Fran Morrissey

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[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

Minister of Health Simeon Brown made exactly the right decision in refusing to reappoint Dr Rachelle Love as chairperson and Simon Watt as deputy chairperson.

"Kiwis expect the Medical Council to be focused on strengthening the medical workforce, not on an ideological agenda."

[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

Good grief. This is a must listen!

Labour’s Transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere has had an absolute shocker of an interview this morning on ZB with Heather du Plessis-Allan.

Either he wasn’t across the numbers, Labour announced a major policy with zero modelling, or they’re too embarrassed to reveal the real cost to taxpayers — and how few people will actually save the amount they’re claiming.

When HDPA pressed him on how many commuters would actually hit the $20 weekly fare cap, and what the true subsidy burden looks like (already ~87% on some services), Utikere dodged, deflected, and just repeated preset talking points.

A two and a half year wait for this half baked cost of living “relief” stunt and Labour still has no idea what it’ll actually cost or how many people will truly benefit — is insane.

Absolute amateur hour from Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party.

[𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬 @JordNZ]

Labour booked a stall at Fieldays and literally failed to turn up.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

If you are wondering why the establishment wants to ban, censor, discredit, destroy @elonmusk’s X, it is because without X we would not know what happened last night in Belfast nor the truth about Henry Nowak.

[Simon Court @SimonCourtACT]

Flying an Airbus into a remote corner of NZ to protest mining is peak Green politics.
They sure didn’t hike there in hemp sandals carrying messages on carved driftwood!
A single A321 contains roughly 30+ tonnes of aluminium or well over 120 tonnes of mined bauxite ore to produce.

[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

David Seymour addresses the Maiki Sherman scandal and doesn’t hold back.

Seymour says there has been a “conspiracy of silence” around it for such a long time.

[The Redbaiter @TheRedbaiter]

David Seymour slices Tova O'Brien into fine mince in this clip from 2019.

Showing that its actually quite easy to rebut her constant refrain of sad out-date "progressive" and separatist narratives.

No MP should be frightened off a public TV appearance by such a pitiful left wing hack.

Least of all the Prime Minister.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

Guys. Our government spent $60billion "on covid" but it turns out only $30Billion was actually "related to covid". WE WERE ROBBED. WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE NOW. INFLATION. INTEREST RATES. I feel like I am going mad and being gaslit.

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

Japan took the gold... but Canada stole every heart

[David Seymour @dbseymour]

I welcome the findings of the New Zealand Food Safety investigation into the mouldy lunches at Haeata Community Campus. The investigation concluded ‘it is more than likely that the affected meals at the school had been delivered the previous Thursday, remained at the school without refrigeration, and then were accidentally re-served to students along fresh meals delivered on Monday. This would explain the deterioration of the meals.’

From the outset, this was always the likely outcome. Unfortunately, the likes of RNZ chose to breathlessly report every unverified claim made by the principal without pausing to ask basic questions or wait for the outcome of an investigation.

Journalism is supposed to apply critical thinking, not simply act as a megaphone for whoever is most eager to talk to the media and fits their narrative. When an allegation could damage a company’s reputation, frighten parents, and undermine confidence in a programme feeding thousands of kids, the minimum standard should be to test those claims against the evidence.

The real tragedy here is for the students. Over the last 24 hours their principal has found time for endless media interviews, attempting to politicise a mistake made by her school and create a controversy to smear others. That is not an educator’s role. The first responsibility of a school is to its students’ learning and wellbeing, not to run a media campaign. My thoughts are with parents whose children have been affected by this debacle.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

Oh goodness. Stuff wrote 3x sob-stories about how this poor chap can't get a job because he made mistakes & went to NZ prison in 1997 briefly & then 'went overseas'. Turns out he was in prison for 20 years in Florida for kidnapping & carjacking.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

They say don’t meet your heroes but they were wrong. I’m so energised and inspired by @HJoyceGender ♥️ she is an absolute powerhouse and so so clever.

[Katrina Biggs @KatrinaBiggs2]

There are some Unions in NZ which have become so entrenched in an unholy collusion with the public service, academia, and the mainstream media, that MP Judith Collins has had to publish an open letter to New Zealanders detailing just how unscrupulous they’ve been in recent negotiations. It’s the only way that we can read the truth of this.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

READ: https://t.co/OlSriRAXa6
The unions, the public service, academia, and the media form a self-sustaining ecosystem, each validating the other, each invested in keeping real reform at bay. The voters’ mandate for change meets an immovable wall of inertia and ideology.

[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

Great to see the Prime Minister calmly and rationally dismantle Te Pāti Māori when asked about the atrocious behaviour in the house last Thursday.

“I think most kiwis know Te Pāti Māori are activists and they’re just not serious.”

[Heather..✨️🇳🇿 @Pukeko65]

Decided to write up some points for people who are calling Luxon useless. I think kiwis need to think differently about our leaders, it’s not a populist role like the USA

[Ro Edge @rosey_nz]

Wow! Go Casey Costello.
What a speech. 👏👏👏

[Becky Weiss @Becky_Weiss_]

Since Netflix is all the buzz right now, take it from me.

You are NOT homophobic or wrong for not wanting your children exposed to pro LGBTQ messaging.

And if it makes you homophobic to protect your children from it, just call me the gay face of homophobia.

[The Redbaiter @TheRedbaiter]

The Wellington Mayoralty debates held by the Post newspaper have been a perfect example of legacy media left wing bias.

Andrew Little, an ex-Labour leader known for his ill temper and aggression is running for Mayor.

During a recent debate Mr Little reached across the table and snatched speaking notes from an opponent. (Ray Chung).

The debate moderator, Post writer Andrea Vance, did and said nothing to admonish Little for his actions. She didn’t even tell Little to give the notes back.

When one of Ray Chung’s staff tried to retrieve the notes, she received a glare of admonishment from Ms Vance.

The “moderator” then went in to bat for the ex Labour leader by asking Ray about the point Little had raised after snatching the notes.

IOW she validated Little’s ill mannered behaviour.

Such partial moderating does Ms Vance no harm. She was voted “Political Writer of the Year” by her colleagues at a recent media awards ceremony.

A win that tells you all you need to know about NZ’s legacy media.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

I admired Charlie Kirk precisely because he was willing to respectfully hear his opponents out and debate the politics not the person. He modelled the tolerance & kindness his opponents claim to have but fail time and again to demonstrate. Today is a terrible day for everyone who wants to see a way through these divisive times. It is a terrible day for free speech and for the West. Mostly my heartbreaks because it is the worst possible day for his wife and two young children.