Election Tim Watkin (RNZ): This election is brought to you by the letter C Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup – Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign? Brent Edwards (NBR): Covid-19 policy debate will dominate election campaign (paywalled) Bob Jones: The coming election ————— Patrick O’Sullivan
Get it right Newshub, it is a rolling maul not a rolling wall. If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Election John Armstrong (1News): To win, Judith Collins needs to pull off NZ’s biggest upset since politics began Claire Trevett (Herald): The light at the end of National’s tunnel moves further away (paywalled) Taroi Black (Maori TV): Race Relation Commissioner backs Maori Party over TVNZ exclusion 1News: Maori
The word is consultation or maybe she really needed consoling? If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
The BFD covered the important news story of Dr Li Meng-Yan, the Chinese Scientist from Wuhan, on July the 14th yet it has taken the NZ Herald till the 3rd of August to finally tell the tale. I know this because a reader sent me a link to the
Wibble The exit of so many socially liberal women at the same time leaves a gaping hole in the so-called broad church of the National party that will cause it to list to the religious right. Audrey Young Dear Audrey, thanks for your comments on the National Party. In
Jacinda Ardern’s media appearances are noticeably shorter in length, indicating her discomfiture in media-fronting anything longer than a five minute sound bite, avoiding anything remotely in-depth despite her media devotees clearing a path. This was demonstrated in the following transcription from the AM show on Tuesday 4
The mainstream media seem intent on reducing political debate to a level that the Prime Minister’s child can understand. While jobless numbers are stacking up and the government debt monster grows even larger, what do the media focus on? Counting to ten in te lingo. Yes it really is
Election Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): What can we do to get more good policy? Stuff Editorial: No big policy announcements – arrogance or devotion to duty? Newstalk ZB: Robertson: Now is not the time to be making grand promises on policy Audrey Young (Herald): Judith Collins tells Jacinda Ardern to stop hiding
Stuff Monday August 2020. Owing not “Owning.” If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
If you’ve been watching the machinations of the American left with concern but indifference because it’s so far away from us and doesn’t really affect us, “think again” springs to mind. Pretty much every fad that had its origins in the USA from Elvis Presley’s gyrating
The Operation Burnham Inquiry results were released last Friday. You’d never have known, from the media reports and the crowing of so-called journalist Nicky Hager, that the report actually didn’t vindicate him. What the media and Hager failed to acknowledge was that the Inquiry found that the
Green private school Chris Trotter: A Sorry Excuse For A Green Party Matthew Hooton (Herald): James Shaw dives straight into the Metiria Turei trap (paywalled) Malcolm Bell (Stuff): Green School should be celebrated and supported Jane Patterson (RNZ): James Shaw contradicts Chris Hipkins on implicit approval in leaked video Catherine
Labour Party Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns voters not to expect big Labour Party policies this election Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Labour’s hiding away this election Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Don’t expect large-scale policies from Labour this campaign Maori TV: Labour celebrates
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Facebook has deleted a simple post sharing a very popular article on GoodSauce.news which criticises Facebook censorship. I like to think I can play within the rules and let you know what you need to know without triggering the overbearing rules of the giant social
