General Debate 22 December 2008

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tknorriss

There is a good article in the latest TGIF about Labour’s dodgy citizenship practices. Apparently they approved 400 applications against the explicit recommendations of Internal Affairs. Of these, 66 failed to meet the good character test, meaning they had some sort of criminal background or the like.

I wonder what percentage of Labour’s election income came from said new citizens.
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December 22, 2008 9:51am
kiwipolemicist

Jaguar has asked the UK government for a bailout (a mere NZ$1.645b), so now taxpayers are being asked to fund luxury cars for rich people.

All government bailouts do is prolong the recession created by governments. When will this nonsense end?

http://kiwipolemicist.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/jaguar-asks-uk-government-for-a-bailout/
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December 22, 2008 9:54am
kiwipolemicist

“66 failed to meet the good character test, meaning they had some sort of criminal background or the like”

Only 66? Perhaps Labour didn’t want too much competition.
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December 22, 2008 9:59am
big bruv

Encouraging words from John Key this morning on the climate change con, he (Key) seems keen to align NZ with Rudd’s new 5% target.

While I would prefer it if we just did away with the ETS altogether I guess a 5% target is something I could live with.
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December 22, 2008 9:59am
reid

Which specific ministers signed off on those applications, tknorriss?
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December 22, 2008 10:25am
Brian Smaller

“While I would prefer it if we just did away with the ETS altogether I guess a 5% target is something I could live with.”

We all know that 5% or 50 %, it ain’t going to happen. Our total reduction will be negated by all the Chinese who turn their car keys on this morning to go to work.
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December 22, 2008 10:42am
Inventory2

OK – ‘fess up – who ELSE enjoyed seeing the South Africans beat Australia at Perth last night?

http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2008/12/honesty-call.html
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December 22, 2008 10:59am
tknorriss

Reid “Which specific ministers signed off on those applications, tknorriss?”

According to the TGIF article, the ministers who approved applications were: George Hawkins, Rick Barker, and Shane Jones.
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December 22, 2008 11:28am
Murray

I see thieving Labour party stafers has dropped off the media radar real quick.
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December 22, 2008 12:21pm
reid

Thanks tk, and excellent point Murray.

When the first TGIF story on this came out the thread raised the question of under whose instructions were those authorisations made. I wonder if anyone would have been dumb enough to put those into an email?

I’m mildly surprised about Hawkins, even given I’ve always questioned his integrity. His career was over long ago and according to the rumours he was only kept on because of the evidence he held on his colleagues from his days as Police Minister. I would have thought he’d have more sense than to engage in this, he must have known it would be aired one day. Barker and Jones are both climbing the slippery pole and that combined with their inexperience as to how these things eventually see the light of day could explain their actions.

Anyway if the Nats have any sense there’s going to be a full Commission of Enquiry into this, with full powers of discovery and imprisonment for perjury.
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December 22, 2008 1:05pm
Tauhei Notts

Today I got Christmas cards from Rodney Hide and Jim Anderton.
Does that make me a political animal?
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December 22, 2008 3:26pm

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