I’ve spent the Christmas/New Year period listening to podcasts and looking to see some parallels between the recent UK election and New Zealand politics. The video posted above is a great example of where Labour went wrong. Basically Labour didn’t listen to what was obvious as the
I generally don’t hold much stock in political predictions, but since other commentators are giving it a go then I will too. 1. The Maori ratbags squatting at Ihumatao will be told to piss off, no money or a deal for them. It will cause ructions between NZ First
We are now two- thirds of the way through the term of this Government led by the Labour Party on a slogan of “Let’s Do This.” So what have they done? In truth, not a lot and much of what they have done has turned out to be counterproductive.
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In just a few short hours, 2020 will arrive. BOAKYAG (Bend over and kiss your assets goodbye) as life as we know it is about to end. A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising
A few years ago, we were looking for an extra accountant for our practice. Applicants were in relatively short supply, but we were approached by an accountant living in Tauranga. He was qualified, had about 5 years experience, seemed nice enough and he was happy to relocate to Wellington. Also,
As you may have noticed, The BFD staff are taking a bit of time out from their hectic schedules and only a skeleton staff are looking after the site. Most of the rest of us are enjoying a bit of a break and hopefully you all are too. So I
Now that Boris Johnson has won a resounding victory in this month’s election, allowing him to pass his Bill which ensures the UK leaves the EU at the end of January, it is interesting to read comments from the past pertinent to Britain’s proposed membership of the Common
As 2019 draws to a close, the gun confiscation programme the government undertook this year has come to an end. New Zealand had a school shooting this month. The police shot and injured a man carrying an imitation pistol at a school. A top cop said “look to the US”
The Labour Party chose a female “age adjacent” leader for maximum woke points. National followed suit selecting an age adjacent leader who had the bonus of being Maori in order to compete in the Identity politics Olympics. As PM Ardern has been criticised for using her baby as a prop
Audrey Young, writing in a weekend newspaper prior to Christmas, wasn’t going to let reality get in the way when it came to handing out festive bouquets to the leaders of our political parties. According to Audrey, echoing the words of old Mr Grace in Are You Being Served,
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The Herald and Simon Wilson have been busted for making shit up and worse still is the extremely tardy response from the Herald in rectifying their errors. The Media Council is damning: The Media Council has ruled an article alleging that death threats had been posted on the Community Action
The Inside Story in a newspaper last weekend featured an interview with Hamish Rutherford and Gabriel Selischi, OMV’s head of operations for Australia and New Zealand. The interview was one of the better pieces of journalism rarely seen in this newspaper. It illustrated the reality of what is required
