No one really likes Green politicians…not even Kangaroos.
A startled kangaroo knocked an Australian politician to the ground and clawed his leg after its morning graze on a suburban lawn was interrupted by the jogging lawmaker. Read more »
The Green party in NZ put all their eggs in the AGW basket and have no position to retreat to from it.
They are also the enemies of the environment as the anti AGW policies they have advocated are creating massive harm – economically and environmentally – especially for the poor who – highly paradoxically – they claim to stand for in New Zealand.
The other aspect they have no morals on is the negative influence on, and exploitive use of, young people through the needless panic and worry they create .
Dr Matt Ridley says in the Times:
The latest science suggests that our policy on global warming is hopelessly misguided
There is little doubt that the damage being done by climate-change policies currently exceeds the damage being done by climate change, and will for several decades yet. Hunger, rainforest destruction, excess cold-weather deaths and reduced economic growth are all exacerbated by the rush to biomass and wind. These dwarf any possible effects of worse weather, for which there is still no actual evidence anyway: recent droughts, floods and storms are within historic variability. Read more »
We don’t have to look far to know what will happen if a Green led Labour coalition wins government. One word…Detroit.
God help us if the Greens ever get control of Treasury – they can’t even read a Budget document.
The horribly sanctimonious Holly Walker got it embarrassingly wrong with her Budget analysis on Twitter.
Massive cuts to Ministry for the Environment spending in #Budget2013 – a 34.6% decrease.
— Holly Walker (@hollyrwalker) May 16, 2013
Now that would be massive news – if only it were true. Poor old Clint will be fuming that Holly didn’t check with him before spouting off. Read more »
Green Taliban co-leader Metiria Turei was on NewstalkZB this morning explaining her threat to sabotage the Auckland Convention Centre.
Highlights:
A Green Labour Government would legislate to over-turn a commercially binding contract.
Taxpayers, ratepayers and other businesses would be forced to cough up the $400 million to build the Centre (in other words – more taxes and borrowing).
It is official…the possibility of a Green/Labour government is spooking business…so much so that they are writing in protection clauses into commercial contracts with the government to protect investment.
Sky City has announced they were ‘spooked’ by Green/Labour intervention.
The Green/Labour vandalism masquerading as power policy has spooked those with capital to invest in New Zealand – after all – why would any employer spend money here if the Government is prepared to rip up the contract, confiscate their property rights and impose new regulation?
[T]here’s also a significant penalty clause aimed at Labour and the Greens. The Government will, in return, pass a law change allowing more pokies and more gambling. But there’s more. The casino has negotiated itself protection from a change of government that changes the law back.
“So after we’ve spent our $400 million, if somebody decides to take those reforms away, or change that license or do something, we’ve got nothing and we’ve spent $400 million,” says SkyCity chief executive Nigel Morrison. Read more »
SkyCity has built in a compensation clause into the contract.
It doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that Sky City would want compensation if a future Green/Labour Government renegs on the Convention Centre deal.
After seeing how cavalier the Greens and Labour were in destroying savings and value with their recent economic sabotage, any investor would want to be sure the rug’s not going to be pulled out from under them by that bunch of vandals.
The Green/Labour proxies are even issuing legislative threats via their blogs. Read more »
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The Greens are stating they are “desperate” to collect the extra signatures and describe the petition as a debacle in an email sent to recruit more to the cause.
From: Sarah Bracey <[redacted]@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 11, 2013 at 6:19 PM
Subject: [G@V] Greens@Vic Update No. 2
To: “Greens@Vic” <greens-at-vic@my.greens.org.nz> Hey Guys,
A couple of things –
Almost immediately after sending the last announcement, the Keep Our Assets petition debacle (am I allowed to say that? I think we’re all thinking it!) came to my attention. The Keep Our Assets coalition desperately needs another 16,000 signatures to be collected in the next two months in order to force a referendum to stop further asset sales. Read more »
Regular readers will know that I’m no fan of Bill English.
But yesterday he gave the Green Taliban a solid kicking for their attempted sabotage of the Mighty River Power float.
Sledge Of The Day.
Both co-leaders of the Greens were attempting to bully Patrick Gower on Twitter last night.
Sensitive are they?
