Labour / NZ First Government

[iceman]

This is just bloody sad. All this BS from MPs on both sides and it all being dropped into the political arena on the eve of an election. No discussion in media abut real policies and real issues ! Totally pathetic.

[Balance]

Barry Soper saying she must have been the last person in the Labour Party to know about this . Good to see her finally clearing out the deadwood ... Twyford must be walking on eggshells .

If it takes an affair to get rid of an incompetent minister, guess it can be arranged? 😜

[nztx]

Barry Soper saying she must have been the last person in the Labour Party to know about this . Good to see her finally clearing out the deadwood ... Twyford must be walking on eggshells .

Wont be much left in Labour's front row, the way things are going - must be a few more basically hopeless & useless tainted Labour talent voids that could be tagged for similar disposal

[moka]

Breaking: there is one new case of a disgraced politician in New Zealand
The number of active cases remains astronomical.
Hopes of curbing community transmission of political disgrace in New Zealand are fading, with a succession of new reported cases raising fears that the so-called “Bowen cluster” is out of control.
At a press briefing this morning the director general of parliamentary misconduct announced there was one new case of political disgrace, bringing the total number of active cases to heaps and the overall confirmed cases to totally heaps. This is the number that is reported to the World Health Organisation.
The director general said the new case suggested the elimination strategy had failed. With political disgrace now in the community, the focus would shift to flattening the curve. Experts have demanded a ramping up of testing.
Anyone who has come into proximity with a politician in recent weeks is advised to contact Healthline immediately.
The outbreak has seen a series of new cases over recent weeks, with a succession of politicians being placed in mandatory isolation after returning positive tests for disgrace.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-...n-new-zealand/

[blackcap]

Barry Soper saying she must have been the last person in the Labour Party to know about this . Good to see her finally clearing out the deadwood ... Twyford must be walking on eggshells .

Of course she knew about it as everyone would have. But that was quickly forgotten at the press conference and a feigned surprise is the standard response.

[jonu]

If it takes an affair to get rid of an incompetent minister, guess it can be arranged? ��

Are you volunteering to take one for the team Balance? You haven't been giving Grant the glad-eye have you?

[RTM]

Are you volunteering to take one for the team Balance? You haven't been giving Grant the glad-eye have you?

I guess you are assuming Bal is male ?
That was pretty funny Jonu

[moka]

Or then you have moka trying to shift the perspective of Ardern as victim for having to deal with it

What convoluted bollocks moka!

What I am saying is that it is Jacinda Ardern’s behaviour that comes under close scrutiny and attack, rather than the perpetrator of the inappropriate behaviour. It becomes shoot the messenger for bearing bad news and in this case daring to raise an issue that some would rather was ignored.
There is a lot of focus on what Jacinda said, what she did, why didn’t she act earlier, how she has to be accountable rather than looking at his inappropriate behaviour and how it has been ignored for so long.

[Balance]

Are you volunteering to take one for the team Balance? You haven't been giving Grant the glad-eye have you?

Haha - Not that way gender inclined but I am sure if we all chip in a few dollars each, one of the now legalised sex service ladies will be happy to oblige the ever eager to fail Twyford?

[jonu]

What I am saying is that it is Jacinda Ardern’s behaviour that comes under close scrutiny and attack, rather than the perpetrator of the inappropriate behaviour. It becomes shoot the messenger for bearing bad news and in this case daring to raise an issue that some would rather was ignored.
There is a lot of focus on what Jacinda said, what she did, why didn’t she act earlier, how she has to be accountable rather than looking at his inappropriate behaviour and how it has been ignored for so long.

It comes with the territory....just as it did for Collins. However it will be interesting to see if the Press Gallery go after Cindy and whether she had prior knowledge after her denials. It appears to have been common knowledge around the Parliament.