Posts by Rich of Observationz
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the penalty for bad MPs is that voters can punish them or their party at the next election
Exactly. And an MP might have good reason to be AWOL. Some party might take up abstentionism and if their voters accept this, then maybe the MPs should be paid.
Incidentally, is an MP appearing as a defendant considered reasonable grounds for absence?
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Danielle,
I'm sorry to "trigger" your pain about her untimely death.
But I just find it amusingly ironic at so many levels that a right-wing middle aged, middle class male is using these buzzwords to try and shutdown criticism of another similar person and his similarly opinioned but not related son.
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I've sussed it. Craig is a robot that's been seeded with the complete works of Andrea Dworkin and will trip out the latest academic bits of spartist jargon as triggered: privilege check, slut-shaming, mental health-shaming, distract-troll , concern-trolling,....
If I call somebody a complete fucking eejit, is that abusing my privilege of not being one (IMNSHO) and engaging in eejit-shaming?
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
So, if I find one of the more florid street people that inhabit this city and set them up with an office and internet server to express their unusual ideas, and bail them out of any litigation that arises, then I haven't got any responsibility for their outpourings?
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Apart from the provision of rather sub-standard genetic material, I believe that Slater's Dad's financial support is the only reason he is able to sit at home churning out his spew, rather than flipping chips in Maccas, or working off his name-suppression fines in a jail cell.
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Steven Peters,
it is only they who have the power or ability to make him take responsibility for his actions
Have you *read* the code of conduct? Even if he's been conducting all-in jelly wrestling in the mayoral chamber with his fellow councillors partners and selected EGGS seventh formers, all they can do is censure him. The mayor gets elected personally for three years. Absent a serious criminal conviction, end of story.
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Steven Peters,
She wasn't an employee - she was a fellow politician appointed to a board. (The mayor doesn't employ anybody. The council employs only the CEO).
If you take a view that an elected politician is in a position of authority over anyone not in equal or higher office, then they'll all have to take a vow of chastity, or at least monogamy.
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What's this centre-right? These people are right-wing.
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Hard News: The non-binary council, in reply to Paul Campbell,
Although for that to matter, a voter's three preferred candidates mustn't intersect the general population's, e.g. in the Wellington election, you'd have voted Young/Goulden/Muthu in any combination and then deliberately ranked one of the top three candidates last.
If I had a few hours, I'd analyse the numbers on that.
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Hard News: The non-binary council, in reply to Paul Campbell,
I knew about "Frisco", which is reminiscent of flared trousers.
But do locals really choke out the whole four syllables every time? Or call it SFR? Or the 415?