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The government stumbles from one mistake to another as we all wait for the daily corrections and U-turns on policy. It has all the hallmarks of Boris Johnson making policy up on the hoof much to the anguish of his cabinet. Johnson still looks ill, lacking his normal bounce
Thanks to incompetent, race-baiting Democrats, some US cities seem to be about to get a taste of what “Defund the Police” looks like. When Rayshard Brooks, a multiple-conviction felon with a violent rap sheet, was shot by police in Atlanta during a fierce struggle, of course he was
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the country by publishing an extract every day. Disconcerting developments It is worth remembering throughout all of this that the unbelievably cavalier attitude of the government right up to (and including) mid-March had got our country
The pedestal was never high enough for you, was it? You swaggered on stage and addressed the nation every day for two months convincing many that under your watch, we would be protected from the unmitigated calamity of COVID-19. You claimed that without your immediate intervention up to eighty
Now would be an excellent time for a political leader (with a steely backbone) to step forward with a COVID management plan in hand. The coalition government is completely out of ideas after promising much and delivering ineffective quarantine management and testing. Please don’t ask what happened to “test,
Xbolt So China has mounted a cyber attack on our closest ally and brothers in arms, the Australians. Where is the ANZAC spirit? Where are New Zealand cries of “we stand with our best friends and allies”? Is it because there is so much Chinese money invested in our politicians
Recently I named the Labour Party as the most racist political party in New Zealand. I accused them of being racist for ensuring unequal access to healthcare by prioritising one race over another. I am referring of course to DHBs and race-based criteria for surgery waiting lists. Patients who
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has
Conservative British commentator and activist Katie Hopkins has been permanently banned from Twitter for alleged “hateful conduct.” Hopkins, who had more than 1.1 million followers, has been banned from the social media platform to “keep Twitter safe”, the platform said. According to the Guardian, Hopkins, who often retweeted Donald
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As comedians from John Cleese to Jerry Seinfeld have pointed out, Political Correctness has killed comedy. It might have been hoped that we larrikin Aussies would have resisted this stultifying censoriousness better than any others, but, I’m afraid to say, the Australian sense of humour has been suffocated, too.
It’s always notable just how far removed celebrity activists are from their own bullshit. Climate loudmouths like James Cameron and Leonardo DiCaprio each have carbon footprints and the sort of conspicuous consumption that dwarf entire African nations’. Wealthy Greens voters who march to demand open borders for illegal arrivals
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. None of your business Perhaps the most telling remark on either side of the argument about the lockdown’s length came from Labour’s minister for employment, Willie Jackson.
“If you’re going to make a mistake, make it a good one!” Ardern’s government didn’t make just one big mistake managing COVID-19, they made several. Despite her oft-repeated claim of going hard and going early, Ardern went too hard and not early enough ensuring long
The svengalis at Auckland Council clearly loathe the mundane and routine nature of their ‘core business’. To their employers – the public – this core business, regrettably, is where our interests lie: the maintenance of public infrastructure, the collection of rubbish, the cutting of grass and ensuring that trains run on time.
