Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com These are extremely unusual times. ‘Stay calm and carry on’ is my preferred mode of action. A side effect of this flux is the exposure of Labour’s lack of a core, consistent approach to assistance. Under Finance Minister, Bill English, National was developing a
Our first-ever recipient of the Wooden Spoon Award goes to abortion-up-till-birth supporter Green MP Jan Logie. Jan Logie wins this week’s Wooden Spoon Award for failing to pay attention when it came time to vote. […] MPs seemed unprepared for a second vote on the substance
The Quit Group was a registered charity that used to run the Quitline. They were taxpayer-funded but the Taxpayers’ Union has busted them stlll sitting on millions despite being defunct for 5 years. The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that The Quit Group – the charity originally commissioned to run Quitline
There has been another data breach of firearms owners’ information, and it looks like there has been a cover-up as well. Newshub reports: Newshub can reveal firearms licences were among the personal data breached in the massive Tuia250 digital security failure and the Government kept it secret. The Opposition
Anyone arriving to NZ from any part of Italy will have to self-isolate for 14 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. […] NZ is still in the containment phase but if we move into the community outbreak phase, that’s when there could be cancellations of large events. NZ
Press Release: Downright Discrimination NZ 1300 people with Down syndrome and their families called on PM Jacinda Ardern to not introduce abortion up-to-birth for NZ babies with Down syndrome ahead of the Abortion Legislation Bill vote yesterday 1300 people with Down syndrome have signed an open letter to
The latest Jacinda Ardern–Scott Morrison contretemps – her unwonted, un-diplomatic public scolding of the Australian prime minister over deporting New Zealand-born criminals in Australia – has been fairly thoroughly dissected here at The BFD. But it’s a gift that just keeps on giving. Especially because, perhaps like no
Questions to Ministers Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he
A liberal elite academic thinks Shane Jones’s Indian comments should be tested in a court of law. Although calling a professor at Waikato University an academic is stretching credulity a little: Whether Jones wants to take New Zealand back to ethnicity-based restrictions within immigration in the future is
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 Labour Party: The BFD. Election 2020. Labour Party. Please send
Tracey Martin appears to either be dead set stupid or is continuing to troll Shane Jones and Winston Peters. We wrote about this earlier and even a ran a poll where 93% of respondents thought she was totally effin’ stupid. Well, she’s been at it again. Jones, a New
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Ron Haskins,a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and former White House Presidential Advisor on welfare reform, has a long association with welfare policy research and development, including the most effective ways of reducing child poverty. Through modelling and analysis, he has concluded,
Shane Jones must be ecstatic about the ongoing accusations of racism. Barry Soper brings some perspective to the debate: Let’s get some perspective on what Jones actually said to Newshub’s The Nation. “If you want another million, two million, three million people, we should debate it and there
Certain happenings over the last few weeks on reflection make for interesting suppositions leading up to this years election in relation to the Labour and New Zealand First relationship. Perhaps the first thing to comment on is the current investigation by the SFO into donations to the NZ First Foundation.
The PM’s laissez-faire attitude to Coronavirus will have serious repercussions for us. Her opinion, that when Coronavirus shows “sustained community transmission” she will do something about it, will of course be much too late for containment. “Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is no evidence of sustained community
Mike Hosking seems to be a regular reader of The BFD. He’s nailed it over what is happening with new gun laws. I can assure you in different circumstances the fact New Zealand First are now holding gun reform up would be major news. If for no other reason
