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As some of you know, Heather Du Plessis Allan gave oxygen to the notion that PM Jacinda Ardern should not have worn a hijab because it just oppressed women – in some countries where it is law.
I felt sorry for James Shaw last Wednesday morning. Guyon Espiner was like a lion with his head in his mouth, and all Minister Shaw could do was wave his hands. Guyon is right, the Green Party have been ineffectual advocating for the environment as part of this coalition. But it isn’t Minister Shaw’s fault. He is an incredibly smart and hardworking Minister with absolutely no bargaining power. And that lack of bargaining power is thanks to his own party members tying his hands.
Eventually, you have to muster the courage to do the right thing, or say what needs to be said about what is wrong in an organisation, however painful and difficult, and sometimes dangerous, that might be.
While it was good to read of Facebook’s banning white nationalist content from its platforms the company needs to be more proactive on ALL hate speech and vile content videos.
It’s hard to not say something when a deputy chief political editor for the NZ Herald writes that Helen Clark failed to do anything about gun reform laws, and even NZ First who have been in opposition before October 2017….but leaves out the big blue elephant in the room.
Mike Hosking wrote to his “miserable bugger” audience on NewsTalk ZB today that with GDP at 0.6% growth for the last quarter and with an annual growth barely above 2% , money was increasingly not going to come from the once “Rock Star Economy” to pay the “useless”.
You may have been forgiven for thinking Audrey had nothing at all to say about the terrible events recently, because she seems to have skipped over these matters.
Based on my experience as a former detective, AOS cop and former inspector in charge of Auckland Criminal Intelligence Section & VIP Security, it is my opinion that the GCSB in particular and to a lesser extent, police CIS in NZ and police in Australia, have much to explain.
As fingers point at our intelligence and security services ahead of an inquiry it’s also worth looking at the fingers pointing back at the accusers.
A lot of jokes don’t make sense until you get to the end.