Winston does right thing – drops case against journalists, targets National Party scum
Winston has done the right thing by dropping his case against the Journalists involved in publicising leaks about his super overpayment.
It is unacceptable for a politician, let alone a Minister or the Deputy Leader of a Government to attack journalists for doing their job.
It doesn’t matter what they revealed, that’s their job, they have special rights and privileges to protect their sources no matter how distasteful this leak was.
The issue now focuses on the National Party Scum who were more than happy to use private information to attack Winston with.
Let’s remind ourselves what happened here.
Anne Tolley was tipped off about Winston’s Super issues, but his Super issues have the sacrosanct level of privacy his medical records would have, so the Government being told about his Super issues would be as questionable as being told about his health issues.
Then we found out this happened…
It turned out that the Chief of Staff was then told of this, other Minister’s were then informed and surprise, surprise someone leaked to Lloyd Burr.
National say they have no idea how this possibly damaging information was amazingly leaked just before the election.
Really?
This is a Government who colluded with the Secret Intelligence Service months before the 2011 election to falsely smear Phil Goff, does anyone honestly think they wouldn’t breach every rule of privacy to smear Winston Peters?
If this Government was prepared to collude with the state spies to destroy a political enemy, they wouldn’t blink twice about releasing information like this.
All power to Winston’s arm in attacking the Nats for such a contemptuous breach of privacy.
He hasn’t done the right thing by the TPPA though, and New Zealand First voters overwhelmingly voted for NZF because they believed NZF was going to put New Zealand first, and that certainly did not involve welching on apposition to the TPPA. It’s no wonder their polling has halved. This was for them the critical election issue, more so than for labor.
At this rate Winston is going to sink beneath the waves; see what Jane Kelsey has to say on it.
https://itsourfuture.org.nz/te-tiriti-o-waitangi-tino-rangatiratanga-tppa-jane-kelsey/
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“High National High” Winston, and say to them “louse lips sink National ships”.
National = lowest form of life.
Best of British luck Winston,- all our thoughts go with you, to clean up our own “Wellington Swamp.”
I’d rather have Winnie somewhere’s at the helm than the other scurrilous bunch of scandalous anti NZ National party inner core bastards.
Any-day.
And despite his long and colorful political career, his ups and downs, his turnarounds and the criticisms leveled against him , his heart has always been , – essentially NZ as it was before the neo liberal ‘reforms’.
Like Jim Anderton , … Peters for me will always be remembered as the two gutsy leaders who stood up against and spoke out against neo liberalism tirelessly . They were right at the forefront. And for that I’ll always be grateful.
ha ha. As though Winston is squeaky clean. The talks with National have now been revealed as a complete farce, and Winnie simply wants a leftie complicit media to be kept sweet. No wonder his supports has sunk to an all time low. He will be out of Parliament next time, and I will be celebrating that with a fine whiskey and a huge cigar!! What a 3.8 percent tosser he is.
… ” This is a Government who colluded with the Secret Intelligence Service months before the 2011 election to falsely smear Phil Goff, does anyone honestly think they wouldn’t breach every rule of privacy to smear Winston Peters?
If this Government was prepared to collude with the state spies to destroy a political enemy, they wouldn’t blink twice about releasing information like this.
All power to Winston’s arm in attacking the Nats for such a contemptuous breach of privacy ” …
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Yes , – and lets not forget also , another possible foreign spy they had AS A MINISTER OF PARLIAMENT !!!
The fruits of the neo liberal are the fruits of subversion. There was a time when this country had the death penalty for treason. Funny how that was repealed when the neo liberal ‘ reforms’ got under way , isn’t it?
Still , I am pro life ,… and against the death penalty myself… however , .. that is no good reason to think one can welch on the good will and generous nature of New Zealanders , – at least most of ’em.
How that motley cadre of anti democratic , subversive sociopaths EVER retained power for so long is a marvel. It only goes to shore up the opinion that we cannot ever afford not to be vigilant. And that includes media interference and collusion and being bought off by powerful business interests , – such as the former Business Roundtable ,- the now renamed NZ Initiative with their lobbying and their donations.
These are the sorts of scum that have caused untold suffering to HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of New Zealanders for over 34 years, – and counting.
And that means YOU , – yes YOU , Douglas, Shipley , Richardson and co .. and yes , even Bolger , – you knew full well what you were doing and who was REALLY pulling the strings , Jim.
THERE ARE NO EXCUSES.
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