In a recent Radio NZ “Morning Report” interview, National MP, Mark Mitchell, revealed the government’s true objective with the so-called “TPPA Roadshow” and Parliamentary Select Committee hearings.
National Makes Good on 2008 Threat to Sell Kiwibank
In examples of childish foot-stomping, petulance, Audrey Young’s piece on 25 March in the NZ Herald was hard to beat;
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. This has been proven time and again, and perhaps none so aptly as the 2016 US Election primaries, where a billionaire has risen to political prominence;
It could safely be argued that stories of “jihai brides” would scare the bejeezus out of the public, in the process softening opinion to welcome extending the powers of the SIS and GCSB. If so, this would be a cynical ploy by National and our spy agencies to manipulate public opinion to accept the unpalatable; a massive increase in state surveillance and mass-gathering of data on all NZers.
Our esteemed Dear Leader would run naked through Hades if there was a photo-op involved.
When a spokesperson for the government tries to employ scare-tactics to persuade the public that increasing surveillance powers for various arms of the State – in this case the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) – is warranted, then suspicions arise.
The rise in demand for KickStart breakfasts occurred at the same time as those on welfare benefits was cut dramatically;
. . This is not the news that towns and regions across the country want to wake up to; ….
It has taken nearly eight months, but after my initial findings, this story has finally been reported by the msm.