Bill English wins a knighthood for his services to mediocrity

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1. It is an example what many Sleepy Hobbits appear to ‘value’ in a person. Bill has the attributes that the silent majority, those that vote Nats, and ACT, and some that are yet to find their Christian or not so Christian Bizarre Right Wing Values party, who may presently not be bothered with voting.

   NZ is split, the darker side of society has been heard by those who nominated Bill English for his knighthood.

   Will they ever learn?

   1. Keeps the wee lad happy. You gotta laugh.

      But in querying Jim Bolger, remember that when John Key (Remember John Key ?) re-introduced English (no pun intended) titles, and offered to replace Labour’s NZ honours with the English ones, my how they came running back to collect them like hungry pups except for Bolger, who declined a knighthood, it wasn’t important to him.

      Catholic like little boy blue, Bolger didn’t flaunt it as he did, and nor, did Bolger to his credit, flaunt his wife in designer clothes walking looking left and right to see who’s watching, or bring his kids in on the act like so many celeb Catholic Kadarshians. Don’t think he lied either, whereas English could have caused traffic jams at Sat night confession.

      1. lol

   2. No, they never learn, but this is clear evidence as to why Clarke got rid of Knighthoods,Key now English, what an effing joke!

2. Forget everything else. This guy technically oversaw an economy that on paper looked good. But like a shitty run down business trying to hide the truth from investors, it hid the reality well. It left many behind in increasing numbers and did long-term damage to the very necessary public service.

   His knighthood is for what he did for Nationals donors for whom the economy was really run for, not what he did or more to the point did not do for NZ.

   Long-term banker and Nat choir boy Cameron Bagerie yesterday opined our low productivity and savings rates. Where were you Cam in the past 9 years? And to me, that is exactly what happens when you purposely run a low wage economy like 90’s Bill did. You get hooked on doing dumber rather than smarter and no matter how dire things get, you can’t kick the habit.
   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12065644

   That is English’s real legacy!

   1. And here I thought English’s legacy was spaghetti pizza.

3. How could we be surprised?

   A knighthood is usually indicative of loyal service to ‘the empire’ -‘the empire’ being the corporate, money-lender, raid-and-pollute-the- commons, exploit-the-proles and transfer-wealth-upwards empire.

   1. Nailed it.

4. Sad state of affairs when someone like Bill is knighted.

5. Yes , – all of the above , Mr Bradbury … you forgot the Double Dipping , however…

   And you also forgot that Bill English is a two time loser of elections in this country.

   Funny ,…

   This country seems to delight in knighting certain losers…

   Mass surveillance , pony tail pulling , shower pissing , Hobbit Law enacting John Key ,… for instance.

   1. Arise Arise Sir Sir Bill Bill( double dipper)

6. Im not trying to denigrate Sir Bill’s award as he seems like a decent enough bloke, just isolated a little from reality, but we do run the risk of these things becoming meaningless.My own criteria would be fairly simple;
   1. what have they done for the vulnerable.
   2.was it part of their job or over and above the line of duty.
   3.how do they rate alongside every other doer of good.
   4.did they go looking for accolades.
   I would suggest ones achievements should be stated clearly upon receipt of the award.
   Who decides these awards anyway-was it John Key? We need a cleanout in that department. The rich even hog the awards these days. Are they tax deductible or something?
   Talk doesn’t cook rice though so what about a daily Blog awards or a poor persons/nobody award.
   1.Sir Prince Trotter for services to history and politics
   2. Sir Bradbury for services to pointing out the bleeding obvious.
   3. All of the cleaners in NZ.-when did a cleaner last get Jack!!
   Judge yourself, don’t let other people define your worth.

   1. +100…well said

7. …..and he aided and abetted sirjonkey’s pay to play using taxpayer money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n5cAWwGb9s&feature=em-uploademail

   1. Thanks Helena. I still don’t know why NZ taxpayer money was going to the rich Clinton Foundation to do something the WHO should be doing, and when our own people were homeless, and our own health system seriously underfunded.

      1. Yes Christine intelligent people ask “what the f*#@!” the zombies otherwise just go about their lives.

      2. +100 good point CHRISTINE….the new Labour/NZF/ Greens government needs another committee/ Commission of Inquiry to look into this( why are the Nacts protesting so much and so scared of these?)

         ….I would suggest crony capitalism and some sort of bribery personal kickbacks for the Nact politicians concerned (note jonkey resigned pretty fast after Clinton was defeated)

         https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/05/politics/clinton-foundation-arkansas-probe/index.html

         http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-fbi-clinton-foundation-investigation-20180105-story.html

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIV9sQMHlY0

      3. @ CHRISTINE….yes why was NZ taxpayer money going to the ‘Clinton Foundation’?

         ….were NZers or members of parliament consulted on this or was it a jonkey private initiative? ( need for another Commission of Inquiry)

         ‘The Corrupt Clinton Foundation Convenes’

         https://www.gop.com/the-corrupt-clinton-foundation-convenes/

8. Why did Bill English get a knighthood? Maybe there was one lying around spare.

   The irony is that Catherine Healy’s damehood (or whatever its called) is the real issue of wonder and discussion. Now there is a woman who richly deserves recognition for services to the nation. Ms Healy’s recognition has been noted internationally.

   Meanwhile, Bill who?

9. Someone in Labour’s got a sense of humour though. I had a big chuckle when I heard they gave damehoods to the lady who helped “fallen women” for 30 years, and to New Zealand’s first openly gay entertainers on the same weekend as they anointed “Sir” Bill. I’m sure he wasn’t impressed!

10. I suppose part of the reason he got the knighthood:

    http://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.wordpress.com/2014/10/19/nz-finance-minister-bill-english-insults-beneficiaries-with-mansel-aylwards-work-will-set-you-free-approach/

    Just like with the meth testing scam, Bill’s social welfare reform approach was based on BS ‘evidence’, created by some for the purpose of serving National’s bias towards the unfortunate on benefits:

    “Is the statement that if a person is off work for 70 days the chance of ever getting back to work is 35% justified?”

    https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2015/vol-128-no-1425-20-november-2015/6729

    https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/senior-scientist-and-legal-experts-discredit-evidence-used-by-msd-and-dr-bratt-when-claiming-the-health-benefits-of-work/

    https://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/msd-dr-bratt-present-misleading-evidence-on-worklessness-and-health-publ-post-19-09-16.pdf

    http://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/medical-and-work-capability-assessments-based-on-the-controversial-bio-psycho-social-model/

    http://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/work-ability-assessments-done-for-work-and-income-a-revealing-fact-study-part-a/

    http://nzsocialjusticeblog2013.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/work-ability-assessments-done-for-work-and-income-a-revealing-fact-study-part-b/

    1. I was working my way through your references Marc until I reached “private outsourced contractors” and it reminded me of Mark Mitchell in Iraq so I had to stop.

       I saw nothing that covered all the Wgtn govt dept managers who are gone from work by Friday lunch time – or by Friday even- to prep for the weekend, but whose absences do not impact upon them staying fully employed on salaries like $46,000 a month for example.

       1. It’s all hands to the pumps like Frank does with litter. Just start fucken bailing.

11. So… knighthoods are essentially worthless then? John ‘Ponytails’ Key, Peter ‘Smash The Unions!’ Talley and now Bill ‘Charisma Vacuum’ English. It’s almost as though the prerequisite for receiving one has become “must be an irredeemably loathsome human being with all the empathy of a landmine made from broken glass and anthrax.”

    Mike Hosking must be short-listed for next year.

12. The only two from the labor party who stuck to their socialist principles and turned down a knight/dame hood. Helen Clarke and David Lange (god rest his soul)

    So when you slag off the likes of Sir John Key and Sir Bill English, dont forget guys and gals from labour who sold their principles down the road for a top gong, as would you !Martin

13. The double dipper from dipton and the horrible NZ fashion lady who isn’t even using NZ product get gongs but our very long list of true kiwi heroes who volunteer their time and go above and beyond, be it the Sallies,the local volunteer firemen or the irreplaceable Mike King get jack.
    What is wrong with this country.
    Wake the fuck up.

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