David Seymour MP for Epsom ACT leader Speech: Why Property Rights Matter Thank you to everyone for coming tonight. Thank you especially for Kevin, Mitch, Paul and others who have worked over the past few months to put together an ACT rally in Nelson. It’s nice to be here
Today’s face of the day is Destiny Church’s Hannah Tamaki who has been treated despicably by MediaWorks who run the reality show Dancing with the Stars. With zero sense of irony, MediaWorks has kicked Hannah off the show because of the fuss made by a noisy and bullying
When the truth has to be spelt out by a guy who’s nicknamed “Wrongly Wrongson” – well, it’s more sad than funny at that point.
“O’Sullivan’s First Law” states that “any institution that is not explicitly right wing will become left wing over time”. The truth of this adage is repeatedly demonstrated in everything from state bureaucracies to NGOs to service clubs. One consequence of O’Sullivan’s First Law is that the
This week on “So What You’re Saying Is…”, Peter Whittle interviews Harry Miller, 1 week after his High Court victory against Humberside Police. The High Court ruled that the police response to the ex-officer’s allegedly transphobic tweets was unlawful. Harry Miller was visited by Humberside Police at work
Here’s a story that should be familiar to BFD readers: a lone nutcase who isn’t a jihadist goes on a killing spree. Politicians and media immediately fall over themselves to express their moral goodness while cynically exploiting the tragedy for all they’re worth. Anyone whose views can
Andrew Little almost destroyed the Labour Party once and with a little luck he may well contribute to a drop in popularity again. His wonky crusade against freedom of speech will become part of the right wing’s rallying call as we charge over the barricades. Political commentator Chris Trotter
“Anti-racism” is the founding conceit of the modern left. The contemporary left was founded in the 1960s and its great bugaboo was not, as Bryan Burrough shows in his Days of Rage, the Vietnam War or any of the other guff ageing Boomers congratulate themselves on, it was the Civil
Is it time to make the 20s roar again? No small part of the exuberance of that decade was in reaction to the misery of its predecessor. After more than half a decade of bloodshed and deadly plague, young people especially were ready to kick up their heels and revel
Jordan Williams Free Speech Coalition It seems the threats to free speech extend further than Phil Goff and Auckland Council. Today we got the news that New Zealand is no safe space for international academics, with Sky City cancelling a contract to host Australian philosopher Peter Singer. The reason given
The forced cancellation of philosopher Peter Singer’s speaking event in New Zealand is testament to the utter, unhinged totalitarianism of the anti-free speech left. Once again, the left is eating its own and another leftist icon is discovering that you can never be woke enough for the inquisitors of
The Coalition’s Minister for Hate Speech, as I have come to think of Andrew Little, had the following exchange yesterday in parliament. Shockingly, Andrew Little appears to be more in favour of free speech than National MP Nick Smith Question No. 6—Justice 6. Hon Dr NICK SMITH (National—
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It’s tempting to think, given some recent judgements, that British justice is in as parlous a state as much of the rest of the nation’s civil institutions. This is, after all, a country where a court has ruled that Christian belief is “incompatible with human dignity”. Where pranksters
