By David Theobald Thanks to a six-hour stopover in the Cathay Lounge in Hong Kong at our request David has penned a few more words, as a follow up to his David Farraresque travel blog from the UK. Arrived in Hong Kong and was pleasantly surprised to see the
Data from a recent public survey has revealed that contrary to what the Never Winston people have said NZ First going with Labour has NOT cost the party the support of its followers. The Never Winston people assumed that because the majority of NZ First supporters before the election wanted
RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Waitakere Ward Waitakere voter turnout is about the same as other parts of Auckland: 23% down on 2016. Penny Hulse has stepped down
Some leaks from inside NZ First have hit the headlines, and coupled with a recent poll of NZ First supporters they suggest that many members of NZ First were unhappy with the decision to go with Labour: A raft of internal NZ First documents have been leaked to the media
Scott Morrison has delivered a stunning broadside at the globalist elite who fancy themselves the born rulers of a New World Order. In a speech that will certainly give the globalists a fit of the vapours, Morrison has reaffirmed the primacy of national sovereignty. Stand by for shrieks of “populism!
Kelvin Davis dodged a bullet in The BFD series on Labour Fails – A Surfeit of Ministerial Misadventure due to lack of space, but this time he gets a post all to himself, and he has earned it. This week the British High Commissioner, Laura Clarke, delivered an apology on behalf
I don’t know if Winston Peters reads The BFD but his reported comments in a newspaper yesterday compliment yesterday’s article Gisborne History the Re-write beautifully. Winston has said what so many of us were thinking when we heard that the British High Commissioner was going to apologise
I guess we really shouldn’t be surprised. Colin Craig is going to continue his legal harassment of Rachel MacGregor using the courts to continue his wonky jihad to attempt to clear his name: Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig will appeal a High Court decision that ruled he sexually
The place where our law is conceived is overseen by possibly the most biased speaker we can remember, making me wonder: Is anything immune from this government’s failings? “Question Time is an important opportunity for the Opposition to criticise the Government and there is pressure on the Speaker to
In the video, published online earlier this year, Robinson tells Sweeney: “You’re finished,” to which the journalist replied: “If you think I’m finished you’ve got another thing coming and I can give you that for free.” pressgazette.co.uk/john-sweeney-leaves-bbc-with-parting-shot-at-
History being made (up) in Gisborne today – the Brits are going to apologise for Captain Cook arriving on the East Coast and defending his men from the warrior like natives. I am sure we will learn that Captain Cook was an evil bastard who left England with the principal purpose
Karl du Fresne writes about the po-faced, weirdo, wowsers starting to infiltrate our supermarkets while annoying good, normal, meat-eating, Kiwi shoppers: My wife and I don’t always agree about things – just choosing a paint colour for the bathroom can take months. But we celebrated a moment of
By George I can imagine I’m not alone with my growing intolerance of others deciding what’s best for me. As a child I needed direction, nurturing and guidance and through a process of trial and error l developed a lifestyle that best suited my needs and ambitions. As
No one will be surprised to know that despite government pre-election promises to deliver free community mental health care, world-class cancer care, health services in every school and much more, very little has been delivered. Refer to “Labour’s Fails Series – Pre-government broken promises” for some Labour
