30% of the country supported the protest so not sure where you get your 90% disapproved from? Yes Luxon was a disappointment during the protest, even Jim Bolger condemned his stance along with the rest of the politicians who were a pack of cowards.
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Sound practical leadership - kiss my arse.
She knew she was coming in for a bruising, swallowed hard and is trying the deflection trick again.
Stephen Frank, exAct MP, said today he received a call from a bristling Mallard on 1 April threatening trespass on any ex MPs attending the protest.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...om-parliament/
The clear impression was that Mallard has been made to look like an absolute jackass during the protest and he was out for revenge. And Ardern was blissfully unaware that Mallard was planning this all along?
Kiss my arse.
Another astonishing indictment on an incompetent Government, incompetence that just goers on and on and no learning from all the mistakes. Meanwhile our economy suffers and small business owners go bankrupt https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...YW4OGJIHC25BM/
(I think it's not subscription only but not sure)
The Govt. may have been correct. https://www.technologyreview.com/202...lucira-ellume/$55.00 a test?
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And after closing both eyes to crime & gangs for years, Ardern & her team of pro-gang & pro-crime nincompoops finally accept the inevitable and adopt National Party policy to crack down on gangs :
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star...rganised-crime
It's part of the party's long-touted crackdown on gangs – a narrative National has been pushing for most of its term in Opposition.
Included in Nationals' law and order election promises was the commitment to established a specialist gang unit to "disrupt the operation of gangs and work within police to target the proceeds of crime".
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/reveal...3T4OAMI4BCK7I/
"The aim is to put pressure on gangs so they can feel it," said one source, "and the public can see it."
The proposal of a ring-fenced unit in Auckland and the wider nationwide strategy to focus on gangs comes after five years of radical change in the criminal underworld.
That's not quite the way I see it.
Agreed, Mallard was furious with the protesters & the way they undermined our democracy & the authority of our Parliament & the Police force, trashed parliament grounds & ground the central city to a halt, and was determined to punish people like Winston & Matt King who typically cynically were out to exploit the situation to further their own political agendas.
The way I saw it today was Adern was annoyed with Mallard, seeing his response as both an unnecessary distraction & an ill judged provocation which Winston & King would be delighted to exploit to the max to get much needed free media exposure, & fire up support from disaffected & deluded voters for NZ First & for King to launch his new party.
Typically Winston is on the phone to his lawyer first thing & am sure he would be happy to draw this out keeping himself in the headlines as long as possible.
Anyway I was pleased when I saw Adern acting swiftly this afternoon to put this whole thing to bed by requesting Mallard discuss his response with all the parties in parliament & thought that her experience & good judgement at managing this thorny issue showed through.
Mallard's a polarising figure & probably has just as much support as disapproval for his actions. Doubt if he cares.
No - she has no political capital left to burn with the polls showing her what she is on the way out.
That’s why.
Compare and contract with her sticking by Mallard over his despicable backstabbing of an innocent staffer which ended up costing taxpayers over $360,000 and still counting.
Mallard is a common thug as he has proved by his past actions using his fists, his pathetic/childish actions during the protest just inflamed the situation and were completely unfitting for someone in his position, he made himself look like a complete dick and continues to do so,
Is this NZ's Tiananmen Square moment?
Speaker Mallard trespasses men the calibre of Winston Peters & Stephen Franks from Parliament grounds, while thugs and vandals who damaged our Parliament grounds go free.
Neither Peters or Franks could be considered modern day Guy Fawkes, or urban terrorists!
Neither should have to defend themselves.
It should be up to the remaining Labour MP's to say; listen Trev, pull your head in, and stop this breach of democracy.
If they don't, they are complicit in moving NZ further into a dark place of suppression of speech, and restriction on freedom of movement.
Damning evidence of just how totally untrustworthy Ardern is :
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSd5B5xbH/
Truthful? No
Transparent? No
Accountable? No
Amazing that Robertson saying that nothing about the inflation rate has anything to do with overheated economies and monetary policy mistakes here and abroad. Disowning any responsibility.
Suppose the only fix is for the populus to vote him/them out
A special taskforce to advise on how to tackle & clear the horrendous hospital & medical treatment waiting list - which Ardern denied existed in the first place!
What have the 1,400 extra civil & public servants employed by Ardern being doing for the last 2 years?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...-list-response
Incompetence and denial - two of the outstanding features of this useless government.
Ardern - self proclaimed single source of truth:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSd5HT5sC/
Just don’t ask her about the wealth tax!
Mallard - what a joke of a speaker but Ardern loves having him there for protection.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...s-legal-action
You can judge the true character of a person by the company she keeps.
What does Mallard tell NZers about Ardern?
It won't be a wealth tax but a "securing our pandemic recovery" co-contribution.
Then we'll have a chance to vote on it.
15 months after the ever useless Kelvin Davis & Labour government appointed a new task force to restructure OT Oranga Tamariki, becoming evident that nothing has really changed except for the colour of the skin of those in control.
A 5 year old beaten to death after horrific physical & psychological abuse - because OT did nothing.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...im-family-says
“….. the family raised the alarm twice with Oranga Tamariki within a week of his mother being jailed, across two separate offices. They say this included providing Oranga Tamariki with photographs of Malachi’s bruises.”