Britain’s political Svengali, Dominic Cummings, has big plans to drain the UK’s swamp. The Telegraph outlines precisely which plugs are going to get pulled in the most audacious restructure of the civil service in decades: Public sector reform will be a major focus of the new Government, and
2020 has arrived and it promises to be one of intense interest, at least for us political tragics. There is our own election, the American election and the ongoing saga of Brexit. No doubt tragics of a different sort will keep banging on about climate change and how death for
I’ve spent the Christmas/New Year period listening to podcasts and looking to see some parallels between the recent UK election and New Zealand politics. The video posted above is a great example of where Labour went wrong. Basically Labour didn’t listen to what was obvious as the
Now that Boris Johnson has won a resounding victory in this month’s election, allowing him to pass his Bill which ensures the UK leaves the EU at the end of January, it is interesting to read comments from the past pertinent to Britain’s proposed membership of the Common
Good to hear. He and Trump might make a formidable duo. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
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I had lunch with a Millennial the other day and we discussed American politics. Boy was it an eye-opener. The sole source of information for this millennial appeared to be Instagram and people she referred to as “Influencers.” These “influencers” were where she got all her political opinions from.
TV historian Prof David Starkey analyses the 2019 general election result. Is this the new British revolution? How will history remember the last Parliament of 2017-19? Why did Labour lose? Should Boris take his chance to scrap the licence fee? Should we reform the civil service? If you have
During the John Key led government we saw Labour here in New Zealand blame stupid voters for being hoodwinked into voting for that nice Mr Key. That behaviour led to ignominious defeat under Phil Goff and again under David Cunliffe. National is now exhibiting the same delusion, that the voters
The world’s most spoiled brat has been given ecumenical status yet again, this time on the cover of Time magazine, as ‘Person of the Year’. Indeed, Time is so woke these days that choosing a real hero would have been an anathema to their bleeding liberal hearts. The sad
This was before the election. His comments are pertinent to NZ as well. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
This photo has been doing the rounds but deserves a better look. The woman in Labour red is Diane Abbott, a very high up figure in the UK Labour Party. If Labour had won the election, she would now be the UK Home Secretary, in charge of national security! I
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Simon Tormey University of Bristol So for all the talk of narrowing polls, tactical voting, and possible shocks leading to a hung parliament, Boris Johnson achieved a crushing victory over Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party in the UK’s general election of 2019. With an 80 or so seat
