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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. We Are Playing by a New Set of Election Rules NEW ELECTION RULES Commentators more astute and sage-like than me have declared this election a watershed moment in our political life.
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National is looking increasingly desperate as it becomes apparent that their best-laid plans to govern with Act alone are turning to dust before their eyes. But it doesn’t really matter because the voters are so over Labour that they are willing to hold their nose and vote to get
The events of the last few days have shocked a lot of people. It’s enormously sad that Israel has been attacked by terrorists but hopefully, something good will come out of it. Hopefully, lots of folks are shaken out of their torpor. These events reminded me of a curious
Proverbs 11 17 Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
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A small point, but it’s important to spell someone’s name correctly. It’s Justine Henin-Hardenne (not Hardene). If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or
Peoples’ first reactions to atrocities such as Hamas have carried out tells us all we need to know about them. If someone can react to the horror of children and elderly being slaughtered in shelters, women’s naked bodies paraded before cheering crowds, festival-goers gunned down mercilessly, and hundreds of
Phil Green Typically for the BFD, any day is a good day to read something that makes you think. On Saturday the 7th this article was posted. I commented with a brief synopsis of the cards dealt to me, specifically as it trends with the high suicide rate of divorced
Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD on New Zealand’
**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken from a 12-island boat trip out of Gocek, Turkey, a really nice marina town, a la Tutukaka.
Ross Smith As a frequent non-status quo political participant, I too have been a wasted vote denier before. My belief in the past was a hardened view of the virtue of sticking with my political choice all the way to the bitter end. After all, some say, “The only wasted
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Phil Green It was a big day for the BFD when the amazing Guy Hatchard revealed the news that he’d finally got that ‘Gotcha!’ moment when he revealed through OIAs that the Ministry of Health had permitted themselves over 11,000 exemptions from the Covid vaccine. There’s a
