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The Unfortunate War Analogy Being Used

The Unfortunate War Analogy Being Used

The Government is currently using wartime analogies to discuss how we are combating the spread of the COVID-19 virus. There is a problem with that analogy though as they are trying to fight a war without having any casualties, and in the process crippling the economy, all to save

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The BFD Face of the Day

The BFD Face of the Day

Health Minister David Clark has been forced to apologise to PM Jacinda Ardern for thinking that the lockdown rules for exercise apply to everyone except himself. He was caught out after driving his van to a park in order to go mountain biking. He broke not one but two of

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Covid-19 Makes Johnson and Trump Reject Thatcher and Reagan

Covid-19 Makes Johnson and Trump Reject Thatcher and Reagan

Atul Singh Fair Observer In 1978-79, the United Kingdom experienced the winter of discontent. Trade unions around the country went on strike. On January 22, 1979, the UK experienced the largest strike action since the General Strike of 1926. Even gravediggers and waste collectors joined in, leaving corpses and

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Different Rules for Some

Different Rules for Some

As BFD readers will be aware, while butchers in New Zealand have been forced to shut, some NZ Muslims have complained that halal butchers should be exempt. The complaints have had a sympathetic ear from the Ardern government – notwithstanding at least one Muslim doctor advising his co-religionists to stop

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The BFD Community Noticeboard

The BFD Community Noticeboard

This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to

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Make China Pay for Its Deadly Lies

Make China Pay for Its Deadly Lies

Australian political firebrand Pauline Hanson hasn’t been holding back – as usual – about the Chinese communist regime’s complicity in the global COVID-19 pandemic and what Australia should do in response. Now, another maverick conservative, Nationals MP George Christensen, is going even harder. China should be made to pay

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No Pandemic Show Without Punch

No Pandemic Show Without Punch

The “climate crisis” crowd have been notably silent, ever since the Xi Plague broke out. It’s a bit hard, after all, to stage attention-seeking tanties like glueing yourself to the road when the country is in lockdown. Apparently it took a real crisis to silence the incessant yammering

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COVID-19 Update: 3 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: 3 April 2020

We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with

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Lockdown a Constitutional Outrage

Lockdown a Constitutional Outrage

As I write, the global death toll attributed to Covid-19 approaches 50,000. The Lancet puts the annual global death toll from flu in the year 2017 at between 250,000 and 500,000. [Editor’s note: COVID-19 has a higher fatality rate than seasonal influenza and is

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On Behalf of the Immune Compromised Minority

On Behalf of the Immune Compromised Minority

Rachel Along with the daily tally of new COVID-19 cases, our news feeds shine the spotlight on the fact that there continue to be those who can’t follow the simple rules of ‘go home stay home’. It’s a frustrating reality to be faced with for the majority

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Under the Cover of Kindness

Under the Cover of Kindness

As everyone rallies round to defeat the new ‘enemy’, the government is largely off the hook and free from scrutiny. It’s a situation beyond the socialists’ wildest dreams. Watch them now destroy (left-wing academics term it ‘deconstruct’) the fabric of our shared values and loyalties in pursuit of

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