Daily review 31/03/2022

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Daily review is also your post.

This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.

The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).

Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

6 comments on “Daily review 31/03/2022 ”

  1. Reality 1

    These so-called fine, upstanding young Nats publicly enjoy being photographed with their heroes at conferences as they cultivate their future in the party. But too often behind the scenes they are nasty scheming brats.

    Well done to the complainant who pursued with determination the outing of the perpetrator of this latest scurrilous behaviour.

    • Anne 1.1

      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/two-young-nats-resign-after-female-politicians-harassed-online/AWRXNFSAFT5EM6VPS6ZC3C6KKA

      This kind of behaviour has been going on for decades. In earlier times it was in the form of stalking, nuisance phone calls and hoaxes aimed at humiliating the victim. It sometimes included leaflet drops making allegations against the targeted person. 90% was politically motivated and carried out by individuals on the Right. More often than not they got away with it because the victims didn't know their identities and the authorities did not take complaints seriously – especially if you were a woman. Yes, it happened to me.

      With advanced technology the form of the harassment has changed but the end result is exactly the same – fear and anxiety for the victim and a loss of self esteem and confidence which can last for years afterwards.

      • Tony Veitch (not etc.) 1.1.1

        There's no place for such behaviour in our society (or at least, there shouldn't be) and so, by logical extension, there's no place for the Natz party!

        After all, this is not the first or an isolated example – think Slater, Woodhouse et al!

    • SPC 1.2

      It was one Christopher Luxon who regarded flight attendants as nothing more than overpaid waiters, when explaining why he was paid so much more.

      That a Young Nat, flight attendant, also stole from images of others for his fake social media accounts demonstrated being a fast follower of National Party campaign practices.

      Luxon said

      “National does not tolerate any bullying and the party will look into this under our new code of conduct”

      National Party president Peter Goodfellow said

      allegations brought to their attention on Thursday had been investigated and “a conversation was had with the persons concerned”.

      “Upon reflection of the Party Code of Conduct, those members have now resigned from the National Party.”

      https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128230199/i-am-eggstein-young-nat-jessee-mackenzie-admits-trolling-female-politicians-resigns-from-national-party

      Netsafe, the police and the courts – a pathway to providing a National Party Membership Elimination Service, or is that screening out people before they become MP's.

      Parliament is looking to create a new job to consider complaints about MP conduct, nearly three years after a damning report described it as a toxic workplace.

      https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128231673/proposal-for-new-role-to-investigate-bully-mps

    • mary-a 1.3

      @ Reality (1) … National obviously still attracting sewer scum to continue the caustic party culture into the future!

  2. Joe90 2

    Same as the old bosses.

    "Tunisia’s president dissolved Parliament on Wednesday, after lawmakers voted to block emergency powers he had given himself last year, trying to harden his sole grip on the government and courting what could be the country’s severest political crisis since the 2011 revolution.

    Last July, amid mass protests over poverty, corruption and the handling of the pandemic, President Kais Saied suspended Parliament, dismissed his own prime minister and other officials, and granted himself extraordinary powers, in what his critics denounced as a coup."

    https://archive.ph/zNS7K

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/world/africa/tunisia-president-dissolve-parliament.html