The latest GDP figures are due out at any moment, and are expected to show that growth has slipped to about 2.1% per annum, down from over 3% a year ago. While not disastrous in itself, this is part of a worrying trend. The world situation, while volatile, is
The government has overhauled its temporary migrant worker visa scheme. If you cast your mind back 2 years, Labour and NZ First both campaigned on significantly reducing immigration, from around 70,000 migrants a year down to about 30,000. NZ First actually went further and wanted to reduce immigration
On Mike Hosking’s show on Tuesday, Jacinda didn’t answer a single question. She still seems hellbent on delaying and obfuscating as much as possible. Grant Robertson denies everything. It is a total brick wall. But why are they doing this? Wasn’t a Newshub poll last week, where
It is a rhetorical question, because you all know the answer. Either the baby is wheeled out, or there is a puff piece on Jacinda Ardern. I waited for a baby pic on Friday, but this week has been so bad for the government, and for Jacinda in particular, that
Sheila Gunn Reid of TheRebel.media reports: Earlier this year Justin Trudeau announced a 650 million dollar bailout package to mainstream media companies. The handouts are going to be administered by a panel of journalists hand-selected by Liberals and then divvied out amongst media companies who have no idea
Over at Kiwiblog, David Farrar has written a succinct account about what it would take to believe that Jacinda Ardern did not know about the alleged sexual assault carried out by a member of her most trusted staff, and the list really does make it hard to believe that Jacinda
Last week I started a Letter to the Editor section for the BFD. I invite readers to submit their thoughts on issues that they feel strongly about. You can take a position for or against an issue, simply inform, or do both. Around 300-400 words is ideal but I
Does anyone remember Hogan’s Heroes? Barry Soper does. He has likened our much loved prime minister to Sergeant Schultz of Hogan’s Heroes… that esteemed German officer who said repeatedly, particularly in a crisis – “I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing”. If you have listened to Jacinda
Today’s Tweet of the day is from the person who leaked the Labour Youth Camp assault story to the media.
In case you thought you were having a bad day, think of these poor souls… The Swedish ship M / S Malmö with 16 climate activists on board is trapped in the ice at Spitsbergen. This as reported in the Norwegian newspaper Nordlys . The news raises hilarity among critics of climate
I want to make it clear that I do not disagree with making our waterways cleaner and safer. Yes, once there was a time when we could swim in all the rivers here, but I have also swum at beaches in Hong Kong in the 1980s where faeces were floating
