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Toxic Michelle Boag RESIGNS from National
The cancer on the National Party, Michelle Boag is gone, excised, cut out, cauterised…dead. She has resigned her membership, presumably before being cancelled by the board. As is usual with her the resignation is utterly self-serving. She needs investigating. How often has she used her position on Boards
We Aren’t Apologising…
Dear Supporter of The BFD, After spending more than 15 years commentating on politics and nearly 40 years involved in politics, I can sum up what’s wrong with New Zealand today and how we can fix it. Here’s a recap of the problem — and the opportunity — that stands
Daily News Roundup – 10 July 2020
Tiwai Point to close Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government subsidising practically everything plays hardball with Rio Tinto (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Sudden closure of aluminium smelter worst outcome for jobs, consumers and the environment Brian Fallow (Herald): Tiwai closure sad news – and an opportunity for the environment (paywalled) Heather du
Jacinda Issued Warning
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has written to our political parties urging them to lay off racism in the coming election campaign. His letter has been joyfully spread by its recipients around the capital and for all I know, elsewhere. Inexplicably half of it
Zip It Sweetie!
You’d think Paula Bennett would be self-aware enough to know when it’s best to shut her prodigious gob. Turns out, no. National MP Paula Bennett has called the actions of her colleague Hamish Walker “deplorable” after he confessed on Tuesday that it was him who leaked Covid-
Face of the Day
Taxpayers’ Union ‘Aroha’ Posters Deemed To Be Labour Party Ads The Electoral Commission has confirmed that the ‘Aroha’ posters of Jacinda Ardern, promoted by artists Weston Frizzell and advertiser Phantom Billstickers, does indeed constitute a party advertisement for the Labour Party. This judgment comes after the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union
Lefties Begin to Question Black Lives Matter
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XsInx5JcKjMa2lbhhhLnu Who can argue with the statement “black lives matter”? It’s such a statement of the obvious it leaves many bewildered why it needs to be said. When I first heard it I wondered if those using it cared about other colours, and why
Govt Attacking “Traditional Masculinity”
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Extension of the government’s “It’s Not OK” anti-violence strategy was released yesterday. The campaign has run since 2007 but it is now turning it focus wholly on “gendered intimate partner violence.” Men as perpetrators. Some extracts: The campaign has re-set its
The Abysmal State of New Zealand Politics
The fiasco involving Hamish Walker and Michelle Boag is just the latest in a series of unedified incidents that have either happened or are being investigated involving our politicians or political parties. All of the circumstances were brought about by people who should know better. They have brought their parties
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