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Ardern Continues to Politicise COVID-19

Ardern Continues to Politicise COVID-19

Press Release:ACT Party “It’s deeply disappointing that Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern has continued to politicise the Covid-19 response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern today delivered an important public health announcement to the nation as the Prime Minister and then immediately began campaigning for the Labour Party.

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Tweet of the Day

Tweet of the Day

This misuse of the so-called “COVID-spot” for Jacinda Ardern to campaign is completely unacceptable. It is a HUGE advantage over the other political parties and it is completely unethical and surely against the rules for campaigning during an election? Hey, how’s it okay for Miss Ardern to

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Auckland Council Governance Reset Under National

Auckland Council Governance Reset Under National

Press Release: National Party National will get New Zealand’s economic engine firing on all cylinders by undertaking an extensive review of Auckland Council and its governance to make sure it is fit for purpose. “Auckland Council is not delivering for Aucklanders, and change is overdue to achieve better performance,

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No Longer a Coronavirus Election

No Longer a Coronavirus Election

Jacinda has said so. In amongst her 1 pm electioneering stunt, she said Aucklanders and New Zealanders (her team of five million) have stuck to the plan that has worked twice now and beat the virus again. “We put our heads down and we got on with it”. One thing’

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Association of Sycophantic Socialists (ASS)
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Association of Sycophantic Socialists (ASS)

I have a family member who lives in Spain. He is a bit left-leaning, and generally more sympathetic to Socialism than to Conservatism. He also suffers from TDS. The politician Jacinda Ardern most admires, Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain. He is rather incensed to have read that, at

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Farmers Under Siege

Farmers Under Siege

Thornton Blackmore A recent article published by Cantabrian farmer David Clark on The BFD has highlighted the plight of the agricultural sector if the far-left radicals occupying Parliament are to be re-elected this month. To say that the primary industries are under siege by the state is no

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Ardern and Andrews Are Both Chasing Xi’s River of Gold

Ardern and Andrews Are Both Chasing Xi’s River of Gold

I’ve warned The BFD’s readers several times that Jacinda Ardern and Victorian premier Dan Andrews have some disturbing things in common. Both are dime-store socialists who’ve raced to outdo each other in the severity of their COVID lockdowns. Neither has any knowledge or experience in the

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Daily News Roundup – 6 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 6 October 2020

Election Claire Trevett (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s safe campaign v Judith Collins’ ‘one chance’ (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Matchmaker matchmaker, find me a support partner (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Audrey Young – our political editor’s take on this election campaign (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): ‘Covid-19 election’ confirmed in new

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Backstabber of the Day

Backstabber of the Day

Commitment and loyalty do not appear to be traits that today’s backstabber of the day Denise Lee has judging by her political track record and her disloyal actions this week towards both National leader Judith Collins and the National party. Denise Lee stood for C&R and then

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At Last, Everyone Owns the Water

Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz At last, a political leader has asserted that everyone in New Zealand owns the water, and that was National Party Leader Judith Collins. National believes water “belongs to everyone, but is owned by no one”, and would work with local councils, iwi, and community

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A Treat for Non-subscribers

A Treat for Non-subscribers

Today readers without a Bronze level BFD subscription get a FREE taste of what they are missing out on. If you like what you see you can grab a Bronze level subscription today. Note: This free taste does not include access to the puzzles which is another feature of a

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Jacinda Versus Judith

Jacinda Versus Judith

We have now had two leaders’ debates. Before getting to the performance of the two leaders I must pay a compliment to the moderators, John Campbell and Paddy Gower, neither of whom along with Jacinda normally light my fire. But credit where credit is due. Campbell, as Mike Hosking pointed

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Election 2020: Campaign Roundup

Election 2020: Campaign Roundup

Now that we are into the election campaign proper we have replaced Political corner (which only looked at one party at a time) with a regular snapshot of electioneering across the board on Social Media. National Party Labour Party NZ First Green Party ACT Party Advance NZ New Consevative Maori

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