Long before the Chinese Communist party gifted the world the “Chinese virus” they had already infiltrated New Zealand’s political immune system. As lockdown has brought thousands of new readers to the BFD I thought that now would be a good time to bring the following series of articles about
Before I start, I want to record that I had the misfortune to be too near the television on Tuesday afternoon and heard the “Duchess of Ardern” Jacinda Ardern, royally, for the umpteenth time, spout the lie of going hard and going early. I can cope with hearing a mistruth
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a new series that will feature political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the National Party: Please send us links to any
George There are five countries which are communist states. They are China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and North Korea. (The government of Russia is a federal semi-presidential republic). But I will include it in this analysis as it is, to all intents and purposes, a communist state. Earlier this morning
Welcome to the left, where competence is controversial, lies are truth, and truth itself springs only from the left, for the benefit of the left. Want to try some? It was always going to get their mits in a mangle, the luvvies and the shouty-people, when Topham Guerin was
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
Governments – all governments – operate at such a high level, that when they try to design a package specifically to aid small business, they almost inevitably fail miserably. The intentions are always good, but those that usually work at the macro level always struggle with looking at things from a micro
History is littered with the smoking ruins of the unintended consequences of official decisions. In the wake of the Titanic disaster, new laws were passed, mandating that all ships over 100 tons had to carry enough lifeboats for every passenger. The only problem was that not all ships were designed
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the New Conservative Party: Please send us links to any speeches,
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign I’m writing to update you on our work over the last ten days, despite the lockdown we’ve not stopped our work. Situation on licences and what it tells us about impending fee hikes The Government has announced that all driver licences,
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com New Zealand just recorded a further four Coronavirus deaths. That brings the total to nine (as of 14 April 2020): * Woman, aged 70’s with an underlying health condition. * Female, aged 90’s with an underlying health condition. * Male, aged 80’s with an underlying
Dr Simon Thornley – Senior lecturer of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland Dr Grant Schofield – Professor of Public Health, AUT, Auckland Dr Gerhard Sundborn – Senior lecturer of Population and Pacific Health, University of Auckland. Dr Grant Morris – Associate Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Ananish Chaudhuri– Professor
David Seymour MP ACT Leader The COVID-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on New Zealand’s economy. Over 40% of workers are receiving support from the Government’s wage subsidy programme and businesses across the country are suffering from a sudden halt in revenue due to the lockdown. MPs should
