So who is in charge?

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
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    1 day ago

    I hate it when politicians hang around like a bad smell once they leave office, offering opinions that nobody asked for.

    Both Key and Brash need to get a hobby.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com
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    2 days ago

    Sadly, NZ has shown that the previous good governance was more a matter of luck and the fact that NZ is so small that it’s tricky to do things with anonymity in the shadows

    The rise of right-wing arseholes around the world had emboldened these cunts, and the fact that morons like my simpleton father will vote for anyone who allows their bigotry (even though it’s to his detriment) means that they’re not bothering with secrecy as much as they used to

    Being a Kiwi isn’t the source of pride that it once was for me

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      21 hours ago

      Being a Kiwi isn’t the source of pride that it once was for me

      Maybe it should never have been. You should not be proud of an accident of birth.

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      Being a Kiwi isn’t the source of pride that it once was for me

      Being an Australian, baxk in the day whw. travelleing overseas, I used to tell people I.was a Kiwi… now., I think i am going to have to learn French or some shit.

  • Rimu@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Every pressure group will claim victory when something goes their way, whether their attempts at influence were effective or not. Gotta give their supporters and donors a feeling that their time/money is well spent.

    Maybe Hobson’s Pledge is being listened to by the government but I wouldn’t take their word for it.

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      Yeah, hobson’s pledge is so toxic I doubt even National will take them too seriously. I very much doubt they had any real effect on this change.