We hear a lot about the abysmal standards of the legacy media. One sided opinion articles pretending to be factual commentaries abound. Silly little so-called ‘journalists’, whining about how racist their last latte was or manufacturing angst about imaginary slights; all designed to rark up the offenderatti and generate
Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard tried to push through a number of communications regulations in her short, unlamented term. This was in marked contrast to the Howard government’s laissez-faire approach of emphasising choice and self-regulation, both for ISPs and for families. As socialists do, Gillard wanted
Who hasn’t resisted the urge to throw something at the television during the news? Half-truths and omissions that support Jacinda the Wonderful and lies to demonstrate Orange Man Bad will do that to you. Viewers with less than a cursory interest in politics are so acclimatised to media
The Ardern government’s stance on Huawei and 5G is increasingly causing New Zealand to stand alone as a weak point in the critical Five Eyes security alliance. Where the division over Huawei will leave the Five Eyes alliance is anybody’s guess as one notable rift has already occurred.
I really wanted to like Todd Muller. We all know how badly National needs to identify itself, particularly as the party that is a great steward of the economy. Muller started his leadership (ignoring poorly handled issues about hats and a lack of diversity) by naming himself as the champion
The National Party’s leadership coup is proof if ever proof were needed, of how far to the left we have all travelled. I have written previously on The BFD about Peter Hitchens’ broken political compass, and how lost we are, not having the correct socio-political equipment to navigate
In my previous article, I outlined how the Prime Minister got us into the COVID crisis by largely manufacturing it. Having successfully got us into it she now has to get us successfully out of it. Like wrapping the fish and chips this will be beyond her capabilities. In fact,
Louis Houlbrooke New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union DHB prioritises patients according to race We were amazed to find out this week that Wellington’s DHB now has a policy which moves Maori and Pacific patients to the front of their elective surgery queues. We all pay tax into the health system
The below Tweet was liked by our favourite Green list MP Golriz Ghahraman. If Golriz liked the tweet does that mean that she supports the violent riots? If she is against violent rioting and vandalism does that make her a white supremacist? From where I am standing the tweet is
As with anything which is state-controlled, we have entered a twilight world of arbitrary diktats. We are told by Big Sister that those of us still having jobs may return to work. We must stay two metres away from strangers, but a metre away from those we know. It
Press Release: ACT Party “A wave of economic destruction is approaching the country, and, with just one active COVID-19 case remaining, the Prime Minister must explain why she continues to wait to ease remaining restrictions on the economy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stats NZ said on Thursday that
Todd Muller National Party Leader I’m really excited to share with you National’s new JobStart policy. Yesterday, I announced that my government would provide a $10,000 cash payment to businesses for all additional new employees, giving small business owners greater confidence to hire new people. Job numbers
Well, we didn’t quite emerge blinking and spluttering, casting looks aghast, countenances set against a chill wind, to greet the new dawn. It’s been more of a slow-motion apocalypse. The changes wrought by COVID-19 appear to be as much social as they are economic. We have
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below an article in the top Aussie newspaper, The Australian, published a few days ago. As said before, the true devastation will not be evident until the utterly unnecessary lockdown is finally recovered. It’s a social economic horror story lying ahead, attributable to the
What is now becoming apparent is what many of us have believed all along: that compared to most other countries we have not experienced a COVID crisis. The extent to which we have had something of a problem can be laid squarely at the door of the Prime Minister. It
