Press Release: National Party Two violent incidents in two days have provided a graphic illustration of why the Government needs to get tougher on gang activity, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. “The latest reports of gunshots being fired during a gang altercation near a Napier shopping centre are
Shane Jones has signalled to disappointed dry voters amongst National that there is a party that won’t put up with eco-evangelism from Woke Wombles: Outspoken NZ First MP and Minister Shane Jones has launched a scathing attack on climate-change activists who want Kiwis to eat less meat,
Press Release: New Conservative We are less than 3 weeks into the 2020 new year and exactly a full month after the end of the Government’s amnesty for Prohibited Firearms. Already, New Zealanders are seeing an escalation in illegal firearms violence alongside the persecution of licensed owners. The number
The BFD has already covered the economic threats and opportunities to Australia and New Zealand implicit in Trump’s US-China trade deal. For both countries, the Chinese pledge to import $200bn of US agricultural goods is a clear worry. Australia’s energy and iron ore exports to China seem
As has been written previously, the change amongst pollsters from preferred Prime Minister ratings to looking at favourability, is starting to seriously hurt Simon Bridges. Both Newshub and YouGov use this methodology and both polls show Simon Bridges plumbing Corbyn-like depths in the favourability stakes. The National Party leader’
Todays’ face of the day Finance Minister Grant Robertson has stated that the huge rent rises across New Zealand, desperate tenants and landlords leaving the market in droves have nothing whatsoever to do with the COL’s “rental reforms” AKA landlord bashing policies. […] “The rental market at the moment is
It’s an old idea, deeply ingrained in the Anglo-Celtic imagination, that the “Blessed Isles” lie just across the sea. Of course, in most European lore, those magical fantasy-lands were in the west. But, in the fairy-tale world of the Australian left, the Big Rock Candy Island
Press Release: New Conservative Training children about a climate emergency under the current format will be a disaster as the government is giving false hope to our children that they can control the climate – when they can’t. Teach pollution reduction, teach care of the environment, teach waste pathways, but
If one was to consider writing a manifesto the first rule would be to minimize the usage of clichés. When clichés were first uttered they were created by literary geniuses, but now they are phrases which are overused and betray the lack of an original thought. Just like the National
US president Donald Trump has stared down the mandarins of China and sealed a huge first win in his trade war with the communist state. The Chinese have blinked and handed the US an enormous range of concessions. But, while the deal is a yuge deal for America, it contains
Mike Loder Under the nation’s new gun laws Police will be able to decline an applicant from receiving a firearm license based on the political views of the individual. I have asked the Police Minister, Stuart Nash, just what would constitute an opinion ‘extreme’ enough to raise concerns. Both
Wise, intelligent people who are self-aware, know when it’s time to “hang up the boots” and move on. Unfortunately, politicians too often don’t fall into the categories of wise, intelligent or self- aware and far too often, overstay their welcome. If nothing else, the Trump impeachment hearings,
1002 readers took part in The BFD Election 2020 Political issues poll The four MOST important 2020 election issues to the readers who took part in The BFD poll were as follows: 1. Government budget deficit/ Government debt 2. The government/ Poor leadership 3. Crime/ Violence ( “the Media” came a
What happens when you have a chronic housing shortage, too few state houses and a government that continually comes out with landlord unfriendly policies? I have watched landlord after landlord sell their rental properties over the last few years, citing various reasons, but just about all of them are to
Shane Jones is a bit of a rascal, and it is hard to fault him when he attacks Greenie Wombles. He’s given them a serve over opposition to a Wairarapa dam proposal: […] my colleague, the deputy leader of our party Fletcher Tabuteau the secretary – he’s been in Wairarapa
