Idiot/Savant
New Zealand's liberal blog.
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- I guess this is a reminder that our parliament is too powerful; that the government really _can_ just suspend all opposition members via its kangaroo court if it feels like it, with no oversight by the courts, and turn our democracy into a joke. We need to fix that. We need to nobble them.
- Reposted by Idiot/SavantThis is the worst punishment handed down EVER in our history. The worst on record was 3 days! When Tangata whenua resist, colonial powers reach for maximum penalty. This is a warning shot to all of us to fall in line. E kore rawa matau e tuohu! #toitūtetiriti #toitūtemanamāori #NZPol
- A parliament which denies Māori representation is not in any sense of the word Aotearoa's Parliament. Instead its a racist colonial regime, and it is asking people to view it and then treat it as such.
- Reposted by Idiot/SavantSo when is Brooke van Velden's date with the Privileges Committee? Oh, I forgot... when you're white, it's all right. When you're brown and forget your place - you're going down. Same as it ever was.
- Te Pāti Māori set to be sanctioned by NZ Parliament's Privileges Committee for involvement in haka during 1st reading of #TreatyPrinciples Bill. Sources have confirmed to Te Karere the punishment, to be released tomorrow, will be unprecedented and severe. #NZpol www.facebook.com/tekareremaor...
- Reposted by Idiot/SavantFUUUUCK THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEEEEEEE
- Reposted by Idiot/Savant21 days is long enough for a Parliament-in-Exile under the Pōhutukawa trees or some similar level of shenanigans
- Reposted by Idiot/SavantJesus! 21 days suspension from the House for TPM's leaders is pretty hefty ... be interesting to see the C'tee's justification for it (I'm guessing they'll claim that the haka was pre-planned + there's been no recognition of "wrong", as compared with Peeni Henare)
- Reposted by Idiot/SavantThe Greens ask the daring question, "What if things could be better?" and "What if $11 billion went into public transport in our three biggest cities, instead of drones and weapons?" and "What if corporation tax was at the average level over the last 34 years?" and will be punished for doing so.
- Reposted by Idiot/SavantThree Te Pāti Māori MPs to be suspended by NZ Parliament Privileges Committee over haka against #TreatyPrinciples Bill. More details to come. Yet another case where calling out racism and corrupt conduct is treated more harshly than conduct itself. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
- Its unclear from this whether the IPCA is investigating "the way police handled allegations made against... McSkimming" because the police tried not to investigate one of their own, or because they did and McSkimming complained about it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
