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Readers of the The BFD will certainly be more familiar with left-wing blogger Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury than I. Still, his reputation precedes him – and I’m grimly familiar with his type on the Australian left. Yes, we have them, too: the sad old gits who never grew out of
It is with great concern that I write this but I feel compelled to do so, before the subsequent change in hate speech laws. These laws will basically curtail any and all debate over such issues as a report that will, without any consultation with the majority of the voting
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
The Government still hasn’t delivered any legislation to give police new powers to place Firearm Prohibition Orders against dangerous gang members, despite promising New Zealanders it would do so, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. Police Minister Poto Williams promised last month it would introduce legislation similar to
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Housing spokeswoman Housing Minister Megan Woods has today told Parliament she’s written a $30 million cheque for Ihumatao with taxpayers’ money but has absolutely no idea how it will be spent. I asked the Minister at Select Committee how many houses are projected to
Helen Houghton New Conservative Education Spokesperson We are failing a generation of children in academics when schools are expected to address every social issue of the day. Many educators are fed up with the constant push to deliver more content that addresses sexuality over the critical sliding ranking of our
In a key scene in Almost Famous, legendary music critic Lester Bangs offers the aspiring rock journalist some advice. The rock stars he wants to write about “are not your friends”, no matter how many drinks they buy you. “These are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories.” Fake
Dear Editor If Grant Robertson is the minister for sport and recreation the case for biological males pharmaceutically lowering their testosterone levels to compete against women is a foregone conclusion. Case in point. Hubbard who took female hormones later in life is on the Olympic selection committee for weight lifting
8th June 2021 The Tatmadaw are intent on wreaking havoc and taking revenge for the setbacks they have had during the past few days. They have initiated airstrikes and artillery barrages against villages in the vicinity of areas where they had recent adverse contact with guerrillas. In Kyar Pin in
Chris Baillie ACT Police spokesperson It’s no wonder organised crime is running amok with new data showing the gangs are recruiting faster than Police. The number of gang members on the National Gang List has exploded since Labour took office, with 2,663 more people on the list since
Confirmation that a million doses of the Pfizer vaccine coming in July removes the last remaining excuse for the Government’s pathetically slow Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, National Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government said we would be at the front of the queue, but New
David Seymour ACT Leader Each crossing of the proposed new Auckland cycle bridge will cost $50. I asked Jacinda Ardern yesterday if she would continue to support the cycleway if it cost $10 a crossing. She said she expects there to be 3000 cyclists a day, which would be $12.
I grew up under a barrage of strikes. In 1970s Britain, there was always a strike somewhere – a car plant strike here, a cross-Channel ferry strike in the holiday season. Strikes were as regular and tedious as they were damaging. I studied for my ‘A’ Levels (7th Form Certificate)
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With hundreds of millions of people now vaccinated against Covid there’s no sensible reason why we can’t open our borders to them. Our tourist industry needs it desperately and so does the nation. Tourism pre-Covid was our major foreign exchange earner. Printing
