Two arrests after NZ First conference ends with protest clashes
Two people have been arrested following the NZ First conference, after protesters and attendees clashed.
NZ First leader Winston Peters was delivering his final address to almost 900 attendees.
He had already been interrupted earlier in the speech by about four people calling “Free Palestine”.
“Genocide, what’s your policy, brother?” a protester named Catherine called out, before being removed from the hotel.
Later, protesters followed Peters from the room, calling out about the death toll.
Scuffles broke out in conference hallways as the NZ First supporters and members of the public attempted to leave. There were many elderly people in attendance. People were pushed up against walls and the police were called, arresting two people.
NZ First is so dependent on the Qanon Antivaxxer and anti-Trans movements that their policy is a mix of book burning freakishness with the glee of wilful ignorance.
NZ First doesn’t just need these culture war grievances to stay above 5%, they need it to gloss over the venal corruption of their donor class winning enormous concessions…
…when you are a right wing political party shit posting shrill hatred AND you still lose the NZ Herald, you know you have problems.
On top of Tobacco concessions, trans mining concessions, hatred of the Trans community, seafood industry concessions, polluter concessions and their Grievance Carnival masquerading as a Royal Inquiry into Covid, NZ First also want to:
- Ban fluoridation in the water FFS!
- Protect Police from scrutiny when they kill someone.
- DOC to ignore Māori.
- Weird state oversight of the internet.
- Banning begging.
NZ First is a cavalcade of corruption and political circus freak shows, they are held together by a shared hatred of Jacinda and vaccines.
NZ First is the dumber country cousin of ACT’s urbane racism and they are ensuring their donors get what they want while peddling petty ignorance for their redneck supporters.
NZ First gives democracy a bad name.
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On a positive note it looked like most of Winstonfirst members are older than Winston himself.
And most of them would probably have caught covid and died, had it not been for Labour.
I’m watching the United States situation and hoping these people who wear flags as clothes, get flattened come their election. That might take the wind out of winnie-First’s sails a bit.
The hurricanes going through the very states that have wavered in last few years, will have tipped the balance one way or the other. Trump obv. feels it’s not good news for him given the amount of misinformation he’s been spouting. The question is, are enough people still that gullible?
Just in passing I have to mention the hats that MASAs wear, MASA – Make America Stupid Again. Our own politicians love of hats, has got nothing on that lot.
Haha yeah noticed that.
So what I took from Winston’s conference is he attacked the media, Labour, TPM and the Greens.
Churlish and disinhibited as usual.
Also on a positive note Winston Peters wants to ensure Kiwi workers aren’t uberfied in a gig economy and takes advice from First Union on this.
And he wants $100 billion soverign investment fund for infrastructure and will run on that at the 2026 election. Given that govt investment is anathema to NAct will Winston go with Labour next election or could Labour accommodate him if he switched sides mid-term?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/530647/winston-peters-up-against-tricky-allies-on-100b-future-fund
Listening to that con artist try and defend Costello is nauseating
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