Labour govt 2020-23

[iceman]

Must be stuck in traffic from all the essential workers brought in lol.

The essential workers brought in by this Government are most likely to do ridesharing, since they all fit in one car. More likely to be foreign DJs causing traffic issues.

[Bjauck]

There will be more after the way the thug element of them operated at the protest, they have lost a lot respect except amongst criminals and gangs who are laughing at them.

Yep. The protestor-trespassers and the thug elements amongst the protestors were allowed to run rough-shod over property, laws and regulations for too long before the police took action. Gangs and law breakers will be strengthened from that period of protest action in occupation of parliamentary grounds and the police tolerance of it for so long.

[Bjauck]

Confirming that so many cops were seconded to Wellington that criminals & law breakers had a clear run in Auckland for weeks - thanks to Cindy, Mallard & their woke Police Commissioner.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...ent-occupation

Just over 1800 police staff – one in eight of the total police work force – were seconded to Wellington during the Parliament occupation between February and March.

Police staffing sits at about 14,000, with about 10,100 in the constabulary. Figures released under the Official Information Act show the 1802 staff who came from outside the Wellington policing district during the protests make up nearly 13 percent of the total work force.

Yep. Helmetless packs of road-rule breaking motorbike riders have become a regular feature of SE Auckland roads. Groups of them ride through children playing in parks. It was definitely a more frequent occurrence this Summer - and the previous Summer had already seen a big increase in them. A big credit is owed to the toleration of law-breaking gangs and those protestors in Wellington that took so much policing this year.

[Bjauck]

Must be stuck in traffic from all the essential workers brought in lol.

Probably way fewer than the numbers of hard working Kiwis keen to get to Australia to get higher salaries and more affordable housing, accomodation and living expenses...

Mind you, I think Morrison is keen to send plenty of criminal 501's back to Aotearoa. So plenty more helmetless bikies may fill the roads...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7k0vwMPWQ

[Balance]

Remember how Labour was going to add 1,800 police numbers over its 1st term?

Well, not only has Labour failed to deliver on that promise but gang numbers are increasing much much faster than police numbers :

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...p-explode.html

"Last week Labour MP Helen White shared her concerns about "an increase in gang activity" in Auckland, just days after Police Minister Poto Williams denied there had been a rise in gang violence.

Williams made the remarks despite gang membership rising by nearly 4000 since 2016 and a 49 percent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms crime in Auckland in 2021 compared with 2020 and 2019."

Then same Police Minister Poto came out that she did not know about the horrendous increases in police response time, does not WANT to know and does not care - as it is a police matter!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...WMAKFNIZAIPG4/

[Panda-NZ-]

Probably way fewer than the numbers of hard working Kiwis keen to get to Australia to get higher salaries and more affordable housing, accomodation and living expenses...

Many are boomers so they will be returning here claiming superannuation soon.

[Getty]

Remember how Labour was going to add 1,800 police numbers over its 1st term?

Well, not only has Labour failed to deliver on that promise but gang numbers are increasing much much faster than police numbers :

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...p-explode.html

"Last week Labour MP Helen White shared her concerns about "an increase in gang activity" in Auckland, just days after Police Minister Poto Williams denied there had been a rise in gang violence.

Williams made the remarks despite gang membership rising by nearly 4000 since 2016 and a 49 percent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms crime in Auckland in 2021 compared with 2020 and 2019."

Then same Police Minister Poto came out that she did not know about the horrendous increases in police response time, does not WANT to know and does not care - as it is a police matter!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...WMAKFNIZAIPG4/

Spot on, that puts Poto's pot on.

[iceman]

The PM and the Labour Party machine were not very kind to Louisa Wall or anyone that doesn't toe the line and do exactly as the PM says:

(paywalled) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/louisa...LFGKBX5FGAYRQ/

Lets get rd of the problem:
"Wall withdrew in a deal that would give her a winnable place on Labour's list for an understanding she would retire during the current term when a suitable job came up.
That suitable job just came up: a role with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as a New Zealand-based ambassador trying to improve the empowerment of women in the Pacific and focusing more broadly on LGBTQI+ rights."

and

""Others have suggested that Wall was challenged because she was a polarising figure without enough loyal supporters to fend off a challenge. But Wall clearly feels she was muscled out and her supporters disrespected.

"I might have been the target but there was a lot of collateral damage," says Wall.
"I really do think it is unforgivable.""

[Panda-NZ-]

Well we know there would be no place for her within National as a maori lgbt+ woman.

Act would for all the good it would do as they return to one MP next election.

[Balance]

Spot on, that puts Poto's pot on.

Poto Williams - yet another incompetent & self-entitled minister put into the job by Adern just because she is a woman and a non white, not because she is capable or hard working.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...les-of-office/

“ ….. she rejects the premise that gang activity has increased despite all the statistics and evidence at hand.

Finally, she abdicates her responsibility on police response times by firstly claiming she did not have the figures, and secondly by claiming it is an operational matter and beyond her gambit.

Poto joins a growing list of Government Ministers who appear to enjoy the baubles of office but resent having to do the actual work.”