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Hong Kong-based political analyst TL Tsim has the inside perspective on China to understand the real relationship between the two countries and capital flows for the rest of the world. In this special Le Club B, TL looks ahead to the end of the Sino British Joint Declaration in
Boris Johnson has requested a five-week suspension on parliament which has been granted by The Queen. As more than a million people have signed a petition to block the Prime Minister’s plans, MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg and Barry Gardiner discuss the suspension and how it will affect Brexit
And here’s Why the media is LYING about the fires, and what Climatologists have to say about it! If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
“Creeping Death” might sound like an old Hammer horror movie, but the reality is closer to the 1976 science fiction film, Logan’s Run. Although (often justly) dismissed as a plodding and pretentious, the film’s central premise is beginning to look grimly familiar: in the name of sustainability, everyone
Last weeks most read post was Jacinda’s Popularity in Freefall by Christie so Jacinda is, therefore, the subject of this Sunday’s political roast. https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/08/jacindas-popularity-in-freefall/ LesleyNZ started the roast by blaming Ardern’s freefall on Winston Peters. And she is
Fresh from outraging Twitter wokescolds and spooking gutless advertisers by verbally bashing New Zealand’s Part-Time PM, Alan Jones is taking the rhetorical cudgels to another bunch of Kiwis. Well, to be fair, he’s not bashing the second-rate Kiwis infesting Australian rugby, but rather the Australian administrators
Blue-haired land-whales spend every moment they can spare from feeding their collections of cats, ranting on Twitter about the evils of the ‘patriarchy’ and its ‘war on women’. Which makes it rather odd that they so often simultaneously cheer-squad one of the most misogynistic cults of the
A guest post by Graham Sharpe on Kiwiblog on Friday looked at a possible alternative to MMP. While many of us long for the good old days of first past the post, Graham suggests that our choice for change is not a binary situation and that Supplementary Member (SM) should
Beth Houlbrooke ACT Deputy Leader / Vice President Thank you for all the Get Well messages following my three-week absence, hospitalisation and recuperation. I was very grateful to receive flowers from a number of sources, including with a visit from David. Flowers cheered me up and brightened an otherwise sterile,
The media has fallen out of love with Jacinda. It’s about time. John Armstrong has some harsh words about our princess and her government, and it is music to my ears. The glitter of Jacinda Ardern’s crown no longer sparkles or glistens quite so gloriously as it did
By James Davidson Many of us have heard of the ball waxing controversy currently occurring in Canada. It illustrates the unintended consequence of adding gender identity and gender expression as protected categories to the human rights code. Something that Andrew Little is looking into. Apart from being a case study
This government targeted child welfare right from the get go. Ardern campaigned on fixing child “poverdy” saying “ let’s do this” and introducing a families package effective from 1 July 2018 that promised families would be better off. “By 2020/21, approximately 385,000 families with dependent children will be
Boris Johnson makes bold bid to have UK Parliament suspended by the Queen for five weeks in order to deliver Brexit. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
A few years ago, Australia’s Department of Finance was widely derided for its risible YouTube recruitment ad, “The Game Changers”. But, while the ad was deservedly mocked for being cringey and awkward, it’s also a very telling insight into the Canberra Public Service bubble. While the ‘actors’ might
National party Press Release: The government’s recently announced Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy is frustratingly light on detail, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Despite the positive intentions of the strategy, there appears to be little that will result in material change for the most vulnerable Kiwi
