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By Wendy Let’s get one thing clear. No, it is not believable that the talk of sexual assault allegations did not reach Ardern. We all know she knew. However, she has taken an unbelievably stupid stance and can’t walk back from it as it would be political suicide.
The world watched their media darling fall from grace into a quagmire of speculation about what she knew when she knew it, and if she didn’t know – why didn’t she? Ardern doesn’t look good from any angle. Nigel Haworth’s head rolled when he was caught out
When Jacinda became the Labour leader and was selected as prime minister, the media couldn’t get enough of her. From magazine covers and photo shoots, her face was everywhere. We have complained bitterly about how they cut her so much slack, and she seemed to get away with murder.
In spite of the appalling mess Labour and the PM find themselves in, and regardless of the unpardonable handling of the concerns and anxieties of the alleged sexual harassment victims, one thing has been put to bed once and for all. Ardern should never have been appointed PM. We have
Yesterday Paula Bennett was interviewed by Simon Shepherd who grilled her on why she has alleged that there has been a serious coverup in the prime minister’s office. This week Bennett used parliamentary privilege to name three of the prime minister’s closest advisors who, she says, knew about
The 89-page report, written by Dame Margaret Bazley, on the sexual harassment at law firm Russell McVeigh was released a year ago, and it made grim reading. Dame Margaret Bazley yesterday released the report after interviewing 250 people to get to the bottom of allegations including that five clerks
Audio from 7:00 onwards. https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.13-07.00.00-S.mp3
It is a rhetorical question, because you all know the answer. Either the baby is wheeled out, or there is a puff piece on Jacinda Ardern. I waited for a baby pic on Friday, but this week has been so bad for the government, and for Jacinda in particular, that
The sign language for “know nothing” looks like the old OK signal or as the Paddy Gowers of the world would suggest the ‘white power’ hand sign. That must have caused Ardern some inner turmoil trying to explain things to deaf people this week.
The political bloodletting is not over yet. There are plenty more empty pikes waiting for the heads that may need to be sacrificed in order to protect the prime minister. The buck should stop with her and as this scandal spirals out of control she should be sacrificed to stem
By Wanarunna We have been led to believe that until this week, our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not know that the serious allegations of assault were of a sexual nature. As with any assertion, we must ask the following: If that is true, what else must be true? If
Over at Kiwiblog, David Farrar has written a succinct account about what it would take to believe that Jacinda Ardern did not know about the alleged sexual assault carried out by a member of her most trusted staff, and the list really does make it hard to believe that Jacinda
