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National Party Boot Camps and children in ankle bracelets – Chris Luxon’s vision for NZ
National Party Boot Camps and children in ankle bracelets – Chris Luxon’s vision for NZ

A Marxist, A Government Cabinet Minister, a Green MP, a Newspaper columnist and 2 business journalists all walk into a…

Shane Jones throws red meat to the worst instincts — but the real danger is slipping through unnoticed. An India trade deal pushed by corporate interests, signed before the public ever sees the fine print.

Five disgruntled MPs… or total support? Luxon can’t seem to decide — and that contradiction is starting to look a lot like a leadership crisis National can’t contain.

The numbers are shifting — and suddenly the left has real options. A four-party progressive government isn’t just theory anymore. The question now is what they’d actually do with it.

Sean Plunket has said far worse than this, which is why the BSA complaint feels less like principle and more like bureaucratic theatre with a funding problem underneath.

Winston is confused that he’s an opposition MP and not actually part of the Government
A right boot, eh. Perhaps it’s an omen.
There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
Samuel Beckett
A camp where entrants breaking away from school could apply to become a part of a six-month team where a young one lived away from home in a a comfortable, plain house, had good meals, and kept to a reasonable schedule, some social time every week, learned a saleable skill, had training to join a sports team for fun games, and made bonds with all in the camp. If they passed a basic level for one or all the abilities, they would get help to get into work experience for six months and get a permanent job and be put on an A list for getting employment at good rates, and could recommend a family member or friend into the Plan. National loves gumboots more than young men needing help and a role model of a doer with a good attitude, rather than a manager and manipulator.
Gumboot Friday – stick one up a Luxon orifice and support the cause. No boot camp for our kids. Where’s Judeath and her knives?
These boots are made for walking
and that’s just what I do
Every day I wear these boots
I’m walking in a U