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Don Brash
Hobson’s Pledge
I told you that we were planning to turn up the heat on the Prime Minister and I have never received so many responses to one email. It appears we are agreed that urgent action is merited, and now is not the time to hold back.
That’s why we have built ScaredyCatChristopher.nz so that everyone can send an email to Christopher Luxon telling him just how disappointed and disrespected we are all feeling.
Satire and lampooning have a long history in politics and it is our view that the Prime Minister well and truly deserves to be called a Scaredy Cat. He clearly has allowed the media to bully him into making increasingly more strident statements in opposition to the bill and seems to be so afraid of accusations of racism that he would prefer to dodge important conversations.
Christopher Luxon is so afraid of the media, the Left and Māori activists that he would rather avoid upsetting them than deliver on what his voters elected the coalition government to do.
That has to change. We need the prime minister to fear upsetting his own voters more than he does the people who are already committed to disliking him.
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It is important to keep correspondence with elected officials respectful, but that does not mean that we cannot tell the Prime Minister in no uncertain terms how much we disagree with his actions.
He has disrespected us by making it clear that he will be ignoring our submissions despite the select committee consultation. He has taken us for fools by saying he likes nothing about the bill when the very first principle in it begins with: “The Executive Government of New Zealand has full power to govern...” If he disagrees with that he should resign.
He has disrespected the many Hobson’s Pledge supporters who voted for a change of government at the last election. Throughout the election campaign voters made it clear that we wanted an end to race-based policy and for the country to move toward a future where everybody has equal rights.
Scaredy Cat Christopher needs a reality check. He needs to understand how many New Zealanders are unhappy with him and his leadership because of his handling of the Treaty Principles Bill.
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It is not sustainable for our country to continue bowing to the pressure of activists whose agenda is to create division in our society where rights and responsibilities assigned depend on race and ancestry.
We need clarity and common understanding of what the Treaty Principles are to move forward as a cohesive country. This is absolutely not about disrespecting Māori. It is about respecting everyone who calls New Zealand home.
Did you know polling completed last month showed just 25 per cent of New Zealanders oppose the bill? It is very unlikely that the prime minister’s office haven’t seen this polling. So why are they ignoring the will of the people?
If you share my concerns about the future of New Zealand – and the emails I received in response to my last email indicate that a lot of Hobson’s Pledge supporters do – please take one or two minutes to send a letter to the prime minister.
Once you've done that, share the link with your friends and family, and post it on social media. We need Christopher Luxon’s staff to tell him that his inbox is overflowing with emails from disappointed and angry New Zealanders.
What is the point of getting your preferred government and prime minister elected if they advance policies of the people you voted out?
The only way that Christopher Luxon will change his mind is if enough of us show him that it is political suicide not to do so. Collectively, we have the power to remind him that without our votes he will be a one-term prime minister.
This article was originally published by Hobson’s Pledge.
