who isn’t? What’s killing me is the wall to wall coverage on the topic. It’s like there’s nothing else happening and thanks to the overreacting by politicians trying to look tough, there pretty much isn’t. The popular
