J M White If there is one thing we the people have finally learnt from the plague disaster scenario kept going by western governments for the past two years, it is how we have been tricked. We learned the hard way that the whole façade of what we accepted as
Mrs P It has been slightly humorous over the last few days to hear statements from various politicians to the effect that “we don’t know what the protests are about” and “the messaging isn’t clear”. Being so confuddled by what really is quite a straightforward matter, they appear
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz The end of the Covid nightmare seems in sight. The sceptics are being proved right, and more and more people are waking up to the injustice of the government’s authoritarian response these last couple of years. The Convoy, and subsequent police brutality and politicians’
Thursday’s events on the lawns of Parliament have spooked the government and the police. There were no arrests on Friday. There were no advances by the police and no violence amongst the protesters. The MSM were predicting, and undoubtedly hoping for, major confrontations but were left with nothing. The
It is becoming more and more obvious that those increasingly strange human beings in our Parliament, known to us as Members of Parliament, are now the Cowards of the Country. Who would have thought that those we elected to provide leadership could have failed so miserably to do just that?
It has taken a determined effort by a group of dedicated investigative journalists several months to establish the cause of the failure of democracy in New Zealand. Now, this crack team can reveal the root cause of all the problems recently exposed, the failures to achieve meaningful progress and the
Brett McDonald Volunteer Reporter The BFD I’ve been taking photos of the anti-mandate protests for a while now. I do this in my own time on a voluntary basis and submit them to The BFD — the only media outlet I could find at the time that would publish
I would like to take this moment, as an Australian, to thank Jacinda Ardern from the bottom of my heart. For months, the glaring spotlight of world media has been focused on Australia — and not in a good way. Covid camps in the outback, closed borders, and rubber bullets at
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Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Information Opinion Inflation sky-rocketing to nearly six per cent in 2021 is going to make life even harder than it already is for New Zealanders. The last two years have been hell on earth for the vast majority of Kiwis, and the inflationary pressure
The treatment of freedom protesters by politicians of all stripes has been incomprehensible and unforgivable. It was understood that the PM would not deign to speak with them or listen to their valid concerns, but Chris Luxon? David Seymour? It was a heaven-sent opportunity for them to be the
Ex-MPs Peters and Hide have come out over the last few days to show their support for the Freedom Convoy 2022 protesters, joining ongoing support from Ex-MP Matt King of Northland. Matt has been opposing the mandates, draconian rules etc. for a while but I find it interesting
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. “I support the protest 100
The media and politicians are genuinely perplexed that people are expressing a deep loathing for them. But they shouldn’t be, they’ve brought it on themselves. Jessica Mutch-McKay wrote an opinion piece where she said that the protest she claims to be covering is ‘different’: In Auckland the
Stuart Smith National MP The Parliamentary year started this week with a roar as the ‘Freedom Convoy’ arrived in Wellington, in fact, they were almost clogging Molesworth Street outside Parliament when I walked to work at 7:30 on Tuesday morning. Security was on high alert and most of the
