At yesterday’s Podium of Truth we saw a journalist, finally, raise legitimate questions about the actions of Siouxsie Wiles and Nicola Gaston under level four lock down. But what we got in response was flannel, obfuscation and outright lies. Grant Robertson hurriedly cut off Jason Walls and Ashley Bloomfield
ACT Party This week, ACT brought back our own version of the Epidemic Response Committee, we called for fairness on the vaccine rollout, we held Jacinda Ardern to account for the lack of pre-departure testing from Sydney, and we called for weekly resurgence payments. IN THE NEWS Epidemic Response
Judith Collins is the hands down winner of Sledge of the Day, and may even take out the Sledge of the Year award with this brilliant takedown of Siouxsie Wiles: “I think she’s a big, fat hypocrite, actually, and I’m sick and tired of listening to her telling
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today heard about the devastating impacts the lockdown and Delta Level 2 is having on our hospitality industry. The Government didn’t want the Epidemic Response Committee to continue because it didn’t want to hear real stories from real people about
Each day matters for hardworking businesses struggling under Level 4 lockdown in Auckland and new Level 2 restrictions elsewhere in the country, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The Government this week again said it would consider more support for businesses as the Covid lockdown
Middlemore Hospital is in the highest risk area in the current Covid outbreak and needs leadership from the Minister of Health – not abdication of responsibility, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “Instead of rebuking me in the House for asking if he takes responsibility for the situation at
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta needs to ask the United States for a ‘please explain’ as to why New Zealand was not invited to the more than 20 countries ministerial meeting, led by the US and Germany yesterday, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “The Minister needs to make
An animal welfare crisis is looming as Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor fails to pay attention to what’s going on around him, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “Last year, during the first Covid lockdown, the Government spent $5.8 million buying 12,000 pig carcasses from overstocked
Alwyn Poole Information Opinion Tracey Martin became a member of parliament on the coattails of Winston Peters. When Peters and NZ First did not get over the 5% line in 2020 Martin suddenly announced that the party’s values did not match hers and promptly left a ship she helped
If you enjoyed this Satirical image please share it so others can discover The BFD
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is mythmaking about the impact of school closures on learning, no doubt to downplay the impact of his Government’s failures over Covid, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Yesterday in Parliament Mr Hipkins asserted that results for students were as good or slightly better
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today responded to overwhelming demand for the return of the Epidemic Response Committee (ERC) with a special unofficial committee being held at midday. When the ERC was held during the first lockdown it gave scrutiny to the Government’s response. Not only
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz ACT Party leader David Seymour hit a “perfect symbol of something the left worships as sacred” this week when he dared to question race-based policy by tweeting a Covid-19 vaccination priority access code for Maori. The New Zealand Herald printed Mr Seymour’
Covid-19 has meant that New Zealanders have had to sacrifice a great deal. They have missed funerals, weddings, births, and all manner of other special moments, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “It seems a no-brainer to me that now is not the time for me
