Well said Shanreagh @ 10.1.1. I made a conscious choice not to watch any parliament for exactly the reasons you have given - bad atmosphere, rudeness, inflammatory and provocative behaviour, lies, deception and bullying tactics... and I am not talking ...
"The corporate media should grow up and call out Matt for the lying sack of shit he is." They will never do it because that would spoil their chances of becoming ministerial press secretaries.
... about the Greens not Julie Anne Genter. It could have been...
There you go Cricklewood. Lost your cool with Bearded Git - just like JAG lost her cool with Doocey's disinformation. We all do it from time to time. Its called human nature! Edit: I see BG has responded. :)
mickysavage @2.1.1 Lets see... so this florist got in touch with JAG and JAG went to see her in order to discuss her problem. Instead she got ram-roaded (metaphorically speaking) and felt she might be a unsafe so she films the encounter? Plausible to me.
She always does. I would like to say more but my cat is jealous and insists on sitting on the keyboard. :(
... hypocritical finger pointing at Julie Anne Genter over her unfortunate outburst...
Generations of Kiwi kids have had a lunch consisting of a couple of sandwiches and an apple (with a biscuit or piece of home baking, if you were lucky). None of us died for the want of a hot lunch in winter; or had our schooling affected. No. Because the ...
Mike the Lefty @ 1.3 What about the occasion John Key made a cut throat gesture to Phil Goff. Goff had done nothing, Just sitting quietly in his seat. A prime minister n'all too! Disgusting behaviour. I'd have a few pages waved in my face any day. Edit: ...
That sounds like a pretty good resumé of a normal question time. Body language tells more than what they are saying. :wink:
It would normally be seen as a stupid question, but in light of the perception that Luxon isn't managing the coalition well I can see why they asked it. Problem is, I suspect many of those asked may not have fully understood the question. Therefore I think...
From the comments section: Bruce Rogan says: 29/04/2024 at 12:56 pm I have never been given to seeking divine intervention, but I can see no alternative to getting Jesus to save us from this complete boof. Hear, hear to that. :eek:
Despite the breathless rendition which initially had me wondering if WW3 had started, I couldn't help but notice Maiki Sherman's reference to... "Luxon having inherited massive challenges from the last government etc." We know that line was codswallop so ...
Both.
".... I don't think all the blame can be heaped on him alone." Agreed, but he set the tone. I know the identities of two people who conducted break-ins and stalking of individuals in the name of collecting information on them. I was one of their targets. ...
Two things stand out most for me. Tame asking and Shaw answering throughout the 30 minutes about the value of pragmatism and building relationships across political difference. That was once the norm. in NZ. Good relations and life long friendships were ...
Another link: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515300/hospitals-asked-to-save-total-of-105-million-by-july-te-whatu-ora-confirms Health unions have warned the constraints will impact medical care, which is denied by Health NZ and Health Minister Shane ...
Hi Mike the Lefty. Have a listen to this pre-election debate with Paddy Gower - between 34 mins and 44 mins. It covers Luxon's health views [in broad terms] plus a revealing few minutes on racism in NZ. Then compare with what is actually happening: https...
Another smart- alec Johnny-come-lately commenter who thinks he/she (more likely he) can 'read other people's minds' and lacks a sense of humour?
"Says who?" Says a couple of pilots I happened to know who were also speaking on behalf of their colleagues. That's who. Can't speak for the backroom. One of the sticking points seemed to be that he took full credit for the job his predecessor actually ...
Don''t be fooled folks. This is all about Luxon. Luxon's incompetency to be more accurate. He's a CEO not a PM. He hires and fires at will. When someone shows him up by doing or saying something stupid then out the door they go. That is why he was so ...
If ever there was a hidden message in a news item this one from the Guardian has to take the cake: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/new-zealand-smoking-ban-what-uk-can-learn Look at the two photos of the former NZ associate health minister and...
I remember the photo of Holyoake standing all alone, head bowed, alongside the Hercules aircraft as they loaded Kirks coffin to return him to his home town Waimate for burial. That was a very sad day. We may never have endured nine years of Muldoon had ...
“The alternative path is that New Zealand keeps its head while all around are losing theirs – and that we combine with our South Pacific neighbours to advocate for a region which is at peace,” Clark says echoing sentiments that go right back to the dawn ...
I think Labour is responding TM but they are being left out of the loop. I've noted that TV1 does not always report Labour's responses yet when looking online the next day I will discover that Chris Hipkins or some shadow minister did respond but we never ...
If you want to know about 'wasteful spending' you should have been around ACT in the 1990s. I saw it first hand. How that came about is another story but I did become a witness to some of it. Waste included a never ending supply of money from mystery ...
A hyperventilating turkey! Perfect description of him. Might I borrow the phrase and maybe others as well? If someone could persuade one of our excellent cartoonists to draw him being a hyperventilating turkey on an auspicious occasion even better.
Ignore the actual point of my comment if you wish. Not my problem. It's yours.
Yeah... 38% voted National 62% didn't. But that's not the point! They are, in actual fact, doing the opposite to what they said they would do. They claimed they were going to solve the health crisis, the education crisis, the economic crisis... military ...
oops... as each agency falls apart,...
" Are NactF the real enemy within?" I believe so. You only have to look at what the individual public service entities are doing across the board. Its a slash and smash exercise doomed to bring about ultimate failure. You can't cut the heart out of a body ...
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