After convincing Maureen Pugh of climate change, can Luxon talk to Federated Farmers, Fonterra and Groundswell next?
National MP Maureen Pugh’s about-turn on climate change after Christopher Luxon intervenes
National MP Maureen Pugh has done an abrupt about-turn on apparent scepticism about whether humans contributed to climate change after a chat with her boss, leader Christopher Luxon.
In a statement this afternoon, Pugh said she accepted the scientific consensus that human-induced climate change was real and that it was a factor in extreme weather such as Cyclone Gabrielle.
“I regret that my comments this morning were unclear and will have led some to think I am questioning the causes of climate change. That is not my position.”
“We are seeing the impact of climate change in the cyclone that has devastated so much of New Zealand.”
Isn’t that amazing, when she started the day she didn’t believe in climate change, after a wee word from her boss about how limited her future was if she didn’t stop insulting all those who had been decimated by the storms exacerbated by climate change, and hey presto, she isn’t a dumb cow anymore and now believes in the science!
For every right wing climate denier out there, it’s been a difficult day, but for the rest of us it’s hilarious.
Now can Luxon talk to Federated Farmers, Fonterra, Groundswell and ZB and tell them climate change is real as well?
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I think Simon Bridges was on to something., with his “f*cking useless” comment.
What was that – I don’t remember it.
Simon was recorded saying Maureen was f’ing useless in a call to Jamie Lee Ross.
Henry – your memory failure suggests early symptoms of something serious. You may want to go and get yourself checked out…
It’s a nasty disease, it’s called JohnKeyitis
She hasn’t done an abrupt turn – she’s been told to shut up. Showing how cowardly Luxon is in the face of a media pile-on.
In fact, she was right to say “show me the evidence” because while there’s some evidence of the effect of higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere, this has not translated into significant warming yet.
Andrew which universe are you on. Maureen is a science denier from way back she made comments about Covid along the same lines — the science is not in and was the second to last MP to be vaccinated –Simeone Brown being the last.
…and with hindsight the narrative you were all sold regarding vaccines was largely a lie.
Points of fact:
> They didn’t protect you from infection.
> They didn’t protect you from transmission.
> By the time we got them, they were largely ineffective against the current variant.
> The mRNA boosters cause real harm. From mild forms of pericarditis to death. There is now absolute medical proof of death caused by these ‘vaccines’. I have two friends who were hospitalized by them.
> Vitamin D pills would have given you much improved resistance but no pharma company was making money on that, so the media suppressed that information.
OK so what were you saying about Climate Change? LOL
Evidence Andrew, show me your Evidence? I have two friends who died from Gabrielle, clear Evidence climate change killed them .
define significant? are you going to wait until the humidity kills you and go – oh now that’s significant.
Anyone can look at the NASA and NSIDC websites to see the obvious trend.
Absolute Dinosaur! Tone Deaf!
I’m waiting for someone to say our lack of household recycling was responsible for a rain event. The other extreme is to blame a rain event on the Nordstream environmental terrorism.
Maybe she could be asked her opinions on ; Gravity, Is the earth round (sphere) or flat, Did man land on the moon in 1969 or is it a hoax…
Maureen Pugh may have been persuaded, but I doubt that she’s convinced.
Aaaah YES, right wing climate change deniers! Keep denying! Be terrible stewards of the earth and invite the Bowl Plagues!
Maureen Pugh an outlier? How many more in the Natz with her views? Doesn’t go well for the Natz going forward to the election. The last election was won for Labour and Team Jacinda by the swing voters. So it will be this time, not by prosing to keep the team of 5 million safe but seeing to be DOING something about global warming and climate. Doing something about the current perisomal crisis for a good many also. The former it might be bugger all in the bigger picture, more of the same, some strategic virtue signalilng at worst, but one has be seen to walk the talk. Shouting denial won’t win votes.
I think Maureen P is trying to do a Paula Bennett – seems to have spruced herself up.
Climate change is just a backdrop for such people.
“about whether humans contributed to climate change” – a clear case of the wriiter of article not believing in man-made climate change.