Ryan Bridge gives climate protestors a piece of his mind over their annoying habit of lecturing us all about how we must act now to save the planet, whilst ignoring the same imperative themselves. At the weekend climate protesters poured oil over the steps at Simon Bridges’ electorate office, defacing
The latest 1News/Colmar Brunton poll is good news for the ACT Party and not so good news for Labour. Labour’s support has fallen to its lowest in two years according to the latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll, and National and ACT still have the numbers to scrape
The Police and their Minister, Stuart Nash, are busily lying like flatfish over the data breach that saw more than 37,000 licensed firearms owners’ private details left open to anyone visiting a Police administered website. Police have confirmed a dealer with legitimate access to the online notification platform for
When we write about Trump derangement syndrome we tend to form a picture in our mind of harmless loonies screaming at the sky, but the syndrome is real, and some people suffering from it have become unstable and violent. In some cases, it has become dangerous, particularly when teachers have
After his trainwreck interview, you’d think Jeremy Corbyn would have acted to halt the over-riding impression he is a nasty little anti-Semite. YouGov has released a poll in the UK that suggests the problem for Labour is bigger than just having a Jew-hating leader. Loyal supporters of Labour leader
Left-wing political blog The Standard has published a post that is interesting because it reveals from a left-wing perspective how the Labour-led government is viewed by its supporters. […] THE LEADERSHIP IS OUTSTANDING. HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT FOR A DECADE. The post starts with facts that are not
Poor Simon, why bother voting for the Zero Carbon Bill when you are still going to be targeted as a denier? Simon Bridges’ office was defaced overnight by climate change activists. The National Party leader posted an image to Twitter on Sunday showing a dark liquid resembling oil coating the
Please, dear readers, forgive the very short Music Quiz. Long story short at 11pm after the party I made a boo boo and lost most of the questions that Pluto had completed.
As you may be aware The BFD’s Australian correspondent Lushington D Brady came all the way from Tasmania this week in order to attend the World famous in NZ BFD Staff Christmas party yesterday. We won’t be publishing any posts from Lushington today as he is still recovering
National MP Maurice Williamson was forced to resign as a minister after he contacted senior Police over an operational matter. The Labour leader at the time said: Labour Leader David Cunliffe said Key lived in a state of denial about the actions of his ministers until they were made public
As you all know we have added a new entry to our Left-wingese dictionary this week after it was revealed that a judge has effectively ruled that it is not sexual assault if you were drunk when you did it. Sexual assault: Just Drunken antics The BFD Left-wingese dictionary The
Stuff has an article with the headline Dear Jacinda: Questions about New Zealand from a couple of confused UK tourists. In it, a number of questions were asked but not answered, so as a public service and to show the “confused” Poms just how friendly and helpful we are in
Dear Readers, Today is The BFD Staff Christmas party at the beach so both today and tomorrow expect posts to be light on the ground as staff take some time off to relax and enjoy each others company in the real world. On a normal day we all meet up
Karl du Fresne has written an excellent piece about Islam in New Zealand. He succinctly gets to the heart of the matter and does so without saying anything controversial or offensive. He points out that as a nation we are conflicted about Islam and that we need to get beyond
I think we are going to have to add to The BFD Left-wingese dictionary, as the Young Labour Camp sex pest has been discharged without conviction. Just drunken antics…nothing dodgy to see here folks. * Sexual assault: Just Drunken antics * Tax: Love * Policy making: Outsourcing to working groups * Social justice
Guyon Espiner has been breathlessly trying to get up a scandal about NZ First for weeks now, and he produced an expose yesterday that shows that the NZ First Foundation is…wait for it…the same as the National Foundation. Key documents about a mysterious foundation loaning money to New
