A few weeks before the election, the New Zealand Labour Party decided to cash in on simmering popular discontent with the state of the surveillance state that National’s set up. Never mind their own previous and well-
It’s all right here in this image, posted four days before the Election.
I guess it’s a bit of a pity that the Labour Party’s just voted in favour of the National-led government’s “foreign fighters” bill, then…
Fortunately, there were two Opposition parties prepared to front-up and represent the interests of ordinary New Zealanders by voting against this bill. Guess who 😀 #BlackGreen2017
And while Winston’s Godwinning of Parliament yesterday became a *little* overblown by declaring the “dogs of Naziism” would be let loose into peoples’ homes with the passage of this legislation … considering the very prescient point made elsewhere about the last big foreign Cause Celebre conflict which volunteers from Western countries found themselves swept up in [the Spanish Civil War] – perhaps he’s quite right to draw our attention to the fact that once upon a time, the guys going off to fight in international brigades weren’t regarded *quite* so perniciously.
Anyway. Full praise to New Zealand First for doing the principled left-wing thing and voting AGAINST this legislation.
Unlike Andrew Little, who says things are “appalling” … and then votes for them anyway.
Full credit to Art for bringing this to my attention.
Although I can’t call myself a fan of Winston, credit where credit is due, I think it’s great that there were some parties (Greens included) who firmly opposed these measures. Well done. Let’s keep up the resistance eh?
A sell-out by Labour. Good for the Greens (again!) Who says Greens are moving to the right? Only those who would smear them. Who exactly is representing us in opposition?
Labour have nailed their colours to the wall – and they aren’t red!
Kudos where it’s due – Peters sussed the situation correctly.
In all reality, has NZ First contributed anything worthwhile, ever?
Gee don’t say that around my mum and dad. They still rave about their ‘gold cards’. Not sure if they vote for Winnie though!
I of course stand corrected. Older people love their gold cards, and quite rightly so
Well alright,…conceded to Mr Peters ,- and Ron Mark for questioning Gerry EQC ‘mover and shaker’ Brownlee as well about the REAL reasons for training our troops for Irag.
Just wish you hadn’t been a part of that disgusting endorsement of Davis in the mob beat up on a fellow Left wing party ,IMP .
At a time when NZ needed a united Left to rid ourselves of the cancer of John xKEYscore ,….all we got was a shocking display of pandering to National.
You have a long way to go for that to be forgotten , Mr Peters.
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