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ACT Party Yesterday, the Electoral Commission announced the preliminary result for the End of Life Choice Act referendum. The result is: Yes: 65.2% No: 33.8% The special votes are still to come, but we can be confident that this is a resounding victory. It is a victory for

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The Day the Truth Died

The Day the Truth Died

The journalist that risked everything to break the Edward Snowden story, Glenn Greenwald, has just resigned from the United States news outlet The Intercept. This is astonishing because he founded The Intercept after the challenges of getting Snowden’s message out into the public eye. The sole purpose of The

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“Some People Did Something”

“Some People Did Something”

Why Muslims don’t address the possibility, however remote, of Muslim extremists infiltrating NZ mosques surprises me. Overseas terrorism does not allay fears, it inflames them. NZ Muslim organisations should be distancing themselves and providing reassurance instead of treating public fear as a personal insult and lobbying for “hate speech”

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Daily News Roundup – 30 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 30 October 2020

New Labour Government Thomas Manch (Stuff): A Cabinet to fill: Who will take the top jobs in the new Labour Government? Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s line on the Greens – and the Cabinet Minister she must remove (paywalled) Maori TV: Maori-Labour caucus will get top cabinet jobs – political analyst

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Are You a Retired Journalist?

Are You a Retired Journalist?

The BFD is seeking journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. We are looking for News stories without spin, just the facts. The BFD is a Conservative site opinion wise but real news shouldn’t have a political view, its job is to inform not to

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Warning – contains graphic content The toddler found dead in the estuary at Little Waihi had been subjected to at least eight – and maybe as many as 20 – blows to the head before being left to drown. That is according to forensic pathologist Dr Rexson Tse, who was giving evidence at

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Disinformation by Popular Demand

Disinformation by Popular Demand

Jonathan Turley ronpaulinstitute.org This week, former Vice President Joe Biden was again insisting that the scandal involving Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation despite the direct refutation of that claim by the FBI. No mainstream reporter bothered to ask the simple question of whether this was his son’

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Korero from the Throne

Korero from the Throne

Information Satire Morena, ka pai; Aotearoa, this is your Kuini, and this is important korero, so please take notice. Last week our island nation was compared unfavourably with another island nation in our response to the great taniwha COVID-19. This is unacceptable, I am beyond reach of criticism due both

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Daily News Roundup – 29 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 29 October 2020

National Party Claire Trevett (Herald): The case for Judith Collins to make Deputy Shane Reti and put Simon Bridges in finance (paywalled) John Bishop (Stuff): National needs new values to rebuild Henry Cooke (Stuff): Gerry Brownlee’s deputy leadership in trouble ahead of confidence vote Zane Small (Newshub): National MPs

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

French Ambassador After Islamist Beheading: “France is a Muslim Country” Responding to the beheading of a school teacher by an Islamist in Paris, French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville told broadcaster SVT, “France is a Muslim country.” Yes, really. Samuel Paty was decapitated by an 18-year-old Chechen jihadist in

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Become a Citizen Journalist

Become a Citizen Journalist

The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. We are looking for News stories without spin, just the facts. The BFD is a Conservative site opinion wise but real news shouldn’t have a political view, its job is to inform not

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Letter from the North

Letter from the North

The position just gets madder and madder. The latest revised guidance from the Welsh government now states that it is not permissible to buy a non-essential item unless it is essential to buy a non-essential item. They still haven’t produced a list of non-essential items but say it is

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Daily News Roundup – 28 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 28 October 2020

Greens and coalition negotiations John Armstrong (1News): Don’t mistake Ardern’s talks with Green Party for kindness Richard Harman (Politik): Greens’ high stakes game carries a big risk Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Labour and the Greens: an inevitable embrace (paywalled) Phil Taylor (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern holds all the cards but

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