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
It was difficult this week to work out which of these two was the biggest crybaby. Is it the Vegan misery guts, or the ‘wet’ neighbour who tried and failed to appease her? A Perth woman has taken her neighbours to the Supreme Court to try and stop them smoking,
There is no doubt that this government has been shamed into funding more cancer treatments by the opposition. They promised that they would fund cancer drugs during their election campaign, but we all know how hollow those election promises were. Now, as a result of National’s excellent proposals on
By James Davidson Many of us have heard of the ball waxing controversy currently occurring in Canada. It illustrates the unintended consequence of adding gender identity and gender expression as protected categories to the human rights code. Something that Andrew Little is looking into. Apart from being a case study
Dr Kevin Wacasey – an ER doctor with 25 years’ experience – weighs in on reports that Jeffrey Epstein suffered multiple neck fractures. Did Jeffrey Epstein commit suicide? Was he strangled? The verdict is fairly clear… If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.
