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Government’s Green Credentials Covered in Coal Dust

Government’s Green Credentials Covered in Coal Dust

The goverment declared a climate emergency last year and this year have moved to tax the bejesus out of ute owners to pay rich people a subsidy for their new, gay EV. What is becoming increasingly obvious is that all those gay EV drivers are driving around in cars powered

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Labour’s ‘Solutions’ Have Made the Housing Crisis Worse

When in Opposition Labour went after National over Housing. It was probably the single biggest issue that saw National lose power. They talked the big game and told voters that their solutions would solve the housing crisis. Since then we have seen the abject failure of their flagship policy, Kiwibuild,

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Police Minister Doesn’t Know the Law She Voted For

Police Minister Doesn’t Know the Law She Voted For

Neville Dodd President president@sportingshooters.nz A police officer is shot in Ngaruawhaia and in a media release commenting on that the Police Minister has said “Cabinet was “working on the process” of getting a gun register in place to stop these weapons getting into the wrong hands, Williams said.

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Buy Your Dog a Subscription to the BFD

I was looking at the BFD subscriptions today when I noticed that one customer name for a subscription was My Cat James. We here at The BFD are all for diversity of thought of course but I also think that it is very important that our customers are also as

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The BFD Gets Fact-Checked!

The BFD Gets Fact-Checked!

Looks like we’re on a roll, readers! First, The BFD got Zucked for a week: now we’ve been officially Fact-Checked! By none other than Agence France-Presse! The world’s oldest news agency. Ooh, I feel all funny inside. It’s like getting a shout-out from your favourite pop

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‘Demand the Debate’ – Or Demand Resignations?

‘Demand the Debate’ – Or Demand Resignations?

In an overdue but very welcome display of action in defence of our New Zealand democracy and constitutional framework, the Judith Collins-led National Party has launched a campaign entitled: “Demand the Debate”, targeted initially at the He Puapua alternative system of governance that the Labour Party is endeavouring to inflict

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Open Letter to the PM

Open Letter to the PM

Professor Michael J Kelly FRS FREng Emeritus Prince Philip Professor of Technology The Department of Engineering Electrical Division, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 7876 251404 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 332662 mjk1@.cam.ac.uk 12 July 2021 The Prime Minister, New Zealand. j.ardern@

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National Goes for Gold with Bill to Ban Gang Funding

National Goes for Gold with Bill to Ban Gang Funding

You’ve got to hand it to National and Simeon Brown for cashing in on public outrage over the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern‘s personal approval of funding of $2.75 million to the Mongrel Mob: The National Party wants to legislate against public funding heading to community groups with

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

“Dear Prime Minister, I’m confused” From Mikes facey. pic.twitter.com/2oIMFwzkQB — ???? ?????? (@Soul_of_a_Sage) July 12, 2021 Dear Mike King, Here are the ten steps to guarantee Government funding for your Gumboot Friday programme. Sorted. pic.twitter.com/lHr3rOZVM6 — Taxpayers’ Union (@TaxpayersUnion) July 13, 2021

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myBFD Apple Mobile App Now Live

myBFD Apple Mobile App Now Live

After several months’ development the native myBFD app is now approved and live on the Apple App Store. The app for Android devices is already available on Google Play. The development of this app for members has been a long time coming and now turns myBFD into a fully-fledged social

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You don’t know what you are missing out on. Below is what a Bronze level subscription will give you. 1. Ad-Free Viewing 2. Access to Sonovamin and Boomslang’s  Fantastic Cartoons: 3. Access to Our Puzzles. BRONZE level membership. As a regular reader of The BFD you are one

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