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It all came down to a case of “For God’s sake, go”. After scandal-plagued months, Boris Johnson has finally accepted the inevitable and resigned. Johnson should be applauded for two things: keeping Jeremy Corbyn out of No. 10, and delivering Brexit. Which are, of course, precisely the things
righttolife.org.uk During a Parliamentary debate on assisted suicide, a number of MPs in the House of Commons alerted the public to the dangers posed by such legislation including the increased feeling of being a burden, the lack of autonomy created by assisted suicide, and the pressure to end
Schadenfreude is, as its literal translation states, a shameful pleasure. But it’s a damn satisfying one. There’s nothing quite so satisfying, especially, as seeing someone hoist on their own petard. The more hypocritical and self-righteous the petard that’s being hoist, the more satisfying the schadenfreude. Democratic
Colin Parkinson Perhaps the following document (released on 6 July 2022) might shed some light on this. Vaccination-Requirement-Non-Citizen-Travellers-Amendments-for-SigningDownload On page 4, Item 9 seems to suggest that there are health benefits to having only “vaccinated” people entering New Zealand, yet it only points
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Warning Satire WATCH OUT SUPERMARKETS! Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark is making the big plays at the moment. Clark yesterday announced the new role of Grocery Commissioner to crack down on New Zealand’s supermarket duopoly. Labour have unsurprisingly talked a big game about making a
The latest Roy Morgan poll is out, and is the seventh poll in a row from Roy Morgan that shows a change of government if there was an election. Today’s Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll shows support for a potential National/Act NZ coalition down by 1.5% points
National’s Erica Stanford and Labour’s Kiri Allan have clashed on AM over whether New Zealand has the right immigration settings to entice nurses to the country. Newshub Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the
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For around a century, and rightly so, New Zealand was governed with the farming interests foremost in the minds of successive governments; what rural interests wanted – went. This ended with the “War on Farming” initiated by the Lange Government, continued by the Clark Government, and most notably in recent years
I am not much of a fan of “Gotcha” questions as I think they’re a bit naughty and intellectually lazy. But with the way a once great nation is heading towards the cliff in “Thelma and Louise” fashion, and having had a wee drinkie-poo whilst in charge of
Anthony Albanese seems in an awful rush. Perhaps he senses that his prime ministership hangs by the barest threads. After all, his primary vote at the election was the lowest in 100 years — and the Labor party hasn’t exactly been kind to its own prime ministers, lately. So he
BarnyB123 Information Opinion The controversy surrounding Matthew Tukaki has been in the news over the last week. He is likely to be in the news for a while yet as new facts surface, but then Tukaki will disappear, hopefully never to be heard of again! This type of character is
A year after private rental properties had to comply with Healthy Homes requirements, just 50 per cent of state houses meet those standards, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government owns 64,000 homes around New Zealand, but its own figures show that just over 50 per cent
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com With a database of over 160 names and cases, New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) has submitted to the New Zealand Police and now to Medsafe, a list of young people who passed away shortly after their Pfizer/Comirnaty
Information Opinion Once again Jacinda Ardern has proven she only practises diplomacy when it suits her and only with those whose ideology she shares. In her clumsy efforts to insult Scott Morrison and elevate the new Labour leader Albanese, her new bestie across the Tasman, she made a factual error,
