Willie Jackson: Treaty referendum risks Springbok tour protest repeat
If ACT’s proposed Treaty referendum went ahead, New Zealand would see civil unrest “five times worse” than the 1981 Springbok tour protest, according to Labour MP Willie Jackson.
I have been arguing that ACTs race baiting, cross burning, banjo twanging, redneck proposal to redefine the Treaty by a majority referendum and force it upon Māori will start a race war in this country so it is good to see Left wing politicians like Willie, John Tamihere, Marama and James Shaw finally picking it up.
Look, you want a constitutional discussion about NZ, let’s have it! But pretending a binary referendum that will erase indigenous political rights via majority vote is the way to do that is insane.
ACT is a Cracker Honkey Party, why the Christ would Māoridom accept a majority referendum on their rights from them?
Here’s what happens if this race baiting nonsense happens, the backlash Hikoi that will immediately build will be larger than anything we’ve ever seen as hundreds of thousands descend upon Parliaments Lawns, now how do you think a frightened Chris Luxon will respond when they turn up?
You know he will demand the Police open fire.
Dear Right Wing, if you start this racist referendum, the Left Wing will finish it on Parliament’s Lawns.
I dare you, I double dare you Right Wing NZ – just try it.
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Every party looks hard right after 6 years of hard left government with the hard core Marxism of the Greens in the wings. The Overton Window in NZ Politics has skewed towards the left side by some margin.
What a joke that Labour were hard left in any of their 6 years.
I only wish. I want all people to have a fair go and they currently don’t.
We like unemployment.
Are you able to give an example of how far left New Zealand has skewed, on taxes maybe. Foreign affairs. Childwelfare. Whatever. Just one example?
Labour aren’t even as far left as Muldoon
Forget Long Covid, you’ve contracted Wrong Covid.
Right-wing politics is a range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property or tradition. Hierarchy and inequality may be seen as natural results of traditional social differences or competition in market economies.
In addition right wing thinking involves rugged individualism and assumptions about the market being the primary solver of problems in a society – conversely, government involvement in the economy needs to be minimalised (or eliminated if possible) to allow for market forces to function unfettered.
I am certain that Martyn does know what they mean – do you?
Bring it on ya racist communists.
There’s just “something” up with “our” new government post election. I really feel the whole coalition will not materialise. Certainly, David Seymours ridiculous policies will not materialise. Dunno why but it all feels really off. Yet, if I’m wrong, we’re all here to correct him/her/they.
Seymour said on the award winning AM show, Willy is an old radio Shock Jock and he is probably right.
If Jackson wants to organise marches he is free to do so. Just like the current govt is free to hold a referendum on the Treaty.
Politicians made changes ro the treaty in the 70’s and 80’s without consulting us. What could be fairer than holding a referendum?
No such thing as a fair referendum in this country. The only way it could possibly be fair would be for the political parties to nominate one person to put forward the view of that party, do not allow advertising paid for by anyone other than the state, each party funded equally by the state.
Referendums as well as elections can be bought by the big end of as we have just seen.
The wording of the question would need to be approved by all parties not just those in Government.
Unfortunately I cannot see that happening as already Seymour and Luxon don’t agree on even having a referendum.
Idiot Anker. Leave the intellect to those with it…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/301005959/tova-podcast-bloody-stupid-would-rip-us-down-the-middle–two-former-pms-on-treaty-referendum
Perhaps we can have a referendum on “Anyone with dishonest and manipulative character flaws shall be forbidden from entering politics.”
Civil unrest is exactly what the billionaire-class power bloc that truly runs the world, and of which both Labour and National are subservient to, longs for. The more unrest, the easier it s to push their policies through (via their political minions). Ordinary folk fighting ordinary folk – yet another ruling class wet dream comes to fruition.
Would Winston Peters, who is a lawyer and believes in the “sanctity of contract”, agree to an alteration of the terms of the Treaty by the Crown acting without the consent of Maori?
Would Christopher Luxon, who holds himself out as a pragmatist, be prepared to unilaterally annul the Treaty of Waitangi and propel Maori back to the Whakaminenga of 1835?
I doubt it.
However in the unlikely event that the colonialist parliament votes to enact ACT’s proposed bill, Maori will be obliged to detach from the colonial regime and that will be no bad thing.
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