tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post6423892827234254082..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Winston Peters’ Conduct Is Neither Smart, Nor Wise.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-90619428569690150282020-02-27T09:40:18.027+13:002020-02-27T09:40:18.027+13:00Unknown, Chris's BFD Insight article on this s...Unknown, Chris's BFD Insight article on this subject is quite different - read it, he submits essays to them himself and, I understand get's paid by BFD for writing them.<br />I'm a little surprised Chris didn't correct you himselfDavid Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883628159193125307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-67596546604926039742020-02-22T21:12:14.800+13:002020-02-22T21:12:14.800+13:00As a current semi-political journalist who was not...As a current semi-political journalist who was not a political journalist at all in 2008, your point about the long memories of the more conspiracy-minded nz1st support base is well made. Entertainingly, and tangentially, BFD is attempting to gain subscriptions by putting this Bowalley Rd piece behind their 'paywall'. You might want to have a word?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-83392190529436887152020-02-20T14:08:17.933+13:002020-02-20T14:08:17.933+13:00"Labour's powerful partner NZ First after..."Labour's powerful partner NZ First after decades of strident rhetoric has had a bout of amnesia and inaction since becoming part of the government and has destroyed any credibility it might have had, even as it intimates it might revisit the topic" North & South Magazine March 2020.John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26561260866810519192020-02-19T17:57:37.866+13:002020-02-19T17:57:37.866+13:00So more " Anonymous said..." shyte, now ...So more " Anonymous said..." shyte, now from the likes of Mully Dooon. Trouble is this is an entrenched perception, Helen did not sack Winston Peters in 2008. However, the same shyte is trying to get the same result this election, which is to oust Winston and NZ First.<br /><br /> Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86761478923297424642020-02-18T21:18:03.593+13:002020-02-18T21:18:03.593+13:00Chris, a leader she is not. Helen sacked Winston f...Chris, a leader she is not. Helen sacked Winston for very similar shenanigans back in 2008, and she did not hesitate. Jacinda looks weak in comparison, and I feel she is often told what to do. Is Helen there in the background?? I have often thought so....if this was National in bed with Winston, Labour and the MSM would be screaming for his and their head, on a plate. Oh, they hypocrisy! No wonder National lead all polls, still! Looking very one term at this point!<br /><br />Mully DooonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-30899926358563019512020-02-18T14:52:30.027+13:002020-02-18T14:52:30.027+13:00As a very mature reader I see with Wynston Peters ...As a very mature reader I see with Wynston Peters all the signs which I see around me of Dementia among a few people I know.<br />Effectively not really be cogniscent of what you said earlier in the day, sadly not remembering.<br />long term memory excellent, short term ...........poof.<br />Time to hand up the boots Peters - too late to be thought intelligent though.<br />You are damaged goods.Paulusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-81473981100398468052020-02-18T14:05:38.460+13:002020-02-18T14:05:38.460+13:00The BFD – a website deemed ideologically radioacti...The BFD – a website deemed ideologically radioactive and off-limits by a substantial chunk of the journalistic profession<br />......<br />Listened to the Detail. Activist Julie Zhu who suffered racism and loves Maori culture etc. A gated institutional narrative from RNZ. "There will be 1 million Asians here by ..." But 41% think that is a good thing. The victims are not the Asians but the NZ public whose "views (were) not conducive to the population becoming diversified" plus Maori never wanted a whole lot of foreign cultures. <br /><br />Later Kathryn Ryan interviews Gluckman . He says that in Western liberal societies mental health problems are increasing and societal cohesion is falling apart. The GIN is that globalisation is good (you can't stop it) so how can we deal with it. Anything but admit that humans aren't designed for multicultural societies. We know who are we and who are they and what is ours. Us in our country - and those buggers over there is deeply comforting. The idea of the saintly (We are better than that) class falls over if you cannot voluntarily convince a population that they are better off. John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-6985959567175436812020-02-17T13:00:13.566+13:002020-02-17T13:00:13.566+13:00I think we have to be very careful on how we vote ...I think we have to be very careful on how we vote this election. It should be tactical. We should look at the advantages of having an MMP government. We do not want to go back to the old 3 year dictatorship. In my view it would be wonderful to have a government where there was a rotating PMship and where no party had the balance of power. Just imagine what sort of government we could have if the electorate looked at policies and not dog whistles and click bait. Where an electorate understood how our money system worked. Just imagine!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509686441858091630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-51285348959946765502020-02-17T10:39:39.360+13:002020-02-17T10:39:39.360+13:00What a lot of twaddle some of you put up. The id...What a lot of twaddle some of you put up. The idea of bringing down the government because of some misdemeanour - you miss your target of righteousness because it can never be achieved in politics and possibly, even in life. And you are too mean to work for better governance of our society. You just want to play games with our politics; politics being complicated and often sneaky meaning the calls for divisive action are at present premature, but to be saved for when the last rites must be called. And we are far from that.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-59254322833485072542020-02-17T10:10:02.667+13:002020-02-17T10:10:02.667+13:00I find recent developments in this matter very con...I find recent developments in this matter very concerning, not least Ardern's refusal to recognize, which she has just repeated on RNZ this morning, that all Ministers in HER government are answerable to HER for their conduct and not just to their party or its leader. That is a fundamental of our system of Cabinet responsibility and good governance. Otherwise we would have anarchy.Trev1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00271717267778957672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-72171773105513851372020-02-16T16:58:06.015+13:002020-02-16T16:58:06.015+13:00"This appears to be an attempt to intimidate ..."This appears to be an attempt to intimidate journalists pursuing a matter of high public interest. It's unacceptable in a democracy. Ardern must distance herself by standing Peters down or share in the opprobrium"<br /><br />This has to be satire, right? or does the author hold the labour party to a different standard than Kohn Key met with the teapot tapes?ajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3723570283710681562020-02-16T08:06:33.169+13:002020-02-16T08:06:33.169+13:00I would've thought that after the last controv...I would've thought that after the last controversy over donations, Winston would've informed his lawyers, and those within the party, that any foundation would need to comply with the law. Winston should be able to produce email after email with exactly that information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-63476590636021783862020-02-15T14:28:46.410+13:002020-02-15T14:28:46.410+13:00People may therefore be excused for thinking her a...People may therefore be excused for thinking her abject failure to deal to the Sroubek fiasco and now failing to fire Peters are in someway intertwined in some way( what does Peters hold over her ? ).<br />When her mentor cried "foul" over RNZ Concert being disestablished...Ardern was all action ! However, over this constitutionally important issue she is mute ! Why fail to trust him in the evening, but the very next morning be effusive in her "trust " ??Pourquoi?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-43547117772358033122020-02-15T12:33:30.226+13:002020-02-15T12:33:30.226+13:00This appears to be an attempt to intimidate journa...This appears to be an attempt to intimidate journalists pursuing a matter of high public interest. It's unacceptable in a democracy. Ardern must distance herself by standing Peters down or share in the opprobrium.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745489060434244478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-78687700100796208952020-02-15T10:43:06.186+13:002020-02-15T10:43:06.186+13:00Despite opinions on what Winston doesn't know ...Despite opinions on what Winston doesn't know its apparent he and NZ First are being set up again to fall similar to 2008. Gosh, now who would be behind that, and have they taken advice that it may backfire this time around.<br /><br />One thing that the PM does know is which end of the barge pole to stay on. Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-56797759817449824662020-02-15T09:48:57.318+13:002020-02-15T09:48:57.318+13:00Actually I'm bored by the amateur theatrics.Actually I'm bored by the amateur theatrics.petes new writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256560029674496199noreply@blogger.com