The media focus on the insignificant and judge the Left at a threshold far higher than they ever held National to account.
The simple truth is that the Oil Industry not only has to go, we have to fine them heavily before they go.
Some will say Hirschfeld quitting is unfair but if it had been Judith Collins meeting Richard Griffen in a secret off the record meeting and then RNZ announced a new content sharing deal with Kiwiblog, there would be all hell to pay, but the bigger political issue for Labour is how the hell this leaked out?
If only poor people needed an expensive place to keep their boats – then we’d build them houses!
It’s a reminder that the Union movement will continue to be National’s go to target for their own political agenda.
The way National can simply pretend they haven’t built this problem would be bad enough, that the right wing media simply parrot that narrative is insult to injury.
Our Democracy is only as strong as the checks and balances placed upon Executive power and this entire fiasco against Dotcom has highlighted the terrifying lack of accountability to that Executive power.
…what this shows is that this Government is focused on cutting deals that will see them actively step in to be the lender of last resort in ensuring people can buy the houses. It is a realisation that the State must be far more active in the house building process than the joke free market situation National allowed to create their speculative property bubble.
Jacinda needs to show courage and make some huge calls that put the people first and the not the corporate interests of the vice industries be they oil or booze, sugar or gambling. Self-regulation is a joke and an excuse to do nothing, Jacinda must ask herself if the State is there to protect the interests of people or the vice pimps.
…I am so embarrassed by our media sometimes.
This is one of those times.