Gosh, Labour is down 2.6 points to 25.3 per cent, its lowest ever performance in the poll.
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Gosh, Labour is down 2.6 points to 25.3 per cent, its lowest ever performance in the poll.
Hypocrisy of woke leftist journalist in full display :
Let’s start with the Hurricane’s haka, where player Leilani Perese is unapologetic for making such a blatantly political statement. As she says in her own words:
“I don’t care. I believe in what we’re saying, I stand by it. I believe that in rugby, we have a platform where people watch and listen. And why not use our platform to show our people we will never fold?”
So, sport can and should be a platform for personal views? Tell that to the likes of Israel Folau or other players who have been silenced for their views. You see, consistency matters. Either people can use their sport’s platform or not to express their views. Yet, as we often observe these days, freedom to speak only applies if you are buying into the progressive, liberal, or woke issues.
This is well-illustrated further by the ramblings of reporter Liam Napier from the NZ Herald.
He notes of the haka:
“While the translated haka terminology is jarring, freedom of speech in a democratic society is a fundamental right. Debate and dissemination are imperative to holding those in power to account. And who could possibly argue using haka as a powerful vehicle to protest Māori rights is not appropriate.”
"Lastly, on the subject of appropriateness, the petulant responses to the haka from Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Act leader David Seymour, both of whom derided the Poua on field performance, speaks to the thin-skinned nature of those two men."
And yet, a few years back when discussing Folau:
“Personally I don't feel great sympathy for Folau. Putting religion to one side, he repeatedly contravened agreements with his employer and eventually paid the ultimate price by detonating his career on the eve of rugby's global showpiece.”
It seems lost on this reporter that they both have contracts that state clearly what they should and should not say. The only difference is that he agrees with one view, and not the other. No wonder people are voting with their feet and wallets when it comes to mainstream media.
Face of woke hypocrite reporter : Liam Napier
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Did it dawn on any of the small minded jealous Lefties that Lux is under no obligation to live in the apartment he owns in Wellington.
He could have it rented out for his own reward, then rent a penthouse at taxpayer expense while PM.
Why should he short change himself to appease the covetous ones because of a media beat up?
What thanks will he get?
Why should he effectively donate the free use of his apartment to the ungrateful?
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