Posts by Matthew Poole
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
As the current HoS, the Queen is not obliged to accept any GG as her representative, however. She does, but were she to choose not to there's nothing we could do about it except throw a hissy.
The Constitution Act does not actually require the Queen to appoint a GG; it's implied, not explicit.
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to TracyMac,
somehow changing [the flag] endorses the TPP
I've got so fucking sick of this particular piece I even wrote about it on FB:
I can't believe I'm dignifying this piece of drivel with time and analysis, but I'm getting tired of shooting it down. So, here goes.About this "due authority" piece that's doing the rounds regarding changing the flag:
1) NZ Bill of Rights Act was passed in 1990, not 1981, and it's nothing like an "entrenched constitution". Getting wrong details about fundamental legislation is not encouraging. Yes, I know the author has gone back and fixed the wrong date in some places, but you don't have to look far to find the incorrect original.
2) "Due authority" is a concept from heraldry (coats of arms and knights and stuff) about who has authority to authorise wearing of a "symbol of honour". Our Parliament gets its authority from centuries of legal precedent, a little bit of legislation, and from the fact that the Queen continues to accept our Governor General as her representative. Taking the Union Jack out of our flag and national Coat of Arms undoes none of that.
Ask Canada how they've been doing without the Union Jack in their flag since the 1960s!3) Australia isn't planning a flag change any time soon. How's that TPPA ratification working out for them?
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to ,
Another option, is a citizens initiated referendum to cancel the priministers referendum.
They're not binding, but. And would be scheduled to be held after the second referendum is completed.
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Right, let's try this.
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to Alfie,
They're as open as possible. Looks like I picked the wrong option when setting up and did a Group instead of a Page.
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Y'all bitching about Vote Hypnoflag being Facebook-only at this time are welcome to do something on the wider web, y'know!
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to Alfie,
Those of us who choose not to use Facebook aren’t even allowed to view your post.
That's not my choice. It's as public as I can make it. Given that Hypnoflag wasn't even a thing 24 hours ago, you can't expect the full web experience immediately.
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Vote Hypnoflag! (Not blatantly self-promoting, honest!)
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to Alfie,
And it will ultimately be pointless to have one crowd voting for the least likely (contains traces of black) option, another faction registering their protest by defacing the form to be counted as “informal” and yet another group refusing to vote at all.
The "no vote" and "spoil the vote" crowds both have the same outcome: the highest-ranking design will go through to the vote-off, and unless they're planning to vote seriously in favour of the status quo flag in the vote-off they'll be contributing to the success of a change they do not support.
There's pretty much no way that the second ballot will be called off, short of a response rate "Informal" that's over half of all registered voters; Key would just say that a majority of voters have indicated support for the process. So, since we will be having that second ballot, the best course of action is to stack it in favour of the status quo by having the competitor as completely unelectable. -
Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to lprent,
Are you against voting?
Vote fnord Hypnoflag fnord!