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Burn of the Debate Goes to…

Burn of the Debate Goes to…

The best burn of the debate was administered by Judith Collins when asked by Patrick Gower whether or not Phil Twyford was an asset or a liability. She responded with the epic line… “He’s my asset and Ms Ardern’s liability.” If you enjoyed this BFD post please share

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Ardern Slapped with Lawsuit for Plagiarism

Ardern Slapped with Lawsuit for Plagiarism

Information Satire It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but a giant US cartoon media company wants Jacinda Ardern to either admit to copying and give credit where credit is due or cease and desist. Ardern has completely ripped off SpongeBob SquarePants. The BFD. Photoshopped image

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A FREE Taste of Insight: Politics Podcast Episode 23

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Moderate Turned Separatist

Moderate Turned Separatist

I am bitterly disappointed with John Tamihere. He used to be a rational, reasonably well-balanced sort of guy. It is hard to believe that only last year he was running for the Auckland mayoralty, without a feather cloak in sight. What a difference a year makes. Now he has

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Labour Lacks Strong Leadership

Labour Lacks Strong Leadership

An article in the Business section of the Weekend Herald caught my eye. It was a comment piece written by Bruce Cotterill. Cotterill is a company director and an adviser to business leaders. The question he asked was – Where are leaders as NZ crumbles? That’s what really caught my

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The BFD: September Election 2020 Political Poll

The BFD: September Election 2020 Political Poll

At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on October 17th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can

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Daily News Roundup – 30 September 2020

Daily News Roundup – 30 September 2020

SFO NZ First decision RNZ: Checkpoint: NZ First Foundation arrangement ‘unprecedented’ – law expert Luke Malpass (Stuff): Serious Fraud Office charges may be final blow for NZ First Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters draws on his best defence against SFO, attack (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Campaign derailed David Farrar: SFO lays

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Racist of the Day?

Racist of the Day?

Did Julie Anne Genter just state that Maori are the main New Zealanders who illegally grow and sell cannabis? Why yes she did and even worse she thinks that is a good reason why we should make it legal because most criminals who commit this particular crime are Maori! If

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