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“Hello, Hello, is this RNZ?”
“Hello, hello; is this RNZ? I demand to speak to someone in charge” “What do you mean ‘Whatsit about?’ It’s that disgraceful headline and article today: the one carrying catalogue number 427970 and published at 1.58pm today headed up ‘Ardern overrode Electoral Commission’s advice on new election
A FREE Taste of Insight: Politics Transcript Episode 25
Subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver today. NOTE: Silver subscribers and above also get a podcast with every transcript. This FREE taste is of the transcript ONLY. The Debate – Judith comes out swinging and crushes Jacinda We finally saw the
God’s Gift to the Left
Just as a stopped clock displays the time correctly once every twelve hours, so a washed-up, silver-spooned, self-anointed, self-appointed ‘radical’ can be on the money with the occasional utterance. Thus it was with ‘Hanoi Jane’ Fonda last week: “I just think COVID is God’s gift
The BFD: October Election 2020 Political Poll
Since January this year, The BFD has been polling the same question at the end of each month so that we could track changes in our readers’ preferences in the lead up to the election on October 17th. As this is the election month and the election date is only
Communism a “Badge of Pride” for AUT Professor Ella Henry
Thornton Blackmore During an electoral debate recently broadcast by Maori Television, guest panellist Ella Henry, who is an Associate Professor at the Auckland University of Technology, referred to communism as a “badge of pride”. Her comments, which were made toward the end of the debate, were directed toward criticism which
The Horror of the Void: Reflections on the Third Leaders’ Debate
When the forces behind that vile man Anthony Blair seemed unstoppable and his rise to pre-eminence inevitable, the long-running satirical television programme Spitting Image ran out of steam and ceased production. The apparent reason was that there was nothing left to satirise. The three-dimensionality of Thatcher, Foot,
A Treat for Non-subscribers
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Judith Collins’s Promise to Dump the RMA More Believable Than Ardern’s
Promises are cheap and easy to make. Actions speak louder than words. Let’s look at some facts. Ardern did a flip flop about a week ago on RMA reforms, promising on Friday to dump it altogether. Fine words, but when you have a Maori caucus and, probably, radical Greens
Face of the Day
Murray Chong, New Plymouth councillor and candidate for the New Conservative party has reported death threats he received overnight to local police. Chong’s friends and family suggested he take a lower profile throughout the remainder of his campaign, however Chong decided he would use his platform to speak out
New Zealand History as You’ve Never Seen It Before!
Rejected as unsuitable for publication by the University of Otago Press, but really liked by The BFD. Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author in Canada. $25NZ (includes postage) Contact: corfieldwg@gmail.com
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Being a BFD subscriber now has an added perk because as we sought to increase website speed we had a few choices to make. One of which was to decide who sees cached pages and who doesn’t. Our caching system allows for logged in users (ie paid members) to
Do You Want Something to Brighten Your Day?
Do you want something to brighten your day? A special treat for yourself? Or a present to give your lefty friends? A range of Pixy’s satirical images, as featured on The BFD, are available as quality high-resolution A4 archival art prints. Images are $25 + postage. Additional Pixy creations