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Questions to Ministers Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and statements? JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What action, if any, is the Government taking to ease pressure on early childhood education services that have been hit by qualified
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“Modern educayshun” really is doing a disservice to young Australians. Not only is it making them dumber – Australia’s international education rankings have steadily slid further and further behind, despite spending billions more – but it’s making them frightened and confused, too. Creepy indoctrination programs like “Safe Schools” and “Mates
In Kerryn Phelps’ brief and unlamented career as a parliamentarian, her sole achievement was to be a watermelon wrecker. Phelps glommed onto the rich peoples’ protest vote at the removal of their wealthy paragon, Malcolm Turnbull. A millionaire representing Australia’s wealthiest electorate, Phelps naturally obsessed over the sort of
Shane Jones appears to have sent PM Jacinda Ardern a very pointed message and the fact that he felt comfortable doing it shows how powerless Ardern is to do anything about it. The Labour Party have made a big song and dance out of their gun ban. It has garnered
Simon Bridges loves grandstanding in parliament, using heaps of supplementary questions to try to ‘get’ Jacinda Ardern. Most of the time all he succeeds in doing is pissing off his caucus by wasting questions that they could have used to skewer dead-set useless ministers. Two and a half weeks
Mike: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is with us, good morning. Jacinda: Good morning. Mike: This bloke that Lees-Galloway has given residency to, because he’s a protected person, despite the fact he has six drink driving convictions and two ‘driving without a licence’ convictions: just answer me this question,
Simon Bridges must almost be wishing that he’d never chucked Jami-Lee Ross under the bus. Botany is turning into a real mess as list MPs jockey for a safe seat and flip the bird at the President, Peter Goodfellow and Regional Chair, Andrew Hunt, who both want ‘Happy
1News have revealed a new polling stance: publishing approval ratings for the PM and Simon Bridges. The BFD has been saying for a long time that this sort of polling will reveal the dire position National finds themselves in under Bridges’ leadership. National’s caucus is almost never shown these
Questions to Ministers MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): What actions has this Government taken for public housing in New Zealand? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and actions? Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister:
Comedian Alistair Williams stops by to talk about comedy, censorship and why he had to make Brexit Burger King If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Like the best satire, Neel Kolhatkar’s Modern Educayshun cuts uncomfortably close to the truth. Modern “educayshun” is a wasteland of falling educational standards and out-of-control leftist indoctrination. The latter, of course, is directly responsible for the former. Which is the point: if Johnny can’t read, he
