Today’s face of the day is National MP Matt King who caused Green party and MSM heads to explode when he posted the following on his Facebook page: Some words ( not all ) of wisdom taken from NZCPR website. If I wanted New Zealand to fail … To suffer, not prosper;
National party Press Release: Documents released by Treasury reveal why vital new roads across the country are being scrapped or stalled – because Labour’s trains have swallowed up the transport budget for the next ten years, National’s Transport spokesman Chris Bishop says. “The next decade will be tough for
The BFD is here for you all to enjoy and we are really looking forward to the election year because there is nothing we like more than providing entertaining and thought-provoking coverage of NZ politics. Next year promises to be a Game of Thrones-style campaign between House Ardern
Jacinda was missing from several sessions in the house last week but was found at the weekend at the Islamic Women of New Zealand’s annual conference, wearing a hijab. Now, okay. There are those that defended her for donning a hijab after the terrible Christchurch mosque massacres, saying that
Jacinda Ardern attended the Women’s Council of New Zealand annual conference in Mangere, South Auckland this weekend and was met with enthusiastic support for her suggestion of a Bootcamp for Muslim women who aspire to local and government politics. A young Muslim woman asked Ardern this question. “I work
You know you are in trouble when you are facing criticism for something that you have done, and all you can do in your defence is to pull the race or gender card. That is what has happened recently when Simon Bridges criticised the prime minister. Instead of being able
Warning This is NOT satire. I REPEAT. This is NOT Satire In another case where the truth is stranger than fiction Green list MP, Associate Transport Minister and writer of secret letters, Julie Anne “Car Fascist” Genter has been exposed for ordering an investigation into BANNING Petrol car imports by
I want to share a story with you all about heavy-handed behaviour exhibited by a security person at Tauranga airport towards a Russian Orthodox Christian lady who was praying out of the way of others. I expect that it will provoke a discussion about tolerance of those who are
As I’ve written many times, now, Jacinda Ardern is more and more shaping up to be New Zealand’s Kevin Rudd: a fresh-faced leader who rockets up to record highs in the opinion polls and sets the media swooning like a pack of teenage girls – and then collapses
a stock of usual tactics or methods straight from his opponent’s political playbook. hmerriam-webster.com In this instance, Judith Collins is wise to avoid anything remotely connected to her opposition’s playbook, simply because their tactics don’t work for them and won’t help her either. Collins,
The Maori Party were slaughtered at the last election, with all the Maori seats going to Labour. You may be forgiven for thinking that this would mean that Labour looks after Maori, but we all know that is not true. Don’t get me wrong. I like race-based politics
Did our Part-time PM think we would forget her tax contribution to our being “fleeced at the pump” every time we fill up? Ardern’s fuel tax was the first thing that popped into my head when she announced we are paying too much for fuel, which we already
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Winston Peters wants a scalp and as we earlier alluded to on the BFD that scalp belongs to National party deputy leader Paula Bennett. […] once Paula Bennett no longer represents an electorate, she can easily be sacrificed during coalition negotiations with NZ First. Winston Peters believes that Bennett was the
Alison Mau has finally written about the latest sex scandal in Labour’s ranks and it is a very carefully written piece that lacks emotion and plays down the facts. I cannot help but compare her opinion piece to news articles full of hyperbole written years back about John Key
Well, well… Alison Mau has finally come out and spoken about the Labour Party sexual harassment scandal going on behind its doors. I wasn’t sure if she would, as she said very little if anything about the Young Labour sex scandal last year. However, as the face of #metoo
