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Seymour Reveals His Bottom Lines

Seymour Reveals His Bottom Lines

As previously discussed, I have been seriously considering voting ACT at the election this year, although I suspect I won’t know for sure until I am actually at the polling station. This week, David Seymour came out with his list of conditions which form the basis on which he

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The BFD Face of the Day

The BFD Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day Phil Goff has had his emails hacked. 15,000 emails worth over 12 years were offered for sale to NZ legacy media. The interesting part is that what has upset the legacy media is not the fact that a crime has been committed and

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

James Shaw and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cooking and serving up sausages and bacon for the masses while teaching our children that meat and dairy are causing climate change.

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BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 ACT Party

BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 ACT Party

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 start the series off with ACT leader David Seymour’s

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When We Demanded ‘Divest Fossil Fuels’ We Didn’t Mean Right Now

When We Demanded ‘Divest Fossil Fuels’ We Didn’t Mean Right Now

In an exceptionally brilliant piece of bluff calling, Professor Andrew Parker of St John’s College at Oxford University trolled the idiotic students at one of the UK’s most prestigious educational establishments. Two students at St John’s College wrote to Andrew Parker, the principal bursar, this week requesting

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The BFD Caption Competition

The BFD Caption Competition

Would you like some Socialism with that? Yes, please. Okay, that will be $6.50 for the meal and I want you to please hand me back half your sausage and all of the bacon.

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Time for Some Maths on Northland

Time for Some Maths on Northland

Shane Jones has announced he will be standing for NZ First in Northland. That seat is currently held by Matt King of National, with a majority of 1389 votes. There is now talk of an electorate deal for Northland: Jones is set to stand in the Northland seat for New

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The BFD Face of the Day

The BFD Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day “Aunty Helen the Control Freak Who Cannot Retire Gracefully (to give her her full title)” criticised the COL government publicly on Twitter this week. “She has to keep her hand in, just in case we become a republic within her lifetime and she can

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So, We Are Changing to Aotearoa New Zealand?
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So, We Are Changing to Aotearoa New Zealand?

Dame Nadia Glavish said, “It was Aotearoa before we got a foreign sailor coming in here. Why should we have to go through the trials and tribulations to be who we are in our own country?” Possibly an erroneous assertion as “Englishmen were the first to use ‘Aotearoa’ as a

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Will Ihumatao Be Ardern’s Waterloo?

Will Ihumatao Be Ardern’s Waterloo?

Wendy Geus Ardern’s rhetoric does not match her actions. Inserting herself into a private land dispute whilst calling for unity at Waitangi is farcical. Her actions are causing division, but her naivety propels her to ignore that, and her every comment further muddies the waters. Her politics are not

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NZ Embassy Staff in China Continued Holiday AFTER Wuhan Virus Became Serious

NZ Embassy Staff in China Continued Holiday AFTER Wuhan Virus Became Serious

Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Our Embassy staff in China continued their holiday after the Wuhan virus became serious. We received an incredible tip-off last week that despite the alarming events in China our embassy in Beijing was closed while the coronavirus escalated into a global

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