George Below are random extracts pulled from two of our two most recent Prime Ministers’ speeches when they were addressing the nation in crisis. The first set of quotes has been taken from Monday’s (23 March 2020) speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The second
I’m eternally grateful that at last, we’re heading in the right direction, even though we were again treated to a display of slogans and catchphrases on Monday when the Prime Minister made her announcement. She was still insisting that she said from the start “We must go hard
I applaud the Prime Minister and her government for her actions in recognizing the seriousness of the coronavirus and now moving rapidly to alert level 4 – shutting down the country this Wednesday. Phew, not before time. However, being of the left persuasion she must find it painful to have to
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 Labour Party: Please send us links to any
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McBlog Radix Here’s a list of 49 MPs who voted for a referendum on euthanasia because they supported euthanasia and knew they had to vote for a referendum to get the law passed, but voted against a referendum on abortion because they didn’t think it was necessary to
The PM’s address about the four-stage alert levels for Covid-19 was intended to reassure the nation, but instead of averting panic, her disappointing lack of leadership fuelled it. Ardern was criticised for not closing airports earlier and for allowing cruise ships, (breeding grounds for the virus), to
Simon Bridges, yesterday, announced that he might be prepared to operate in a grand coalition: Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges won’t rule out participating in a grand coalition to fight COVID-19, as he officially puts the National Party’s election campaign on hold. A grand coalition, which
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Casey Costello Hobson’s Pledge Trust There is not the slightest justification for allocating $56-million in Covid-19 funding on the basis of race, Hobson’s Pledge spokesperson Casey Costello said yesterday. In today’s announcement: * $10 million from Vote Maori Development is for community outreach, * $30 million for
McBlog Radix When the abortion bill was looking likely to pass (as was always likely with our current parliament), attempts were made by pro-life MPs during the Committee stage to ‘soften’ the harms of the bill and to take the extreme aspects away from this flawed bill. Below is
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Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative joins the many experts in their fields and is calling for the Government to immediately implement Covid-19 Alert 4. On Sunday alone, Auckland had 4 schools linked to Covid-19. Today, a call to Government to go to Alert 4 and close all
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 National Party: Please send us links to any speeches, social
