Meth use and addiction is a serious issue. And, as with all serious issues, it remains disappointing to see it trivialized by a pavonine politician in pursuit of a self-aggrandizing headline.
At his Party Convention yesterday – newly rehoused from the phone-box customarily used in previous years – David Seymour took aim at the Greens.
72 hours after a poll-result which once again showed The Greens trading votes with New Zealand First … the Green Party are signalling they’re open to adopting NZ First’s flagship Asset Renationalization policy.
Over the weekend, the new Colmar-Brunton poll came out. It codified one truth, and revealed others:
Yesterday morning, we woke up to news that government agencies are quite literally “inventing numbers” in order to make themselves seem competent and measure up to the government’s public service performance targets.
What’s got me slightly annoyed at present is the number of pro-Labour people I’ve sighted on social media claiming this is some sort of ground-breaking never-before-seen-in-New-Zealand-Political-History moment.
There’s something sadly inevitable about Labour self-sabotaging on issues of genuine and serious national importance.
How shameful for a 68 year old human female to have to go to the bathroom once in awhile.
A #Reeferendum represents the best way forward for cannabis law reform at this point in time. We should therefore all be pleased that it’s no longer just New Zealand First advocating on behalf of one. Thank you Helen Kelly for helping to lend legitimacy to the Reformist side of this debate.