NZ First

However history views the whole Aaron Gilmore circus, at least it will record that he resigned.

Whatever you want to say about the centre right in this country, we don’t tolerate dickheads.  Gilmore went – eventually.

And that’s why Winston should be called on an opportunistic, hypocritical cheap shot on TV last night

His MP, Brendan Horan, is still in Parliament and stinking up the joint, and Winston, for all his bluster, has been out foxed by a novice dickhead.  Read more »

Asenati Lole Taylor  Nasty Lonely Taylor seems to be a bit lonely lately and doesn’t appear to have a #heyclint to talk to, so has taken up talking to herself when she’s not occupied with calling John Key petty names like “ShongKey”.

Queue the chirping crickets:

But what’s this, “NO ASSETS SALE”? she either means “no asset sales” or has Winston First reversed their policy on asset sales?

Watch this.

Winshinston Petersh wurrs his slurds, seems to lose track of his questions and then has a memory lapse. Oh and his wig appears to be discolouring and was definitely askew.

Not to mention the rambling, flapping arms and his in ability to stand without assistance.

What do you reckon?

Our MP of the Week is still at it

After that, you need one of these

• For straight men or lesbians
• For straight women or gay men
• For kids or people who don’t like to see other people’s bodies

The Greens have upset NZ First by agreeing to cast Brendan Horan’s proxy vote in Parliament.

Mr Horan was expelled from NZ First in December and is staying on as an independent list MP.

NZ First leader Winston Peters says the Green’s decision can “unfortunately” be seen as legitimising Mr Horan’s place in Parliament.

“There is no legitimate place in Parliament for Horan, now or in the future,” Mr Peters said.

“Horan represents no one. For obvious reasons, NZ First doesn’t want him and he should have resigned his list seat.”

Don’t you love how measured Winston is these days?  With the promise of a coalition government next year, he can’t afford to upset his new partners in crime too much.

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Excuse me for taking delight at NZ First tying themselves into racism knots over this one

via NZ Herald

New Zealand First says it will alter a sign promoting a fundraising stall after complaints its offer of a “chance to unseat a coconut” had racist undertones.

The sign has appeared at NZ First’s coconut shy at the annual Kumeu show for a number of years.

However, hard on the heels of NZ First MP Richard Prosser’s anti Muslim outburst in Investigate magazine, the sign at the coconut shy at last weekend’s show prompted a number of visitors to send photographs to the Herald.

That is the problem if you let a little bit of public opinion change your direction.  Public opinions come from a number of angles over time, so eventually you find yourself in a position where you can’t please anyone.   Read more »

Well, that was funny.

In one of my most popular polls in recent times, it turns out that the MP that insulted your intelligence wasn’t known by too many of you.

Only 26% of you knew that she is a NZ First (list) MP.

65% didn’t know or thought she is from Labour or Greens.

She is of course only a scum List MP

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GENE BLYTHE / AP

Joan Lowy at Time reports

Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced Tuesday by the head of the Transportation Security Administration.

The new policy conforms U.S. security standards to international standards, and allows TSA to concentrate its energies on more serious safety threats, the agency said in a statement.

Nice to see some common sense returning to this area, although there is still a huge shortage of it.  Anyone who really wants to bring a binary liquid or a sharpened plastic “knife” onto a plane really isn’t going to be stopped by the current measures.  But we already know that.   Read more »

Adam Bennett at the NZH reports

Richard Prosser’s brief parliamentary career appears to be in its twilight. The NZ First MP is likely to be pushed down the party list at the next election, making a return to the House unlikely, a party source says.

Although that is a more sensible way to get rid of an unwanted MP than what Peters did to Brendan Horan, we still have to ask some questions.

1.  What sort of candidate selection process does NZ First have?

2. How has Andrew Williams managed to make it this far?

3. Did they ever resolve Winston Peters’ own illegal candidacy?

4. Surely they knew all about Richard Prosser’s views before they took him in?

5. How exactly did they weed out a Urine Drinking Candidate, yet let through a Drunk and a Bigot?

These people may be Kingmakers again, folks.   Read more »

Alwyn Poole is the principal of the Mt Hobson middle School, and an advocate of Charter Schools. He write a letter to Tracey Martin of NZ First.

He figured it would get more of a reaction on a million pageviews a month blog than emailing her direct.

Dear Ms Martin

I understand you are on the Education and Science Committee currently hearing submissions on the Education Amendment Bill. I would have assumed someone with integrity, such as yourself, would have brought an open mind to this process and that those submitting could expect that of you.

However – on February 14th you made a press release that included the following: 

“The so-called partnership schools have the potential to seriously damage our world-leading education system, giving them the power to throw the curriculum out the window.

“They’ll lack openness and transparency, shunning the usual constitutional safeguards by exempting the schools from the Official Information Act and the Ombudsman’s Act. Even Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakeham is worried.

“Charter schools will also become a cash cow for foreign investors who can operate multiple schools and receive handsome dividends at the expense of New Zealand taxpayers.

“The Government has no mandate for this move and once again puts profits above democracy.”  Read more »