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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Is Govt Upholding Its End of the COVID-19 Bargain?

Is Govt Upholding Its End of the COVID-19 Bargain?

ACT Party “Aucklanders will be asking whether the Government is upholding its end of the COVID-19 bargain,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New arrivals at the MIQ facility at the Grand Millennium were seen on Monday mixing and mingling with people from The Vincent Residences.“Several hundred people from both

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Daily News Roundup – 13 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 13 November 2020

Housing and Reserve Bank Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Greens co-leader James Shaw lashes out at Labour over rising house prices Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): James Shaw says it’s time to tax capital gains and wealth to take heat of housing market RNZ: PM Jacinda Ardern on house prices: ‘It just cannot

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

[…] Hipkins said they would give information as it came to hand. He said the response needed to be calm and methodical and that information would be shared as quickly as it could be. He repeated the message that “people are not the problem, they are the solution”. He urged anyone

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Devastating News for the Democrats

Devastating News for the Democrats

If media did half the job they are supposed to, this would not be news. “In a 1987 Democratic primary debate, Biden sprinkled Kinnock’s phrases into his own speech and forgot to credit him – a blunder many believe cost him the presidency.” Lord Kinnock is a former leader of

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NZ’s COVID Comedy

NZ’s COVID Comedy

Covid in this country has become a comedy on so many fronts. It’s a comedy primarily because there are a bunch of clowns trying to run it. From the get-go these idiots haven’t had a clue how to handle it. What has let this ship of fools off

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Daily News Roundup – 12 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 12 November 2020

National Party Luke Malpass (Stuff): Judith Collins’ first shadow cabinet raises more questions than answers Richard Harman: National abandons tax cuts Henry Cooke (Stuff): Who is up and who is down in the latest National Party reshuffle Claire Trevett (Herald): Why Simon Bridges rejected Judith Collins’ reshuffle offer (paywalled) Amelia

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When Hate Gets in Your Eyes

When Hate Gets in Your Eyes

April 2020: “Operation Warp Speed President Donald Trump formally announced Operation Warp Speed on May 15, 2020 in the White House Rose Garden. Operation Warp Speed (OWS) is a public–private partnership, initiated by the Trump administration, to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics,

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Holed below the Waterline – Abandon Ship

Holed below the Waterline – Abandon Ship

The fallout from the announcement of the lockdown continues. Today, the Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty appeared before the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. Labour MP Graham Stringer asked Sir Patrick if he believed he had frightened people with

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Daily News Roundup – 11 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 11 November 2020

National Party Jo Moir (RNZ): Judith Collins set to announce National Party shadow cabinet Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Does National’s new deputy Shane Reti have his eyes on the bigger prize? Luke Malpass (Stuff): Dr Shane Reti’s promotion to deputy good first move from National Claire Trevett (Herald)

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Rotting Courgettes Show Govt Lucky, Not Skilled on COVID-19

ACT Party “There’s nothing sadder than someone who tries being knocked back by others’ needless restrictions, as is the case with Brett Heap,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Brett Heap is a pioneer of the horticulture industry. His courgettes are rotting on the ground because he can’t get

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Daily News Roundup – 10 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 10 November 2020

New Government Josiah Banbury (Democracy Project): Labour won the election battle, but National won the ideological war Emile Donovan (RNZ): Why is Labour putting the brakes on its own political capital? Chris Trotter (Interest): Spring of hope? Winter of despair? Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Tax changes legislated by Christmas, as Government

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“New Normal”on Social Distancing & the Facemask

“New Normal”on Social Distancing & the Facemask

John C. A. Manley globalresearch.ca John C. A. Manley has spent over a decade ghostwriting for medical doctors, as well as naturopaths, chiropractors and Ayurvedic physicians. He publishes the COVID-19(84) Red Pill Posts. He is also writing a novel, Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story. You

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Daily News Roundup – 9 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 9 November 2020

Final election results Jason Walls (Herald): The five fascinating election special vote facts you might have missed Audrey Young (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ‘humbled’ by final election result Stuff: Editorial – Election 2020: A lesson in trusting democracy Australian Associated Press: New Zealand election: Labour and Maori parties gain MP

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