Anthony Blair acolyte and former Labour cabinet minister David Blunkett has written in The Telegraph recently that “to incarcerate people solely on age grounds is an outrage”. This, from a man who once described civil libertarianism as “airy fairy”, was given in response to suggestions that UK lockdown restrictions might
Many commenters have expressed dismay at the rapid expansion of the socialist state in New Zealand, and the government not wasting a crisis to drive through ideological changes to our economy. Matthew Hooton writes at the NZ Herald: There are early signs of megalomania in the Government’s economic response
Economy, recovery, UBI Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The List Candidate: Winston Peters and the Looming Covid-19 Depression Chris Trotter: If The Answer Is “Treasury”, Then Ask Another Question Matthew Hooton (Herald): Into the future — by committee (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Years of pain, difficulty and frustration lie ahead Brian Fallow
Something didn’t seem quite right about the government’s address to the nation on Wednesday. Here we had deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, telling us how the Ministry of Health had asked the government to shut the borders to everyone, including Kiwis. I was surprised to hear him say
Captain Tom Moore has been promoted to Honorary Colonel by the Queen to mark his 100th birthday after the World War II veteran captured the hearts of the nation by raising £29 million for the NHS by doing laps of his garden.
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If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz Tucker Carlson says there is no scientific justification for quarantine, says the curve flattened but quarantine had nothing to do with it, "the virus just isn't nearly as deadly
Along with other BFD writers, I have for the past week raised the question of whether New Zealand’s draconian lockdowns had actually achieved anything significant. The conclusion even then was: no. Jacinda Ardern has trashed and burned New Zealand’s economy for nothing. As more and more data becomes
David Theobald I am over the lockdown. As I have said before, on a selfish, personal basis it doesn’t affect me that much; I can put up with it. I am retired, live in the country, can weather the (hopefully) temporary hit any investments have taken and can still
Nothing demonstrates the success of the Marxists’ Long March through the institutions perhaps quite so much as the decline of respect for freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is the key principle of the Enlightenment. It was so important to the enlightened Founding Fathers of the United States that they
We are at Level 3 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. New Zealand moved to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm on Monday 27 April. We will stay in Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before Cabinet reviews how we are tracking and makes further decisions on 11
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee documents:
Peter Cresswell pc.blogspot.com Nearly three weeks ago, historian Niall Ferguson posted six questions that Chinese political leader Xi Jinping needs to answer about this coronavirus — not in any expectation of them being answered, but instead to highlight how far China still seems to be from enjoying the free
I have written in The BFD recently about the decline of western Anglosphere nations through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. And that how, through a collapse in confidence, and also in morality, we have meekly accepted the suspension in civil liberties deemed by governments to be ‘necessary’ under
Winston Peters is back, Ministry of Health proposed complete border shutdown Jane Patterson (RNZ): Winston Peters back on his podium with Covid-19 border closure bombshell Henry Cooke (Stuff): Peters takes on officialdom Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters comes back with a splash Richard Harman (Politik): Reminding us that NZ
