According to a Swedish doctor Sebastian Rushworth, COVID kills fewer people than seasonal flu. He says COVID has disappeared from the emergency room of the large hospital in Stockholm after four months burning through the Swedish population. Sweden took a non-aggressive approach to the pandemic. “Non-essential businesses have
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Our Prime Minister entered parliament vowing to make New Zealand, “…the best place in the world to raise children.” Even before COVID she had over two years to advance this goal. She said she devised a plan to reduce child poverty on a flatmate’s
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com/the-key-election-issue As we look ahead to the upcoming election, a major question on the mind of most voters is which government will be best able to manage New Zealand out of the current crisis – one led by Labour or one led by
The Prime Minister loves slogans, lots of slogans. One such slogan that featured on the cover of Time Magazine was “Know us by our deeds”. She has used the statement many times, especially with regard to the Christchurch massacre and at the Big Gay Out. Jacinda Ardern loves bold statements
Ardern’s popularity hangs off Christchurch and COVID – nothing more and nothing less. She did not end child poverty, build affordable housing, reduce hospital waiting lists, create jobs or get vagrants off the streets. Facts do not matter and neither does policy. Having failed to keep previous promises, why bother
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Salman Rushdie, a man who has been cancelled perhaps longer than any other writer, has spoken out against left-wing cancel culture: Salman Rushdie has warned that Left-wing ‘cancel culture’ is a threat to literature and freedom of speech. Responding to the idea that authors should write only ‘what
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The government told us that we didn’t need to wear masks so most of us didn’t. Being friendly with a number of health professionals, I was told that there is not much point in wearing a mask anyway unless they are proper surgical masks and properly fitted. Their
Judith Collins claims people feel ‘very segregated’ because of calls for more diversity National leader Judith Collins has blasted concerns about lack of diversity in society, claiming “people have felt very segregated” because of it – but she has no plans to get rid of the Maori electorates. Collins was asked
August 1st was the first birthday of The BFD. To celebrate we are running a giveaway for the whole month of August. The prizes will be a signed copy of Judith Collins’ best seller ‘Pull No Punches’. There will be one book for Basic and Bronze members, one for Silver
