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You know, even I was worried that I was descending into hyperbole when I described Victoria’s government as “tyrannical”. I needn’t have worried. While Victoria’s COVID-19 infections and deaths are fast dropping (almost certainly despite, rather than because of, anything the government has done), the Andrews
Now that we are into the election campaign proper I am replacing Political corner (which only looked at one party at a time) with a regular snapshot of electioneering across the board on Social Media. National Party Labour Party NZ First Green Party ACT Party Advance NZ New Conservative Maori
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Information Satire It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but a giant US cartoon media company wants Jacinda Ardern to either admit to copying and give credit where credit is due or cease and desist. Ardern has completely ripped off SpongeBob SquarePants. The BFD. Photoshopped image
Is Jacinda Ardern getting worried about her re-election chances? Labour still comfortably leads the polls but, ominously, that lead has slid by up to ten points in the past few months. Then there’s Ardern’s lacklustre performance at the leaders’ debate. So, Ardern can’t afford any more
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An article in the Business section of the Weekend Herald caught my eye. It was a comment piece written by Bruce Cotterill. Cotterill is a company director and an adviser to business leaders. The question he asked was – Where are leaders as NZ crumbles? That’s what really caught my
At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on October 17th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can
SFO NZ First decision RNZ: Checkpoint: NZ First Foundation arrangement ‘unprecedented’ – law expert Luke Malpass (Stuff): Serious Fraud Office charges may be final blow for NZ First Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters draws on his best defence against SFO, attack (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Campaign derailed David Farrar: SFO lays
I’ve been saying for years that we needed an Independent Commission Against Corruption. Our trading partners have them, even Fiji has the FICAC. Now Judith Collins has as good as announced that with an extension of the purview of the SFO and also a doubling of their budget. National
Did Julie Anne Genter just state that Maori are the main New Zealanders who illegally grow and sell cannabis? Why yes she did and even worse she thinks that is a good reason why we should make it legal because most criminals who commit this particular crime are Maori! If
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Information Satire Policy decisions The government today revealed plans for a new policy-making committee. All options on policies would be pinned to a wall and then a group of Chimpanzees would throw darts at them. The two options with the most hits would then be recommended for perusal and
I was going to pen a satire for a change about the UK, but events here are moving and changing so fast that it is beyond satire. I can’t comment on the latest regulations because I don’t understand them. I have been able to drive 10 miles to
