NZ Politics
This Election Is up to National to Lose.
Due to our nation’s fortunate isolation, our COVID-19 situation was a small demographically isolated ‘outbreak’ and not a pandemic or an epidemic. Together my darling wife (40 years plus in the medical profession) and I discussed the daily data. We acknowledged that our hospitals were never overloaded, and
The BFD: May Election 2020 Political Poll
At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on September 19th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can
He’s “Failed Every Time He’s Stood in Front of the Media”
Mark Richardson from the AM show has criticised new National leader Todd Muller’s performance saying that he’s “failed every time he’s stood in front of the media”. Watch Muller’s performance below and decide for yourself if the criticism is justified or not. Please share your views
Oral Questions – 28 May 2020
Questions to Ministers Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Does she agree with the Rt Hon Winston Peters that New Zealand has been in lockdown for “far too long” and needs to be at level 1 now with a trans-Tasman bubble already operating, as reported by the NZ
Dear Todd
Wibble “I am genuinely interested in people’s views, even if different from mine, and why they hold those views” National Leader Todd Muller Dear Todd, I am glad that you are interested in hearing alternative views, and why people hold those views. My views are quite closely aligned with
Ardern’s Secret Welcome Mat for the Rich
Clearly some pigs are more equal than others in Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand. Ordinary New Zealanders were forced to endure weeks of Level 4 lockdown, including being barred from the bedsides of dying family members. But well-heeled foreigners were secretly allowed to slip in through New Zealand’s
Jack Tame 9.5/10 – Todd Muller 1.1/10
Having heard comments about how dreadful Jack Tame was and how terrible Todd Muller looked I thought it might be interesting so I went looking for it. The first thing that struck me was how uncomfortable Muller looked and how totally distracting his arms are. I’d noticed that in
Ardern: The Economic Death Star
George Lucas is not exactly renowned as the greatest writer of dialogue in modern cinema, but his Revenge of the Sith contains at least one sharply observant line: So this is how liberty dies – with thunderous applause. It is referring, of course, to the rapturous reception given to newly-appointed
Winston Peters Talks Sense
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Winston Peters is 100% right. End this unbelievably foolish lockdown right now. Overnight the WHO expressed alarm at the historically unprecedented incidents of family violence, a euphemism for angry home imprisoned men beating up their wives and children. I can’t believe they were surprised.
Give the Man a Chance, They Say
I’ve had a few calls the past couple of days, and a few comments, about my stance on Todd Muller. They run along the lines that I should give the guy a chance to settle down and find his feet. Not to put too much of a fine point
Face of the Day
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has broken rank with Labour over coronavirus restrictions, saying the country should be at level 1 now. Peters also said that the trans-Tasman bubble, allowing quarantine-free travel, should also already be operational. […]Peters told Newstalk ZB on Wednesday morning that it was his