Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In a reshuffle the National leader has awarded Soimon the Foreign Affairs Shadow Ministerial role, replacing Gerry Brownlee. Gerry told the media he was happy about that. Where’s the Tui billboard when we need it with such rich pickings? It’s known that Soimon
Todd Muller really hasn’t gotten a handle on this leadership thing yet. When he took over Simon Bridges wanted demanded Foreign Affairs. Muller said no. It turns out that if you are vacillating and under attack for not being woke enough, and you need some brown faces in your
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It is said that every drop of tap water in London has been through at least seven people. When I flush my Hamilton toilet, I think about the poor Aucklanders who have to take Waikato river water downstream at Mercer. But it is the Waikato Regional Council that is really
Labour MP David Clark has stepped down as Health Minister. The embattled MP for Dunedin North said he had become a “distraction” and that the “time is right” for someone else to fill the role, but he will stand as an MP in the upcoming election. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. An Act of stupidity The passage of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in our Parliament’s history.
Questions to Ministers Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Is she confident the Government is delivering on its infrastructure commitments, particularly its commitment to light rail from the city to the airport in Auckland? MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister of Education: How many children does he expect to benefit
Amateur hour as the Government’s biggest legislative screw up in about 6 weeks means MPs have to debate the prisoner voting law a second time. Last month, the Government passed the wrong law. This month, it just stuffed up part of a law. Maybe that’s progress for Labour.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com More than any other political party the Greens have potentially, almost 100% public support for their principal aims. The very small exception are often perfectly sensible folk who believe global warming is largely a natural phenomenon. Considering that potential near total support they represent a
The little woman running this country appears to be still obsessed with control. Even though there are countries that are happy to accept Kiwis with tourist dollars to spend, her advice is not to go. Stay and spend those dollars in your own backyard, she says. In one way encouraging
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Nats new leader has finally put some runs on the board. Speaking to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce he stated the obvious, namely that it’s totally untenable to keep our borders closed until either/if a vaccine is developed or every country has
Many of my friends and associates are small business owners. They took several deep breaths when the Prime Minister threw the country into her exaggerated and ill-conceived lock down. They hunkered down and did the best they could to keep their staff and their businesses in survival mode. Most
In what could be an ominous portent for Jacinda Ardern, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is copping a shellacking for his bungled handling of COVID-19. Australia’s wokest state has previously stood firmly behind its Dear Leader, even in the face of mounting political scandals – but COVID-19 may be
This coming election we will not only be voting on which party we want to hold the balance of power, but we will also be taking part in a referendum on a very controversial and emotionally charged proposed new law. Those of us who are against it cheerfully refer to
