The Right-wing – strong on crime!
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National, ACT, and the Right, generally, are renowned for being “tough on crime”. What follows are just a few examples, to illustrate National/ACT’s “toughness”.
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Ms Hauiti isn’t the first MP to mis-use tax-payer’s money, and most certainly won’t be the last.
Meanwhile, Minister for Courts, Chester Borrows, might take his speeding ticket as an opportunity to see how well the Court system is operating after budget cuts from this government;
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Perhaps the worst example of a politician rorting the system and attempting to undermine the law for his own benefit was John Banks’ attempt to hide Kim Dotcom’s campaign donations;
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Oh dear… poor Banksie;
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Talk about “accident prone”. Really, I think he needs a holiday away from it all for a while. Perhaps Dear Leader can lend him the keys to his bach… in Hawaii.
Meanwhile, our favourite redneck is in trouble again. Despite his surname, Michael Laws marches to the beat of a different drum – and his own laws;
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Simon Bridges is another National minister who apparently prefers our laws to be more… flexible;
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Giving away one of our few remaining real holidays is a fight National wants to avoid. They understand that whilst Kiwis like to shop, that paradoxically, they also like their holidays. Who wants to give away a family day at the park, in summer, watching the kids play sport – so that we can spend those same summer days couped up in a shopping mall? Or in the office? Or factory? Or service centre?
The Bridges Solution? Turn a blind eye to the law. An inconvenient law.
Talking about inconvenient…
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The moral of this story?
Well, there ain’t none. Not if you’re a National/ACT member of Parliament.
Ponder this though; if National/ACT are exhibiting this kind of arrogance after only two years – what on Earth will they be up to if they win a Third Term?!
[Disclosure: this blogger has a Court conviction. – Frank Macskasy]
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References
Radio NZ: Claudette Hauiti confirms misspending
Fairfax media: Rodney Hide says sorry for trip
NZ Herald: Courts Minister admits red face over speeding ticket and $80 fine
Fairfax media: Police ‘despair’ at freeze
TV3: John Banks guilty in donations case
NZ Herald: John Banks snapped phone-driving
NZ Herald: Michael Laws gets smack warning
Radio NZ: Govt defends trading law enforcement
TV1 News: Investigation underway into Brownlee’s airport breach
Previous related blogposts
National MPs – giving us the finger in election year
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Above image acknowledgment: Francis Owen/Lurch Left Memes
This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 31 July 2014.
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