Labour / NZ First Government

**Balance** · 22-07-2020, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by stoploss

Not so sure ,it says former staffer . What say she got a job at an immigration consultancy business...then any decision he made for that business would be in question .
Massively compromised , now we know why he only glanced at the file of the drug dealer, he was busy elsewhere .....

That is one possibility of what she could be angling to do?

Remember Len Brown & Bevan Chuan?

So surely Comrade Cindy must investigate what really was the nature of the relationship before forcing LG to resign & to destroy him so completely?

It’s clear imo Cindy knew about the affair and is panicking now her hand is forced - attempting to shut the scandal down. So much for being judiciously kind & fair.

Word is that there’re more revelations yet to emerge about inappropriate things?

**Bjauck** · 22-07-2020, 05:19 PM

Inappropriate activities on the left; inappropriate activities on the right; who knows what in NZ First: Last MP left uncompromised in the House becomes PM for life!

**fungus pudding** · 22-07-2020, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by artemis

Reckon Mr L-G has been hard done by actually. Not sure the punishment fits the 'crime'.

I agree, but he should be gone for other reasons, so too bad for Hee's Gone-away.

**Balance** · 22-07-2020, 06:38 PM

Collins crushed Comrade Cindy - it's politics and Cindy came out today looking like she fell into a smelly puddle. Two if you count her feeble response to Winston's freebie trips to Antarctica to two dual citizenship Malaysians to get donations.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12350209

Does anyone actually believe the PM fired Iain Lees-Galloway over just an affair?

Come on.

This affair's been known about for months down in Wellington. Even senior Labour MPs knew about it for months, and did nothing.
Unless there is more to this, it looks like he's been fired because the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was politically snookered. She couldn't do anything other than fire him because she had to match new National leader Judith Collins.

She gave Collins dirty information last week. Collins was decisive. Andrew Falloon lost his job.

So, tit for tat. Collins gave the PM dirty information yesterday. Ardern needed to look decisive too. She had to fire him.

She basically got snookered by a Collins power play.

**Balance** · 23-07-2020, 08:35 AM

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...ed-by-nz-first

Let’s keep moving?

More like ‘Let’s Not Do Anything!’

A real crock of woke pixie star dust BS.

**JBmurc** · 23-07-2020, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Balance

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...ed-by-nz-first

Let’s keep moving?

More like ‘Let’s Not Do Anything!’

A real crock of woke pixie star dust BS.

Peters' plans for Tiwai
On the same day ministers visited Invercargill, Peters published an opinion piece, saying a buyout of the smelter would be best for workers.

Peters has been advocating for a worker/management buy-out for Tiwai since 2011 and heads to Invercargill tomorrow to make a major policy announcement, understood to be a commitment the smelter would be saved if New Zealand First returns to power.

-----Now I wouldn't trust winnie ...but I'm sure the state could pick-up the smelter for a song as RIO knows the refurb return the land to nature costs will run past $250mill++ ....So if the NZ Govt don't stuf it up they could get a smelter for next to nothing ...secure a long term contract for cheap power(Or even just purchase the power plant outright) and keep a clean producer of Aluminium (Vs Coal plants of the world)in production as the Commodity boom is coming

If the Govt truely believes in an EV future ,,,Aluminium is a big part of that future...not only export earnings but downstream NZ jobs... I work on a Aluminium Boat that was built in Invercargill with Tiwai Alum... 500+ boats worth tens of millions have been built over the last 20yrs locally ...

We all know when National was selling off state-owned assets ...we were told if Labour / NZF get into power they would buy them back ....well here's your chance .. to not only save 4000+ jobs (many more jobs will be affected in the south than just the workers) but you will be securing the future of Clean low emission NZ Alum...... you can't tell me in this PC world that manufactures won't see the PR upside in stating their alum comes from clean NZ waters ????

**macduffy** · 23-07-2020, 11:54 AM

Wouldn't they also need a long term contract for supply of alumina - at market prices?

**percy** · 23-07-2020, 12:23 PM

Look no further than MMI Metro Mining Ltd.
They are waiting for Winnie's call.

**tim23** · 23-07-2020, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by nztx

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

And of course National has talent to burn - 4 leaders since last election and too many resignations to mention...