The India FTA may yet get signed but, thanks to Jones, it will not slide through quietly. He has ensured the concerns are on the table, served up with a side of humour and zero apology.
What’s the best response to the Broadcasting Standards Authority’s unrelenting lawless lunacy?
An open letter to Christopher Luxon. Here, at no cost to the taxpayer, are some things that could change everything almost overnight. You don’t need all of them. Pick three. Stand behind them. Mean them. And watch the polls respond.
Far from being a democratic act, this stands as the complete antithesis of everything voters were promised in the 2023 election campaign. It is a total abandonment of campaign pledges. Do you see the future now? Co-governance is a cancer and, like a cancer, it will destroy its host.
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Luxon campaigned on eliminating “wasteful spending”. While this specific funding may not technically fit that strict definition, many would argue its justification. Given this precedent, how long before this benevolence prompts other marae to submit similar claims?
The next few weeks will be telling. If the caucus lacks the courage to act, the electorate will deliver its verdict at the ballot box. And on current polling, that looks brutal.
Luxon has no plan to turn this around and no loyal base to protect him. The clock is ticking and the questions are only getting louder.
Outside the venue, around 50 protestors held signs and banners to remind the former prime minister of her destructive legacy; in particular, her pushing New Zealanders to take Covid-19 jabs, which led to vaccine injuries.
Then acts shocked it attracted organised crime. A dodgy darts economy.
When a decision is significant, the public must be properly consulted and involved in the decision making process.
What is not legitimate is constitutional change by judicial increment, case by case, without mandate and without the possibility of correction.
