“Democracy dies in darkness”, says the Washington Post. They’d know: they’ve been doing their best to draw a suffocating sackcloth over American democracy for years. What the media choose not to say is often more important that what they do. Hunter Biden’s laptop, for instance. Or the
For most of us, Covid has been a disaster. For the elites, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Especially politicians and bureaucrats. First, the China virus gave them the excuse they’d been waiting for to enact “states of emergency” and seize virtually unlimited, unchallenged power. For faceless
John W. Whitehead Nisha Whitehead ronpaulinstitute.org It’s no longer a question of whether the government will lock up Americans for defying its mandates but when. This is what we know: the government has the means, the muscle and the motivation to detain individuals who resist its orders and
Morris 8 Morris 8 is a Wellington beltway insider, a small-c conservative, fiscally dry but socially liberal. Loves New Zealand but hates the current slide towards separatism and socialism. There’s a need for balance in all things, not least in the way we are governed. There are a plethora
Okay, that’s it, I’ve had quite enough of this government intruding in my life to rescue me from a virus with an infection fatality rate of between 0.04% and 0.05% and having a 99.5% survival rate. Lockdown actually means being locked up. Authorities couldn’t
Democracy falls when unelected people take power. Who knew that New Zealand would fall as a democracy in such a meek manner, with the people voluntarily handing over power to un-elected health bureaucrats? It’s like we have never learned from history. Adolf Hitler took power at the ballot box,
ACT Party This week – ACT reveals our latest COVID-19 policy document, COVID 3.0 – Life after Lockdowns. Karen Chhour takes on Oranga Tamariki and we hold the Government to account over Three Waters. IN THE NEWSCOVID 3.0 – Life after Lockdowns ACT released its latest in a series of documents
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Three Waters Plan Legislation Did you realise that the government is pushing through Bills about drinking water, waste water and stormwater? Piece by piece, using their 10 seat majority? Well, they are and who controls our water and who will own the infrastructure
Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture I was invited by Climate Change Minister, James Shaw, to attend COP 26 in Glasgow later this year and indicated that I was interested in attending, subject to suitable travel arrangements being available. At that time it looked
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister’s strategy of eradicating COVID-19 and hiding behind the oceans is finished. She needs to stop fudging and confront reality on behalf of New Zealand. Every day of delusion increases the chance of COVID deaths. We need to prepare for the invasion and
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 2nd July 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. An Act of stupidity The passage of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act will be remembered as one of the most
Hilary Barry has publicly stated that we should discriminate against and bully each other based on people’s personal health choices. Extremely ironically she is an advocate for standing up against bullies yet has used the TV show Seven Sharp on TV1 to tell others to be bullies themselves by
There can be no doubt: the workers are on their own. Neither the Labor Party nor the unions who prop it up represent blue collar workers any more. Of course, we’ve known that for a long time. Workers have long voted with their feet: less than 15% of Australian
Many BFD readers will have seen footage taken by ordinary Kiwis when police turn up on their doorsteps “for a little chat” about their social media posts. “Hold my capsicum spray”, say Victoria police. In footage that has to be seen to be believed, citizens in Australia are sharing with
