NZ First brings in Hobson’s Pledge Brownshirts & antivax lunatics into their cavalcade of political circus freaks – can it break 5%?
Wow.
So NZFirst have included a brownshirt from the despicable Hobson’s Pledge and some antivax lunatic from the anti-mandate grievance trust into their cavalcade of political circus freaks.
Winston has gone where ACT won’t and is prepared to open the Parliamentary doors to fringe extremists in his naked attempt to regain power.
Politically, it’s a very clever move.
To date, NZFirst has just not fired politically, their desire to remove Māori from Government Departments is petty, their call to misuse the Terrorism Suppression powers to make domestic gangs into terrorist groups to enable the army to shoot them is fucking insane and the less said about Winston’s defamatory lies about Harry Tam the better, it’s all ended up being pretty tired and stupid, but wooing a Grand Cyclops or two from Hobson’s Pledge and antivaxxer ‘Drs’ is enough to drag much of that spastic sub 5% vote into political reality.
It’s still going to be tough, the truth is that the demographics are against NZ First, their base are people near death and with so many more younger voters this election (Millennials + Gen Xers outnumber Boomers for the first time ever), NZFirst’s impact has been watered down and that’s why they are stuck at 3%.
The febrile reactionary nature of this election however has splintered MMP and NZF crossing the 5% threshold is as possible as Raf winning Ilam and bringing in MPs off the coat tailing.
NZ First desire to disband the Waitangi Tribunal would cause a civil war.
That’s where NZ is right now, this is what we is, a Pensioner with a one trick pony show that’s actually a donkey painted like a zebra.
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I think the door was already open and overflowing in Wellington of fringe extremists, aka woke.
Fringe extremists?
Have you listened to Rawiri lately? Or Marama?
I don’t think their popularity issues have anything to do with an aging base. Since the emergence of Trump, the average age of the populist conservative base actually seems to be falling.
The problem for N.Z.F. is economics and foreign policy. The days when populist conservatives could be hoodwinked by globalist, pro-war candidates that only openly talk about the ‘Culture Wars’ have been over since 2016. Those Liz Cheney types were eviscerated, because Trump brought back Hamiltonian mercantilism and a non-interventionist foreign policy — something which was always popular with BOTH rural and urban working people, and small traders (including a large bloc of ex-Obama voters).
I don’t know exactly who has joined Hobson’s Pledge, but on paper their policies are to essentially throw out the black nationalists from the government departments, and return to the colour-blind society. This has broad appeal, and at face value is actually AGAINST white supremacism! (A proper anti-Tribunal argument could easily be constructed in such a way.)
The ‘anti-vax’ groups are a rabble full of grifters and oddballs, but general criticism of government overreach during the pandemic has some popularity.
Trump stacked his cabinet with rich pricks, and slashed government services while cutting taxes for the rich. He also tried to crack down on unions, and he tried to start wars in the middle east. He even employed hard core neo-cons in his policy team.
Also, the likes of Rumsfeld and Rice endorsed him.
If Winnie Mops up all the ‘wasted Vote’ from the ‘not listened too’ voters and get s over 5% this way, then it’s democracy working well.
Yes Marco exactly. NZ is a free country, if it gives a home to the marginalised well good on them. They have views too so why should their views be wasted?
So what if Winnie is a grifter, at least he is experienced. Where are all the sterling politicians in Labour and the Nats? Honest Chippie, Dumbo Kelvin, Racist Marama – need I go on?
Time to challenge the hegemony that is Labour and Nats Neo LIberal stronghold on power. They will not surrender it willingly so it is only through the smaller parties that any change will be made. So anti vaxxers and Casey Costello – bring it on! Time for the ‘Rivers of Filth’ to put their oar in!
A brown woman who calls out the constant abuse from white supramacest KKK members like you gets called ‘racist’.
You need to to go somewhere like the US south, there you dont have to worry about those uppity blacks having rights.
For the first time Winston has said who he will go with if he is given the chance . I would now like to see Luxon say him and his party are not partners he would be happy with but I do not think it will happen so I just have to hope voters see through the bluster and give their vote direct to National,or Act.
Come on Trevor, who was the perfect Hand Brake for Jacinda s Govt and probably explain s why Labour have been such a mess since NZ First we’re voted out.
Unfortunately All MMP Government s it seems need a hand brake to function. It’s either NZ First or TOP .
This won’t please Social Credit, who already target the support of quite a few of those magical thinker types.
Not giving Winston any votes,if he hangs out with anti-vaxxers, hes their man,NOT mine
I’m never voting for Winston’s shitty little party again, now that he is indulging racists, homophobes and antivax QAnon filth.
Spoken like a true ‘holier than thou’ progressive who would deny others their democratic rights on the basis he knows better.
I very much doubt you ever voted NZF and probably have never voted in NZ at all.
We all know you are probably working out of a bot farm, Millsy or drawing a wage from Labour? via the WEF?
Hey, “Fantail” or whoever the fuck you are. You are the one who wants to ban being LGBT, abortion and birth control, and impose a Christian theocracy. So dont carry on about ;’democratic rights’.
Funnily enough Millsy, I have never even thought about banning abortion, lgbt and birth control. Or of establishing a Christian theocracy. Just like most on here, I simply believe in equal suffrage where everybody gets to have their say and not just people I agree with.
In the old days, it was considered the essence of being a Kiwi – live and let live. Democracy beats tribal party politics every time.
What happened to the original and innovative concept of restorative justice in NZ?