No! No! No!
Let mie fix that headline for you champ – RNZ Deputy Political Editor not winning any friends over conflict of interest handling!
This attempt by the mainstream media to equate the supposed conflict of interest of Ayesha Verrall’s sister-in-law working for the Health Ministry vs the Tobacco lobby having this:
What about this Conflict?
And what about this conflict?
Doctors claim NZ First links to big tobacco during heated meeting with minister
Professor Boyd Swinburn, the chairperson of Health Coalition Aotearoa, questioned if the Government’s smokefree repeal had been motivated by pressure from tobacco companies.
Just so we are clear.
PMs sister in law working for Tobacco lobby = no conflict of interest.
NZ First Chief of staff works for Big Tobacco = no conflict of interest.
NZ First Director of Research works for Big Tobacco = no conflict of interest.
Former Tobacco lobbyist Casey Costello gasin $200m sweet heart deal for Big Tobacco = no conflict of interest.
Labour’s Health Spokesperson has a family member inside Ministry of health = total corruption of Western Democracy.
Glad we got that sorted.
So what is really happening here is Winston has gone troppo and thrown a tantrum in a desperate attempt to hide his own Party’s total slavish devotion and acquiescence to Big Tobacco by claiming Ayesha Verrall’s sister-in-law working for the Health Ministry is somehow the greatest corruption in Western Democracy and the pathetic mainstream media are allowing him too spread that lie and falsehood!
RNZ should be challenging Winston’s lies and falsehoods, not spreading them!
NZ First is a whore to Big Tobacco – FACT!
Ayesha Verrall’s sister-in-law working for the Health Ministry to save us from NZ First whoring themselves out to Big Tobacco is the very counter weight that a Democracy needs – FACT!
RNZ should be challenging Winston’s falsehoods, not spreading them – FACT!
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Ah yes Hipkins did mention Verrals “distant relative” worked at the ministry.
A great leader, he’s got so many principles I can’t wait to see what this weeks are.
Is it Verrals relative that turned Costello into a consummate bullshit artist? All of this is just more distraction from the real issue. Let’s be generous and say Costello is just a liar. Luxon hadn’t seen Costellos independent advice to support her tax break for one company because there wasn’t any. Hipkins is irrelevant in this. That stupid old sell out Peters is so f’ing obvious it defies belief that anyone still buys his rubbish. Boof head Luxon stands behind him nodding furiously because he is desperate
This is about Peters making an issue over an employee with absolutely no evidence that her actions have been improper while his team can best be described as corrupt as the decisions they make are revealed.
Your concern about Hipkins implies that you think he has more influence than most of us do which suggests that you are out of touch with how voters think
Keepcalmcarryon is just another right wing turd, nothing to note of any significance.
“PMs sister in law working for Tobacco lobby = no conflict of interest.
NZ First Chief of staff works for Big Tobacco = no conflict of interest.
NZ First Director of Research works for Big Tobacco = no conflict of interest.”
Yet the best Carry on keeping can do is make this about Chippy.
Have to agree the media is doing a shit job in general .You have this tobacco shit ,gun shit happening ,boats not being ordered ,PM NOT visiting village we have polluted and also not fronting ship builders when in KOREA.Then not a mumble about prebble being gifted to the treaty of waitangi tribunal so act can destroy it from the inside as well as attempt to destroy it from the outside .Clearly the folk that claim the government owned the media when Jacinda was pm must have bought it off her and gifted it to Luxon .
Patrize
I too was astounded at Craig McCulloch’s biased RNZ article on ‘Conflicts of Interest’ since this CoC is riddled with them. If this is the best and fairest this DPE can do then he needs to find another job! Now is not the time for smoke and mirrors, outright lies and one sided, unfair reporting. Shame on him for his pettiness and unprofessionalism. He clearly wasn’t on top of his game and has let us all down, but more so himself.
Other than being Verrals sister in Law what do we know about this lady.
Sweet fuck all!!!!!. She could be a card carrying member of the COC for all we know.
In any case given the decisions Costello has announced this lady is obviously as I described or wields very little influence.
Winston is a disgrace and obviously a very weak person as he makes all these statements in Parliament and will not repeat them on the street.
get rid of vapes and make fags and their unproven ‘hot tobacco’ products the only game in town the plan is clear…the only question is the size of the bribe
It was surprising that the media didn’t work out that Winston was effectively shutting down Bailygate. The « I’m entitled and sorted « brigade were forgotten whether they called anyone losers or not. Unbelievable journalistic mistake.