Simon Bridges loves grandstanding in parliament, using heaps of supplementary questions to try to ‘get’ Jacinda Ardern. Most of the time all he succeeds in doing is pissing off his caucus by wasting questions that they could have used to skewer dead-set useless ministers. Two and a half weeks ago
Simon Bridges must almost be wishing that he’d never chucked Jami-Lee Ross under the bus. Botany is turning into a real mess as list MPs jockey for a safe seat and flip the bird at the President, Peter Goodfellow and Regional Chair, Andrew Hunt, who both want ‘Happy hand
1News have revealed a new polling stance: publishing approval ratings for the PM and Simon Bridges. The BFD has been saying for a long time that this sort of polling will reveal the dire position National finds themselves in under Bridges’ leadership. National’s caucus is almost never shown these
Before I even read the article on Newshub about why dog owners are likely to live longer, I came up with my own theory. (Disclaimer: I am a dog lover and hate cats due to a traumatic incident in childhood). Do you want to know all about it? Okay then
Running in Botany is a very, very brave move for aspiring National Party leader and PM Chris “Uncle Fester” Luxon. He is running against a noted and committed dirty politician in Jami-Lee Ross who has nothing to lose. Ross is a man who could be the difference between being in
This from Stuff nearly a year ago: Wellington Mayor Justin Lester has tossed his hat in the ring for a second term. Labour announced their line-up on Sunday, with all the existing Wellington City Council Labour councillors Brian Dawson, Peter Gilberd and Fleur Fitzsimons all seeking re-election next year. They
The latest 1News poll is out and they exclaim that National plus one seat from ACT means that they can govern alone. That means that they would achieve something John Key never did and let’s face it if Key couldn’t do it then it is highly unlikely that
Today’s face of the day needs to put on a pair of Jackboots to better stomp down the dirt over the coffin of University Student accommodation. This government is big on knee jerk reactions to tragedies. Instead of focussing on the cause and therefore how in the future to
Mostly the local body elections have been a yawn-fest, but there are some results that are interesting, funny, or utterly strange. Wellington: Justin Lester has been given the arse card by Andy Foster. Three other councillors were given a DCM as Wellington voters voted for change. Auckland: Phil Goff comfortably
The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out and it is bad for Jacinda Ardern personally along with Labour. Headline numbers are: National: 43.9% Labour: 41.6% Greens: 6.3% NZ First: 4.0% On those numbers, a Labour/Green government would be returned. The Nats simply don’t
I am so sick of Rainbow tick this and Rainbow approved that. There is nothing beautiful at all about the power being wielded by the Rainbow lobby. They have a firm hold of the Auckland Council’s balls and it only takes a little squeeze to bring them into line.
Christopher Luxon has started off his campaign to win Botany by single-handedly pissing off every single existing National caucus member, especially Todd Muller, who is seen as the wet team’s hope to replace the failing Simon Bridges. But that win could still come hard for Luxon. Ross is fighting
Countdown seems to be run by Wombles, Muppets and the perpetually woke now. First, they removed plastic bags and forced us all to borrow their plastic baskets to take our groceries to the car. Then they imposed age limits on energy drinks so that customers had to be at least
As predicted here at The BFD, Christopher Luxon has declared he is seeking the National party nomination for Botany. Former Air New Zealand chief Christopher Luxon has put his name up to be the National Party candidate in the Auckland seat of Botany, according to reports. Luxon’s future with
I am thrilled to announce that The BFD from next Tuesday evening onwards will be posting a live stream at 9pm every Tuesday of the new cross-Tasman talk show, Trans-Tasman Talk, hosted by Kiwi Dieuwe de Boer from Right Minds and Aussie Tim Wilms from The Unshackled. For those of
How often have you signed up to something online and actually read the terms and conditions? If you are like me the answer is probably rarely if at all. The fine print tends to be pages long and gives me a headache, so I usually skip it on the assumption
