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I seem to recall the media beat up at the time focused on infringing patient privacy and was total bollocks.
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Well they, whoever is in Government should find the money. The new hospital in Whangarei is an imperative and should not be dropped to fund more roads.
They are not even in Government yet and they are already cutting required health infrastructure spending.
Reti as the MP for Whangarei didn't campaign on this did he?
Absolute disgrace.
Agreed - absolute disgrace that Labour did nothing for 6 years except squandered tens of billions of dollars on wasteful spending.
Waited until their 5th year before they decided that Northland hospital should be rebuilt. Too busy spending money on consultants (close to $1 billion a year) like $156m on light rail (not a single track laid) and $51m on the bike bridge to nowhere.
Absolute disgrace that they spent $1.9 billion on mental health and did not add on even 1 extra bed!
Absolute disgrace that they spent $500m on unused rapidly expiring Covid tests after losing the plot on ordering the vaccines.
Just absolute disgrace - Ardern, Hipkins and Little.
Good riddance to garbage.
What a load of nonsense. How can they cut back before they even take over the Government ? You anti-National posters are angry after the election and have gotten way ahead of yourselves. Plus, it isn't possible to cut back on something that hasn't happened, such as the empty promises from Labour on Whangarei hospital, light rail, Kiwibuild and the hundreds of other empty promises they made and delivered little or nothing. Take a deep breath.
Sore losers and that's after Labour & their shills like Daytr & panda-nz embarked on the most negative election campaign ever, complete with trying to demonize National's leader & candidates.
Best exemplified by the personal attacks on Luxon :
First of all he was too male, white and old.
Then he was too successful.
Then he was too religious.
Then he was a misogynist.
Then he was too inexperienced (as if being a politician is rocket science).
Then he was too divisive.
Then he could not debate.
And finally, he apparently did not spend enough on food when by himself during the week in Wellington.
While these unjustified attacks were occurring not once did anyone from National make personal attacks on Hipkins. Pointed out his portfolio failures, yes, but attacks on his character? No.
How low can Labour go? Well, they were roundly punished by the electorate so absolute poetic justice on them.
Luxon stood out calm and steady - like a statesman while Hipkins and his ministers behaved liked demented chimpanzees.
Maybe you gals could stop with this nonsense from both sides. Sometimes the bible is an excellent reference and your complaint remembers me at Matthew 7:
I remember some absolutely disgusting right wing trolls even attacking Hipkins new partner (who clearly is not a valid combatant) and commenting on her looks (which are absolutly irrelevant).Quote:
How can you say to your brother, `Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
And wondering as well whether your own memory is really that short - many of your attacks on Hipkins predecessor Adern have been ways below the beltline. I remember a hysteric and absolutely venom spitting balance throwing every dirt he could think of at Adern - and much of it was related to her looks, her gender or the way she used to dress. Quite disgusting.
It would be nice if we could stop this infantile tit for tat ... but - better don't blame the other side as long as the memory of your disgusting behaviour is still so fresh.
Just focus on politics instead of trying to find new ways to hurt other human beings.
Hipkins has put his new partner front and centre in the public eye, and there was some comment that she appeared to be a trans woman (still a valid woman of course) - and I didn’t see a single comment that disparaged her looks. So not sure where are you are getting this stuff from that people ‘attacked’ Hipkins’ new partner.
I hope you don’t have a bias against trans women, as you like to portray yourself as a very woke fellow traveller & hypocrisy is not appreciated in this forum.
ABs into the Final! :t_up:
See what an inspiration the new government already is!
Recall how the ABs won twice during the last National led government?
And how they crashed out under Ardern & the useless Labour government in 2019?
Go the new government and go the ABs!
Go New Zealand!:t_up: