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Who Writes the Prime Minister’s Playbook?
Ryan Bridge on the AM show asked the prime minister several questions she was uncomfortable answering. When Ardern is under pressure she lapses into poor diction, which she did, and she adopts a facial expression indicating she smells a dead rat in the room. After discussing the Chinese virus, where
Epidemic Response Committee | NZ Parliament – 19 May 2020
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
Modelling Work Was ‘‘a Scenario’’ – Not Reality
A little over two months ago, in early March, 50 infectious disease experts signed off an editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal calling on politicians to “avoid scaremongering” over the impending COVID invasion of this country. Some of their colleagues had been beavering away for the best part
Our Duplicitous Government Misleads Us yet Again
The duplicity of this government is shocking and it shows no sign of mending its ways. The BFD has exposed a number of its lies already. 1. The claim that they went hard and early 2. The claim that the lockdown was legal and there were no gaps in the
Historically Heroic or Hideous?
How will history judge the events of the last couple of months? Will it be judged by going hard and fast as our voluble Prime Minister and her mostly inept bunch of ministers would have us believe and therefore supposedly knocking the COVID-19 bastard off? Or will it be
Phone Call Simon, It’s a Guy Called Darryl Kerrigan
Someone needs to tell Simon Bridges that he’s dreamin’. Hopefully, it will be his caucus, but he appears to be heading down the same self-destructive path of David Cunliffe. Simon Bridges is still confident he will lead National into the September election despite dropping below 5 percent as
Analysis of the Disastrous Newshub Poll
The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out and it runs red, blood red. The headline numbers are: Labour: 56.5% – 72 seats National: 30.6% down 12.7% – 39 seats (down 16 seats) NZ First: 2.7% Greens: 5.5% Act: 1.8% Preferred PM Ardern: 59.5% Bridges:
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Newshub Poll Disaster for National, It’s Bad
Newshub have released their latest poll. The headline numbers are: Labour: 56.5% – 72 seats National: 30.6% down 12.7% – 39 seats (down 16 seats) NZ First: 2.7% Greens: 5.5% Act: 1.8% Preferred PM Ardern: 59.5% Bridges: 4.5% down 6.1% In depth analysis