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Rupert Brackenbury<p>I am very worried about this. Any attempt to reduce who can vote is <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> &amp; a dangerous precedent for disenfranchising anyone who doesn't vote for you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Enrolment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enrolment</span></a> changes could have 'significant' impact on democratic participation - Ministry of Justice <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567950/enrolment-changes-could-have-significant-impact-on-democratic-participation-ministry-of-justice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/political/56795</span><span class="invisible">0/enrolment-changes-could-have-significant-impact-on-democratic-participation-ministry-of-justice</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ChrisBishop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisBishop</span></a> is bitter that he's not considered cool, completely oblivious to every other aspect of his person.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Once more, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Luxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luxon</span></a> is simply bad at his job.<br>A magnanimous rejection of the privledges committee reccomendation would show leadership, reinforce his supposed rejection of the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/treatyPrinciplesBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treatyPrinciplesBill</span></a> to pull away from <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACT</span></a> &amp; possibly deflate some <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/TeP%C4%81tiM%C4%81ori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TePātiMāori</span></a>'s support.<br>Instead, he sticks with his gormless position of "the rules are the rules" just as he did with his housing entitlement. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>This <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/PayEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayEquity</span></a> legislation is a perfect example of how, when <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> say "Hardworking Everyday New Zealanders" they mean "our donors"<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>We are governed by the villains of a 1980s college sex-comedy.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>"I would rather the state didn't have to [feed poor, hungry children]. It should be a parental responsibility" -<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Luxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luxon</span></a>.</p><p>I get what you mean, Chris, except that you (personally &amp; as a political class) made sure those parents can't feed their kids <br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Guys, what are we even doing here? <br>If <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a>'s "belt tightening" (around our necks) hasn't "fixed the economy," what was any of the pain for?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/HYEFU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HYEFU</span></a>: Government books to stay deep in deficit until 2029 <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/536928/hyefu-government-books-to-stay-deep-in-deficit-until-2029" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/business/536928</span><span class="invisible">/hyefu-government-books-to-stay-deep-in-deficit-until-2029</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/rnz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rnz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NicolaNoBoats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NicolaNoBoats</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>It's very telling that, when asked "What do <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/M%C4%81ori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Māori</span></a> get that other NZers don't?" <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/DavidSeymour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSeymour</span></a> pivots to things like consulting on resource management &amp; legislation.</p><p>He doesn't actually care about "fairness", he cares about privatising the commons.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> needs to think hard about why so many of our 'centre-right' politicians drift into <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>.</p><p>Why does our 'centre-right' party have a standing policy of guaranteeing far right extremists win a seat?</p><p>I think we know the answer but don't want to think about it.</p><p>"Why is <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/JohnKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnKey</span></a> favouring a <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> win?" <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/04/why-is-sir-john-favouring-a-trump-win/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/04/why-</span><span class="invisible">is-sir-john-favouring-a-trump-win/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZNational</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Why would this government cut funding from combating white supremacists?<br>Because White Supremacy isn't a threat to them. Quite the opposite in fact<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Everyday there's a headline that says Health is underfunded &amp; #<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a>'s answer is "If no one does the work no one can spend the money"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a>: More cuts to come: Health NZ asking for more voluntary <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/redundancies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redundancies</span></a> <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526389/more-cuts-to-come-health-nz-asking-for-more-voluntary-redundancies" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/526389</span><span class="invisible">/more-cuts-to-come-health-nz-asking-for-more-voluntary-redundancies</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>The "party of law and order" sure don't think very highly of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/PoliceAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceAssociation</span></a> urges PM to strip gun reform portfolio off Nicole McKee</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/524842/police-association-urges-pm-to-strip-gun-reform-portfolio-off-nicole-mckee" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/political/52484</span><span class="invisible">2/police-association-urges-pm-to-strip-gun-reform-portfolio-off-nicole-mckee</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NationalParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Act" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Act</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Rnz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rnz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>How can we, as a country, be ok with this?</p><p>"Official admits new school lunch model unlikely to be as nutritious due to cost:" <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/518227/official-admits-new-school-lunch-model-unlikely-to-be-as-nutritious-due-to-cost" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/518227</span><span class="invisible">/official-admits-new-school-lunch-model-unlikely-to-be-as-nutritious-due-to-cost</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nactionalfirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nactionalfirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Luxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luxon</span></a> thinks like this because he is incapable of empathising with other people.<br>In his mind, if people work, they're rich, ergo not rich means not work. That's *his* experience, so it must be everyone's right?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> slam <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/PM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PM</span></a>’s comment they ‘don’t seem to care about working New Zealanders’ - <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZHerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZHerald</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/unions-slam-prime-ministers-comment-they-dont-seem-to-care-about-working-new-zealanders/X3FO4LVR4RHF3BYX5XCKX36GQY/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nzherald.co.nz/nz/unions-slam-</span><span class="invisible">prime-ministers-comment-they-dont-seem-to-care-about-working-new-zealanders/X3FO4LVR4RHF3BYX5XCKX36GQY/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Me and my friends all making last minute submissions on the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FastTrackBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FastTrackBill</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Every-other-day there's a story about some massive shortfall the govt. needs to pay for.<br>The problem was never that <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZLabour</span></a> were profligate. It's the opposite, 40ish years of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a> policy has left us with massive debt (in reality, if not on paper).<br>The answer isn't to do neoliberalism harder.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>That <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/regionalfueltax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regionalfueltax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/taxcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxcut</span></a> is unpopular &amp; will actually cost <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auckland</span></a> rate payers more, but they're going ahead anyway, is such a perfect analogy for <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> politics i can't believe it's real.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>Am I being too optimistic or are <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a> trying to quietly walk back the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>? <br>They're still <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, but someone is advising them it's not playing well with the average <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nz</span></a> voter.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>This is beautiful!</p><p>"The Leaked Transcript: Luxon, Seymour, and Peters Negotiate"<br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=3BKH5jdXu6o&amp;si=bSagcqv4pt4ewR3G" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3BKH5jdXu6</span><span class="invisible">o&amp;si=bSagcqv4pt4ewR3G</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RobbieNichols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobbieNichols</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/WhiteManBehindADesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteManBehindADesk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a></p>
Rupert Brackenbury<p>UwU smol bean <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/PM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ChrisLuxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisLuxon</span></a> says we can't criticise the things he said he'd do because he hasn't had a chance to do them yet<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZNATIONAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZNATIONAL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NactionalFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/coalitionofchaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coalitionofchaos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Maori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maori</span></a></p>
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