Foreign Minister Winston Peters has expressed his “regret” at the breakdown in diplomatic protocol caused by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour’s letter to a top UN official – an imbroglio that caused a minor diplomatic incident.
Seymour’s letter, details of which were published by the Herald, criticised Albert K. Barume, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, for weighing into domestic policy, particularly the Regulatory Standards Bill, which Seymour oversees.
Peters and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon later said that Seymour should not have replied to Barume, and should have left it to Peters to reply on behalf of the Government.
Seymour later formally withdrew his reply.
Peters sent the Government’s official response to the letter on August 5.
David Seymour’s rant at the UN is so far out of line that Chris Luxon, a man with no perceivable backbone whatsoever, has been forced to reprimand Seymour and allowed Winston to one up him!
How on earth did anyone think him attacking the UN was a clever move?
Why are we allowing the Deputy Prime Minister to respond with such incivility to genuine and legitimate issues raised and play the race card…
“As an indigenous New Zealander myself, I am deeply aggrieved by your audacity in presuming to speak on my behalf and that of my fellow Māori regarding legislation that aims solely at ensuring clarity, consistency, and accountability in regulatory processes.”
…it’s funny how David uses his identity when it suits him.
This isn’t a Government, it’s a circus!
Having Winston clean up David’s mess as NZF leapfrogs ACT would be hilarious if the icing on this shirt cake wasn’t watching ACT simp for Zionist apologists.
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The problem with cleaning up the mess a petulant child makes is that they will see it as a subservient act and immediately take another dump for someone else to clean up again.
By the time the next election comes around, both Winstone and Lux Soap Flake will realise going into coalition with Seymour was a grave mistake and it would have been better long term to bite the bullet and sit another term on the opposition benches.
Seymour’s always been keen to race bait when he’s selling his race (and the wider human race) out.
His race???? He ain’t a real Maori bro just look at him there no Maori whatsoever
Those two need to try harder to love one another. Once it’s a national fact that they can’t, we can fish the air.
Imagine a Labour/National (grand, haha) coalition, and the rest of us free to do our thing. Mine is imagining foundations.
Imagine National and Labour foundational slithering. History making.
Is “Jack” another bot?
‘As an indigenous NZder myself…’ Seymour didn’t realise we’d all get to read that wee gem. He might have a drop or two of indigenous blood but I think the UN would know that support for indigenous NZdrs is definitely not on Seymour’s to-do list, the opposite in fact. Who does he think he’s fooling?
Who thought attacking an UN was a clever move? This is David Seymour. Of course it was clever! He’s always so clever! Everything he thinks, says or does is just the cleverest, cleverest thing! No-one in the history of clever moves has ever made such a clever move! He answers to no-one.
Anyone who can rub Seymour up the wrong way and make him look more of a fool than normal, has my blessing, even Winston.
And recent polling, olive branch no a olive orchard to the Greens today, IN THE hOOS, regarding YESTERDAY SPEAKERs, judgment. The Leader of N,Z, FIRST, QUESTIONING not the judgment, but its harshness.
Why, the Leader of N.Z.FIRST who champions educated informed debate, could not fault the the Green Party leaders debate.
Seymour isn’t a real real maaaari he’s fake just look at his appearance!? If it looks like a duck & it quacks like a duck than its duck.
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