On Friday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Police Minister Stuart Nash introduced to Parliament the latest round of firearms legislation changes. Meanwhile, a lobby group has launched a new campaign with the aim of dramatically increasing the restrictions on licensed firearms owners. On their website, the lobby group Gun Control
The BFD staff had a conversation over the watercooler yesterday after listening to the below interview with Simon Bridges. During the conversation, a new nickname for Bridges was born. “Angry Captain Mumblepants” which was then beautifully illustrated for us by BFD photoshopper Luke. The general consensus was that Captain Mumblepants
I was reading through Hansard yesterday and I noted Simon Bridges and the PM getting snippy with each other during Oral questions and it occurred to me that it might be fun to start a (possibly) regular series called Snip Bits where I reproduce only the snippy bits of interactions
There have been a lot of misleading statements published in the media recently about the dangers of vaping, according to a New Zealand based supplier of Vapes. In an attempt to counteract the misinformation they released the following statement. Up until now the New Zealand vape industry has done an
On Monday on The BFD, writer WH highlighted some of the words of Jacinda Ardern’s Maiden Speech where she said, “Today I will share with members the words that I wish to haunt me: my values and beliefs, and the things that have brought me here. I do so
The push to decriminalise cannabis in New Zealand is an issue that should revolve around the damage that the drug does. The focus should be on weighing up the harm that it does now while illegal compared to the amount of harm it will do once it has been decriminalised.
With fires raging in the Amazon, hurricanes ripping across the Atlantic, and typhoons flooding Japan, our planet and our climate are sending us a message: Yes and that message is that it is business as usual. Fires were happening every year in the Amazon long before the Climate Emergency became
Yesterday Paula Bennett was interviewed by Simon Shepherd who grilled her on why she has alleged that there has been a serious coverup in the prime minister’s office. This week Bennett used parliamentary privilege to name three of the prime minister’s closest advisors who, she says, knew about
Today’s face of the day was worried that his PM was being defamed and did all he could to deflect from the hard questions about Ardern’s accountability and honesty. He said that there was Aroha for the person who had made the accusation and then went on to
Earlier this week TUC (Trade Union Congress) in the UK voted for an extensive boycott of everything Israel. The motion was submitted by Artists’ Union England. One of the keynote speakers at the congress and sounding like a real TUC groupie was Jacinda Ardern via video. She says in the
The political bloodletting is not over yet. There are plenty more empty pikes waiting for the heads that may need to be sacrificed in order to protect the prime minister. The buck should stop with her and as this scandal spirals out of control she should be sacrificed to stem
For the funny side of a political cover-up of a sex scandal, The Civilian is good for a giggle. Information Satirical: content I am every bit as angry as you are. I am every bit as disappointed as you must be. The people with power, oversight and the ability to
Last week I started a Letter to the Editor section for the BFD. I invite readers to submit their thoughts on issues that they feel strongly about. You can take a position for or against an issue, simply inform, or do both. Around 300-400 words is ideal but I will
The British Labour party was accused yesterday of failing to act on sexual harassment allegations. This is completely ironic given that our very own NZ Labour party have been accused of exactly the same failure this week. Outgoing Labour MP John Mann has accused the Labour Party of failing to
In the above interview, Julie Anne Genter (to use a vulgar phrase) got her arse handed to her by the very polite Peter Williams. She was asked about points made in Troy Bowker’s NZ Herald article and her response was that it was fake news and that it is
Talk about a target-rich environment. The Labour party are in such disarray right now that a three-year-old with a pea shooter would be able to take one of them out, but sadly no three year olds were available. To fail to get in any hits on a government that is
