I’m struggling with the schadenfreude, but the real emotion is a deep sense of relief. It feels like a weight has lifted, like hearing someone you were frightened of and hated has suddenly taken ill and can’t hurt you anymore. What a wonderful feeling.#nzpol pic.twitter.com/
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The Spinoff Ardern’s clanger was refusing to answer honestly about which way she will vote in the cannabis referendum. Clearly she doesn’t want to alienate conservative supporters but implying it was because she didn’t want to influence voters does them a disservice. Newsroom Ardern’s refusal to
I was reluctant to subject myself to yet another leaders’ debate so soon after the Campbell fiasco. I’m still in counselling for the damage done by Campbell, and watching another strange newsperson with even stranger views of the world and a proven complete lack of integrity and professionalism hosting
Election Peter Dunne: No party has offered any innovative strategy for the future Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): You Know What? Collins Could Win This. Tim Watkin (RNZ): Collins goes vote plucking, while Peters makes ‘last stand’ Matthew Hooton (Herald): Act or Green — there’s nothing to fear (paywalled) RNZ: Voters
Stuff has responded to a recent Letter to the Editor that we published on The BFD about Stuff’s updated code of practice and ethics. But how hypocritical of them to state on one hand that they are not biased, are accurate and are balanced when on the other hand
After the first debate demolition of Jacinda Ardern at the hands of Judith Collins, Simon Wilson declared the debate for Jacinda Ardern. As every other pundit called the debate for Collins it showed just how far out of touch with reality he is. After Wednesday night’s debate, Simon Wilson
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Disputing a Dominion-Post correspondent’s assertion that the Prime Minister was “a celebrity and not much else”, a Trevor Tofts wrote, “If a celebrity can handle a massacre, White Island disaster and dealing with Covid… she must be a PM of substance”. How many
Interesting indeed…quite a revealing display as an accomplished liar working at their craft constructs a deliberate untruth. Hasneverlied: [leaning forward] “Interesting to hear now [nod] that they want to see an increase in support for the [nod] Serious Fraud Office, there’s [nod] obviously a little history there with
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It has to be said that the Greens are a weird bunch, a mix of looney man-made climate change nutters and loopy socialist activists. The one thing they have in common is the desire to tax middle and higher-income earners to the hilt. They openly admit that tax
