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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 15h

#NZpol No lies told. We've been warned. TAKE. THE. WARNING. In 23 days... we'll find out whether the public of Aotearoa got dragged onto the tracks with this lot — or bailed out in time. ⚠️ 10 days to MAKE SURE YOU'RE ENROLLED — Oct 25 ⚠️ ⚠️ 23 days to avert ⏬ PREDICTABLE DISASTER ⏬ Nov 7 ⚠️

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 18h

Someone in Oppo should ask how it was "acceptable" to the CPU and Nats to use Chapman, who threw molotov coctails at Ngāi Tahu Murihiku Marae and a school, got 6 months' community detention and 6 mo's supervision as late as '24 for possession of illegal guns and ammo, but Lab/Greens are "shocking".

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 18h

Not forgetting Paul the Insurrectionist "I want Bidens resignation on my desk by Monday" Gosar... bsky.app/profile/alan...

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 19h

He "warns" the public that TPM or the Greens in power would see out of control gangs, out of control crime. FUCK. OFF.

"The politician, small or lofty, who menaces the people with frequent reminders of the possibility of crime, violence, or terrorism, and who then use their magnified fear to gain allegiance, is more likely to be a successful con artist than a legitimate leader"

Martha Stout, "The Sociopath Next Door"

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 19h

#NZpol So they can either keep saying "open to talking to all parties" and keep pretending that ACT is a "good faith" actor OR admit ACT will absolutely use them *and then reject EVERY SINGLE BOTTOM LINE THAT COUNTS*. PSA: He just wants TOP to force through ACT's own Enabling Act-style policies.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 22h

#NZpol "I wouldn't normally write a post like this", AKA "Here's another excuse" "Now that the facts are known" or as I like to call it, "Now that I've preloaded the next day talking points for you trolls to go hog wild in the comments over" "consider the families", something National never does.

IS THAT TRUE?

Or is it something Simeon Brown said

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I mean... yeah. At this stage though, you'd have to say it's a choice. Just look at Erika Kirk or Katie Miller... even if it's absolutely transactional in nature, to advance profile or whatever, still a choice to be hooked up as it were to what he represents, far more permanently than anyone else.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"As the guy who talks economy all the time... it should give National voters pause for thought"

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

No, I was in the middle of writing something and reviewed that after-panel stuff too. Reckoned he lost the election at the point he couldn't get a grip on the inflation rate and the APPALLING LACK wage rises. Got called out in real time. Torn up by both Coughlan and HDPA afterwards.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"An Israeli air strike on a residential block in Gaza city has killed one woman. The rescue of her daughter was captured on camera.. there are near daily attacks on Gaza.." Nearly daily attacks on Gaza. You wouldn't know this if you just watch mainstream UK news, though.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#NZpol Unfortunately outlets everywhere both feed and feed off the usual trifecta of election seasons: scary economic shit, scary shit about the poors who might collapse society if they get the idea they can *participate* in society (*shocking* stuff eh 🙄), and... the classic law and order frights.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#NZpol Ah... they expect the *lines* companies to play fair? LE FUCKING SIGH. Here's an interesting dive from my bookmarks on lines. charges, energy trusts and, well, What The Hell Is Happening Here Anyway in general? Kinda think back to Max Bradford days, and what was... yep, predicted.

newsroom.co.nz

Businesses warn lines companies: Put power supply before profits

Amid claims that NZ's power network is going the way of its water and wastewater, the Vector boss rejects the need to invest more in maintenance and renewals. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Anyhoo, Seymour no doubt made the most of his positive write-up, so maybe results on the Compass are screwed a bit from an influx of "Our Dave is THE BESTEST THING EVER EVER EVER!" from ACT voters. Literally just a game to some journos out there. And yeah, many here ARE f'n psychopath racists.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

...and Q took some swipes at the Greens *for not working with National on fisheries stuff*, while seemingly ignoring the fact the Greens A) have actually advanced a few things with them, but didn't sell out, and B) offered votes mere months back for something, which was *rejected*.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It may have been helped to this outcome by the backslapping the, uh, journos certain journos were giving themselves basically, there were ummmm interesting comments on the blogging as it went through... I gather from Jenna Lynch's final article Seymour exemplified being "composed"/"statesman-like" 🙄

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

TBF, it's hard for anyone remotely sane to tolerate his consistent stupidity. Is he hosting a debate or something - or is it that Future NZ thing with the deadbeat John Key on their panel?

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I hope people remember his shit from last election when he couldn't tell us what costs would be gone into for this that and the other policy or how he'd pay for it, prisons I think it was specifically, he threw a tantrum and threatened the media after that for daring to ask "such stupid questions".

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It's the same kind of BS, but at least the jerk wasn't in a Party that had been running the govt, or trying to be in the next one too. And I put "senior" in quotes as clearly, some managers are great, and actually earn that title, others are ladder climbers getting jobs they simply shouldn't have.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#NZpol TBH literally like a systems & process audit I did once. On a problem issue, some staff claimed this, others claimed that, so I call in a "senior" Manager: "You appear to raise an issue that doesn't exist." "It's in the doc." "This one?" "Yes." "No it isn't." "I think It is." "WHERE?" "Uh"

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

At 22:50 said that while she didn't think Winston should be Foreign Minister — for obvious reasons — but *could* still work with NZF in coalition. (Obvs talking "potentially", but it's out there). The emphasis is on keeping on trying to negotiate with Parties like that, despite what they've done.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

There's a bit where she goes at the Greens over fishing and not working with National on this, when it was pretty clear to anyone that National, especially in this iteration of the Party, and along with NZF in particular backing them up, would obviously never negotiate that in good faith.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The following could give some answers around that?: 06:05 Negotiating terms and bottom lines 21:52 Who do you actually trust? 22:37 The NZF question. HMMMMM. 31:00 Key's National (is one thing) but THESE Nats?! That Dep faux pas 42:30 "Who's more trustworthy, Luxon or Hipkins?" Non-committal.

youtube.com

#BHN Qiulae Wong on looking how to work with political parties who don't want to work with her

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#NZpol Another "clearing away the cobwebs in my head" moment... For those who obviously weren't around when these were airing, you won't be surprised that... Winston hasn't changed.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"...Anecdotally, I hear that cocaine use is rife among the entrepreneurial class. We do need to ensure that their drug use is not colouring their investment decisions, don’t we?"

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Side notes were good too "Reportedly, Upston also plans to randomly drug test job seekers. Hmm. By the same logic, shouldn’t the captains of industry whose firms are receiving r&d tax breaks and other forms of corporate welfare also be randomly drug tested?..."

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#NZpol Shot through with problems... An illegal Board, excessive payments to 3rd Parties, oh and as for the "education"? "...integration between different subjects was loose and inconsistent, and classes relied heavily on independent student research with limited evidence of explicit teaching."

Article Excerpt from RNZ covering a Charter School

"A document outlining the case for a commissioner at SAMS said the school was at risk due to factors including low cash, arrears to the ministry for payroll, and serious procurement weaknesses.

It said the school's board was illegal, the school should not have been paying $50,000 a year for the right to use a particular approach to teaching, and a forensic accounting investigation might be required.

A separate document about MSWA said the school had built up a $183,000 debt to the ministry because it was repeatedly bouncing its payroll - meaning it did not have enough money to cover board-funded staff and the ministry was covering the gap.

The document said the school had "sustained financial, governance, attendance and curriculum delivery challenges".

It said the school's board did not understand its governance responsibilities and appeared unwilling and incapable of making the changes that were needed."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/education/1292030/two-former-charter-schools-under-microscope-for-growing-debt-illegal-board-appointments

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It really is a case of "What egregious shit has been brought to light today?! Who are we talking here, National? ACT? NZF? Or all three together?" EVERY DAY with this Govt!

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Taking the workforce backwards will definitely help meet future pressures, let alone current already-behind-WTF-is-going+on eh Simeon?

Excerpt from Stuff article "Government tells nursing schools to stop training so many nurses"

Excerpt reads:

"In a letter to nursing schools last week, the Tertiary Education Commission instructed them to revert nursing student numbers back to 2025 levels for the 2027 year. That would mean fewer people would be training to be nurses, according to academics Stuff spoke to"

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#NZpol Pretty remarkable considering we're also being told by the Minister - I guess he's just the SpokesDrone for Death, sorry, typo, GAG "health" now, in election mode - National will meet rising workforce pressures 🙄 Maybe they're liars? Maybe vote them out? This BS can end Nov 7. So do it.

stuff.co.nz

Government tells nursing schools to stop training so many nurses

The edict came from the Tertiary Education Commission, to the surprise of many nursing professors and lecturers last week.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 13/10/2026

👉REVEALED -- The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza by Hamza Yusuf, Dania Akkad, Shaimaa Marwan, & Phil Miller Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...

declassifieduk.org

Revealed: The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza

Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Someone sent me a clip of him getting all friendly with Lloyd Burr, who for some reason seemed to enjoy being made an utter, complete fool by someone who clearly has no interest in politics, just to be noticed. Literally kept going on about how he hated people. Lloyd pretty much just laughed along.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026

Palestine weekly: Gaza marks year of ‘ceasefire’ with more Israeli killing aje.news/7izk05

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

For years scientists warned: Clear 20-25% of the Amazon and it collapses. We've cleared 17%. This isn't a future problem. It's happening now.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"Stop being such simpletons and get honest with the NZ public about how things actually work in this country" is, admittedly, a harder line to sell and might draw more criticisms that some politicians COUGH aren't being "nice enough" to our current FR extremist politicians who've wrecked the joint.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

And he firehoses that shit out the back - like Winston was doing that the other day - while you lot have spent most of the last 3 years debating whether the Greens are polite enough for politics. That's it. It's not complicated mate.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#NZpol Hey uh, Guyon, I think David went on about his white supremacist stuff again (he calls it his One Law for All policy, bc of course he does), because he's seen it's got great traction on Plunkets channel and similar outlets, and he wants NZF's cookers who are really into racist shit.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Clearly Ag output is important - obviously it'd be better if it didn't rely on f'ing people and planet over but that's where the environmental debate etc enters the fray, and how that interlocks with the economy in general... Main point: our Creative sector IS. NOT. MERELY. JUST. A. NICE. TO. HAVE.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#NZpol So, the '23 FYE was pretty good for the arts as I recall. Can't think what must have happened since... Oh yeah! Returns of $16B / 4.3% economic contribution to GDP / economy dismissed as "nice to haves"... While Ag at 4.0% contribution is "critical, backbone of the economy" stuff. K 🙄

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's basically a one Party authoritarian State which helps their "cohesiveness". Just don't ask minorities how they've been treated there historically and Everything Is Fine™️

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#NZpol The current PM's general attitude to Covid has always been shit. Eg. this, back in 2023. I said at *that* time it was a character test for the Nation. Well, we fucked that up, and look what happened. *An absolutely predictable gutting of the Nation* Don't fuck it up again Aotearoa, FGS!

"There is one last thing to ponder about character, fitness for office and maturity as a leader-in-waiting.

This is a man who said of the current Prime Minister, “the most positive thing he’s done is get covid.”

A disease that has killed millions. Think about that.

Is that really the moral and ethical positioning of someone you want to be seen backing, let alone lead a country?

We have a choice to make here. "

https://exhalantblog.wordpress.com/2023/10/08/ultimately-given-our-choices-this-election-is-a-character-test-for-voters-and-as-a-nation/

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Members of the now-National Party stood RIGHT BEHIND leaders like Bridges, as they did for Collins w/ *her* hysterical BS and certainly Luxon's piss weak leadership, as did ACT voters and *their* seppo, grifter leaders spading absolute horseshit... ALL HELPED PREPARE THE GROUND FOR PETERS ON THIS.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#NZpol By the way, if any *other* RW MP yaps on about how backwards Winston might be on his decision to have the Govt abstain from WHO votes, on the basis of "sovereign decision making"? Remind them fmr Nats, eg. Simon Bridges *in particular*, were shitting all this same 100% LYING BS *FOR YEARS*.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Just put ticks next to each of the charges, we'll add them to the collection of Reasons To Boot This Lot Out on Nov 7. It's a long list.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm rather of the opinion that the THE GUY WHO ACTUALLY HOLDS THE TITLE OF PRIME MINISTER COULD TRY ACTUALLY LEADING THE COUNTRY FOR ONCE because HE'S THE PRIME MINISTER and YOU WERE THE BIGGEST PARTY... But hey, maybe that's just me.

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

GNATS, if you so choose, because we like choice around here don't we, can mean Godforsaken National and Their Sycophants

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#NZPol Chester Borrows, fmr Nat Min of Police: "Your gang patch shit won't work, we tried it, it failed." GNATS: "Nah, it'll work *this* time!" Jonathan Coleman, fmr Min of Health: "Your scapegoating won't work, we tried it, it failed." GNATS: "Nah, it'll work *this* time!" Rinse BS. Repeat BS.

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