David Seymour’s use of taxpayers funds for social media enemies list
David Seymour gets he’s the Deputy Prime Minister now eh?
I appreciate Winston set no standard, but David seems to be plumbing new lows by the week.
It’s not just the fanatical Libertarian far right ideology or his capitulation to corporate interests and the mega wealthy and it’s not just the race baiting scum baggery, it’s the excited 17 year old incel zeal he seems to be revelling in by using the position to launch attacks at everyone and everything.
A taxpayer funded enemies list campaign win social media is even a bit too mush of a goose step even for ACT…
David Seymour’s use of taxpayers funds for social media enemies list
Dame Anne Salmond likens social media posts by Acting Prime Minister David Seymour — in which he accuses her and three other academics of “derangement syndrome” and calls them a “victim of the day” — to being put in the stocks, a medieval form of public shaming.
“You’re inviting citizens to come and chuck rocks at people, basically, right? And that’s exactly what they do online,” she said.
Adding to the insult, she said, was the appearance of a Parliament insignia on the bottom left of the image, which suggested it was endorsed by Parliament. “When you have a deputy prime minister with posts that have a parliamentary insignia on them, engaging in a campaign of online intimidation … I think that’s completely unacceptable in a democracy.”
…folks, he’s spending taxpayer dollars and his position to launch an enemies list against critics of the Regulatory Standards Bill!
If Labour or the Greens and Māori Party had ever done this, you’d lose your shit, but David’s doing it and you have no problem?
Your tribalism blinds you and makes you the problem.
Adding to the audacity is the hypocrisy!
ACT are the Free Speech Party and yet they are attacking the Free Speech of critics, NOTE they aren’t counter arguing these people, just denigrating them!
Political Malice shouldn’t be celebrated and it shouldn’t be rewarded.
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We have 40 more years of David every day of every week. 2065 A.D.
Hows that to start your week team.
but he might have an accident and die or become at best incapacitated?
Where’s the Taxpayers’ Union? I don’t care tuppence for Salmond and sacred cow academic subjects but Seymour needs to front up on whether he used taxpayers’ money. If he did is a major credibility blow.
He works for tax payers union so they will say nothing and make a further donation tomorrow .
Where’s the Taxpayers’ Union? I don’t care tuppence for Salmond and sacred cow academic subjects but Seymour needs to front up on whether he used taxpayers’ money. If he did it is a major credibility blow.
And we don’t care for Seymour for his far right batshit crazy policies whilst on a sacred cow public tit.
Another example of what a two faced prick he is .Kick the bottom feeders and spend money that could have been used in health on himself .
Good short story on News Room this morning about the health system that as ACT rep on health he shoud be sorting asap .It is written by a young front line doctor about how a private patient has jumped the public cue because her private provider has sent her to the public hospital and the person in the next bed has had a major fall due to not being able to get treatment because the public system is being misused by the private sector .
I note that Parliamentary services are not responding to official complaints about his posts. I wonder why.
Exactly. Why aren’t they responding? And how is it even legal for Seymour to do this on so many levels? He is employing tactics straight out of Trump playbook even using exactly the same MAGA phrases “derangement syndrome” etc, so is Shane with his pathetic MNZGA cap. What next? I guess we’ll see come next election.
Seymour’s supreme arrogance flies in the face of cogent political leadership. In addition to that, his eyes are wrong. Inbrel Inced.
There is one person to blame in all this and that person is the sniveling coward Luxon. The 3 clowns are leading us into the precipice from where we may never return
Yes, people were fed the conspiracy on 3 waters and instead they got the bullshit that is the 3 clowns of the apocalypse CoC.
There he goes again … wasting everyone’s hard earned tax dollars on a campaign he thinks makes him a big man. New flash knobby … it doesn’t!! All does is create an historical record of when for 3years you created havoc, chaos, disharmony and racism with everything you say and do. May this be the only time you, Luxflakes and Wini te have any power. Personally I would not let run a raffle let alone be the leaders of anything serious. GET A GRIP SEAMONKEY!!
This is from the CabGuide, the code of conduct for ministers and MPs.
In all of these roles and at all times, Ministers are expected to act lawfully and behave in a way that upholds, and is seen to uphold, the highest ethical and behavioural standards. This includes exercising a professional approach and good judgement in their interactions with the public, staff, and officials, and in all their communications, personal and professional. Ultimately, all Ministers are accountable to the Prime Minister for their behaviour.
So not only does Seymour seem to operate outside of this he is accountable to the PM. As the PM is silent we can assume that this behaviour is condoned.
The Cabinet Office also fail to respond to correspondence so again on this count Seymour is acting with impunity and what is tantamount to a green light.
Democracy going down the pan.
In parliament they learnt early on that it doesn’t pay to cross wee David Seymour because he has really nasty tanties and holds a grudge. Luxon must be scared stiff.
If the Cabinet Office is failing to hold him to account, they are all scared of him.
Looks like we have a little dictator already.
How would the right react if a Lab/Green/TPM person were to break these laws and rules? They get their knickers in such a twist at every little thing, yet they are powerless to control this rogue MP.
There is no integrity on the right and that dishonesty has infiltrated the very institutions created to deal with people like that.
Mr. Seymour has failed ‘to hold himself to the highest ethical and behavioural standards’ and has not been sanctioned.
Our democracy is in grave danger with bullies like him doing what they like with impunity.
Mr. Seymour regularly holds himself solely for self gratification
Robots don’t do that.