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Information Humour Arthur There are some mean spirited types that say New Zealand doesn’t do comedy well. Certainly, the comedians on our two breakfast shows aren’t very funny. John Campbell’s excessively woke woker is overacted and Hayley Holt’s ageing female air-head impersonation, and I hope
Politicians forget that swords have two edges at their peril. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is already at risk of being cut cruelly by his own sword once. The “industrial manslaughter” laws he created are being used to force an investigation into his bungled hotel quarantine scheme which unleashed Victoria’s
“Who put together the 5 key principles around their [Labour’s] economic plan…whoever wrote these principles hand back your degree” @TheAMShowNZ @nzlabour #nzpol pic.twitter.com/aFAvub5txq — The Orwellian ?? (@TheOrwellianNZ) September 21, 2020 If you enjoyed this BFD article please share it.
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Older rugby fans will recall Grahame Thorne as a sparkling 1960s All Black five eight. My best Thorny memory was after he gained the National selection for the solid Labour seat of Onehunga in 1990 and in the subsequent National landslide, caused a huge upset
Jonathan The “Epsom Cup of Tea” got lost in the news cycle right before the latest Auckland lockdown. It wasn’t a cup of tea at all, but a press conference in Onehunga. David Seymour appeared to have no public reaction to the endorsement from Judith Collins, a striking contrast
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Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The Prime Minister promised to cut the number of children living in poverty but she never promised to reduce the number of children living on benefits. And it’s a good job she didn’t or she’d have failed on that score too. Before
TVNZ leaders debate Tim Watkin (Pundit): A Rabbit-Hole Election Debate: So Do You Want More Avocado Orchards? Steve Braunias (Guardian): First TV debate between Ardern and Collins avoids being a horror show Luke Malpass (Stuff): Leaders’ election debate verdict: Jacinda Ardern lost, but Judith Collins didn’t win it
National has received some very loud criticism for suggesting that they will reduce taxes if they are elected into government next month. The intention of the policy is stimulatory, of course, aimed at encouraging people to spend their extra money within the economy. In many ways, this policy is likely
Ardern never came back from that burst eardrum in the 1st round. Stumbled around. Discombobulated. Deontayesque. That socialist cloak she wore to the ring sapped all her energy. Double duty, double duty, double duty what does that mean? I think she was saying Double, Judy…as in “Give me double,
The first live Leaders’ Debate is between Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins tonight at 7 pm on TVNZ 1. This is the first-time voters will see the leaders of the country’s two biggest parties going head-to-head in a primetime debate. John Campbell is the moderator
The latest 1News/Colmar Brunton poll is out and shows that the slide in the polls for National has at least been halted. It also shows that Labour has lost 5 points, and whilst they can still govern alone the slide is on for them as often happens in the
Piotr Godzisz Birmingham City University In her first state of the union address as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen called out hatred and pledged to build “a union of equality”. While European institutions have been at the forefront of fighting hate crime and discrimination in and
