by Geoffrey Churchman
Eva and I went to this yesterday, a sunny day until about 2 pm when clouds came over, but they helped cool down the warm temperature.
Politics was the main reason for our going there, lending our support to Tim Costley’s campaign to become the next Otaki electorate MP. Despite Chris Luxon’s diplomatic reaction to Jacinda’s departure, nearly everyone we spoke to was delighted to see her go.
We also met and had a long chat with ACT MP Nicole McKee. ACT are also telling people to give their electorate vote to Tim Costley, but of course they want people’s party votes. She told us that both she and David Seymour spoke to protestors against Labour’s vax mandates on the first day outside parliament last February, and that their policy has always been one of opposition to them and any coercion of any medical treatment — they believe in bodily autonomy. She said that David Seymour’s support for vaxes comes from the fact that his mother was the last person in NZ to catch polio.
When we mentioned this government’s racism, Nicole made clear that neither she nor ACT have any time for it. “Don’t get me started on Labour’s Maori caucus… I’m of Maori descent, and I’m proud of it, but I’m also proud of my Irish and Scottish ancestry.” It’s clear that in the next National-ACT government, racial seperatism is going out the window, and special privileges for elites will instead be replaced by equal rights for all.
Let us not forget that national crippled health last time round (along with many other nasty things).
And Labour may well just do it all again if they are returned to power
“their policy has always been one of opposition to them and any coercion of any medical treatment — they believe in bodily autonomy.”
That is a lie. Seymour was fully supportive of vaccine mandatyes and passports. He was calling the vaccine “safe and effective” when there was plenty of evidence it was neither. ACT – Another bunch of Corrupt Troughers.
Yes he flip-flopped on the issue, and he was out of sync with other ACT MPs.
Yes Harry he is a liar. A lot of back peddling now using the excuse about his mother having polio. How convenient for this coward, in an election year, to ruthlessly use his mother to save his hide. I suspect someone was pulling his strings in the background.
I think in some ways he is even more naive or manipulated than ardern.
If he is out of sync with other ACT MPs then he needs to be replaced as leader, however, they all showed their tacit compliance with the coercion, as I don’t recall any one of them speaking out when people were in the grip of mandates.