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Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. However slick, however glib, however metronomic, governments do need effective public relations teams. As the video below shows, the Taliban’s image management could do with a bit of polishing. A newsreader for Afghan TV reads a script about
Writer David Cole has detailed how in the early 90s, both the German and Canadian governments secretly seeded anti-immigration groups with extremist provocateurs. While some of the German groups at least were genuinely “far-right”, it was the government moles who – acting on official instructions – whipped up acts of
Forcing struggling businesses to reapply for the Covid-19 wage subsidy every two weeks will lead to closures and employees losing their jobs, National’s spokesperson for Social Development and Employment Louise Upston says. “It’s unreasonable that businesses have to reapply every two weeks for the wage subsidy. It
Information Satire Sheriff Ardern flew into the Karangahape Saloon, the doors banging behind her. She said to the bar person, “Trotsky, I’ll have a RED-EYE (whisky) Comrade. “My 1 p.m. Daily Announcement from the Dear Leader has turned into the ‘Comedy Hour’. “Chippie’s’ Comedic Routine was
Dear Editor, I thought I would forward you the school email we received prior to lockdown. My child in year 12 said teachers were talking about subjects being loaded to online learning on Monday, much to his surprise. He thinks they were being warned of the lockdown. It seems the
It’s clear Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) is going to be with us for some time, so it’s past time we fixed the festering issues with our current system. National is proposing five sensible improvements to the beleaguered Managed Isolation Allocation System. “New Zealanders overseas trying to come
There have been few politicians more demonised in recent Australian history than Pauline Hanson. To be fair, Hanson initially invited criticism with her foolish comments about Asian Australians. But the media-political response was feral. The media in particular, in a fore-runner of Trump Derangement Syndrome, were indecently giddy
Lotte Silverman Information Opinion I really believe there is something that needs looking into here. At the first sitting of the House after 2 weeks, I heard the PM say, once again, that the first community case was not known until Monday the 16th of August. I also heard Ashely
On 27 August, the WHO published the Technical Specifications and Implementation Guidance for digitally implementing a COVID-19 vaccine passport. Call it “The Great Reset”, “A New World Order”, “Build Back Better” or whatever you like. It is not a good development. An interesting section examines the ethical considerations of
There’s been much gnashing of teeth and nonsensical garbage bandied about, regarding what should happen to those amongst us who choose not to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Suggestions that they be ostracised or prevented from working are surely an extension of the ill-conceived panicked posturing and grandstanding
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 As I write, me and my family are under house arrest. We are allowed out only to exercise and then only nearby and only briefly. I have to
The BFD has several ex-Police officers who advise us from time to time on Policing matters. They have provided the following observations regarding the arrest of a man in Christchurch for not wearing a mask. Relevant legislation: S.315 of the Crimes Act 1961 allows for arrest without a
Small business owners need help urgently so that they can survive this Covid-19 lockdown and any future lockdowns so that they can continue to play a significant role in New Zealand’s economy as well as providing employment all over the country, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says.
Breakfast host Indira Stewart accused Judith Collins of breaking lockdown rules by travelling to Wellington instead of staying in Auckland and demeaned Collins’ role in opposition by claiming teachers, supermarket workers and other New Zealanders have to suck up their working conditions under lockdown, so why shouldn’t Collins? The
