Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 20, 2023 7:21:25 GMT 12
Don Brash: OUR DEMOCRACY STILL UNDER SERIOUS THREAT.
Given their obvious contempt for the Crown and for Parliament, it is very doubtful in my view whether they should have been permitted to take their seats in Parliament.
And too many of the media have been aiding and abetting these treasonous clowns. When the Maori Party decided at short notice to whip up protests around some of our major cities, the New Zealand Herald obligingly provided details about where protestors should meet. Winston Peters has accused the media of taking bribes from the Labour Government in the form of hand-outs from the Public Interest Journalism Fund – grants which were made available on the specific condition that the media which received such largesse must promote the falsehood that the Treaty of Waitangi promised a partnership between Maori and the rest of us. On this, Mr Peters was completely correct.
The new Government is also up against a bureaucracy which is too often intensely hostile.
Less than 10 days after the Government had made it clear that they wanted government departments to communicate primarily in English, I noticed a large newspaper ad advising that the Met Service was seeking a Pou Arahi. Readers of the ad were advised that the Pou Arahi could be based in either Poneke or Tamaki Makaurau…...
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/don-brash-our-democracy-still-under.html
Given their obvious contempt for the Crown and for Parliament, it is very doubtful in my view whether they should have been permitted to take their seats in Parliament.
And too many of the media have been aiding and abetting these treasonous clowns. When the Maori Party decided at short notice to whip up protests around some of our major cities, the New Zealand Herald obligingly provided details about where protestors should meet. Winston Peters has accused the media of taking bribes from the Labour Government in the form of hand-outs from the Public Interest Journalism Fund – grants which were made available on the specific condition that the media which received such largesse must promote the falsehood that the Treaty of Waitangi promised a partnership between Maori and the rest of us. On this, Mr Peters was completely correct.
The new Government is also up against a bureaucracy which is too often intensely hostile.
Less than 10 days after the Government had made it clear that they wanted government departments to communicate primarily in English, I noticed a large newspaper ad advising that the Met Service was seeking a Pou Arahi. Readers of the ad were advised that the Pou Arahi could be based in either Poneke or Tamaki Makaurau…...
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/don-brash-our-democracy-still-under.html