• Michael Wood can't keep track of what he owns, or is dishonest

    From JohnO@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 14:06:43 2023
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to JohnO on Mon Jun 5 15:17:14 2023
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html

    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to JohnO on Mon Jun 5 15:35:58 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15 AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to John Bowes on Mon Jun 5 17:23:14 2023
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15 AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to JohnO on Tue Jun 6 02:04:32 2023
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 14:57:18 2023
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.

    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Tony on Tue Jun 6 03:10:37 2023
    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>cabinet minister.
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Gordon on Mon Jun 5 20:29:09 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 3:10:40 PM UTC+12, Gordon wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>cabinet minister.
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?
    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.

    It's election year Gordon. Hipkins is doing what he thinks will change the disaster he's heading for. however the only people who'll believe this signals a change in Labour are imbeciles like Rich. Ferals like him always vote left whinge irrespective of
    how useless they are...

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 21:44:27 2023
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by Labour
    standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue Jun 6 04:42:36 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone >>> > >a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his >>> >$13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves >>> >incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and >>>in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the
    left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.

    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .
    Wood is a minister. Key is not. Today's people are what matters.
    Wood has been caught out. End of story.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Tue Jun 6 04:44:56 2023
    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>>cabinet minister.
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.
    No, they will continue to get away with whatever they can - he puapua, 3 or more waters, co-governance - all attacks on democracy. Vote them out.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Tue Jun 6 22:57:00 2023
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 04:42:36 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone >>>> > >a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his >>>> >$13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves >>>> >incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and >>>>in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the
    left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.

    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .
    Wood is a minister. Key is not. Today's people are what matters.
    Wood has been caught out. End of story.
    Key was Prime Minister when he was caught. ""Dirty Politics""
    identified the National Party as embodying ""river of filth"" tactics
    - and it appears they have not learned from that exposure . . .

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 22:58:43 2023
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by Labour
    standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 04:24:57 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:59:40 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by Labour
    standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.
    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .
    Past history and doesn't excuse Wood refusing to sell his airport shares for six bloody years. As usual Rich you lose because like every blind supporter of Labour your just a feral imbecile!

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Tue Jun 6 20:53:22 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 04:42:36 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> >>>wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>>> > >alone
    a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>>>> >his
    $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves >>>>> >incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and >>>>>in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply >>>>>to the
    left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>>Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the >>>>Labour
    standard of accountability.

    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >>>different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .
    Wood is a minister. Key is not. Today's people are what matters.
    Wood has been caught out. End of story.
    Key was Prime Minister when he was caught. ""Dirty Politics""
    identified the National Party as embodying ""river of filth"" tactics
    - and it appears they have not learned from that exposure . . .
    Wood should be fired. Period. Key did not benefit in any way from anything similar. You are lying.

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 13:41:22 2023
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 22:59:40 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by Labour
    standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.
    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    Key sold his Tranzrail shares in 2003. He did not own them when he became part of the government in 2008. Wood had beneficial ownership of his Airport shares while he was the government minister responsible for transport. You are a lying piece of shit.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Tony on Tue Jun 6 15:14:17 2023
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 8:53:25 AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 04:42:36 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>>wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>>> > >alone
    a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>>>> >his
    $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and
    in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply
    to the
    left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>>Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the >>>>Labour
    standard of accountability.

    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>>these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >>>held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >>>with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>>Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >>>different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were >>>thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is >>>probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .
    Wood is a minister. Key is not. Today's people are what matters.
    Wood has been caught out. End of story.
    Key was Prime Minister when he was caught. ""Dirty Politics""
    identified the National Party as embodying ""river of filth"" tactics
    - and it appears they have not learned from that exposure . . .
    Wood should be fired. Period. Key did not benefit in any way from anything similar. You are lying.
    Rich lying? Guess Labour must be back in the shitter for there ignoring of the cabinet manual to bring Rich out of Labours sewer of filth....

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to JohnO on Tue Jun 6 17:33:50 2023
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 8:41:23 AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 22:59:40 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by
    Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.
    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .
    Key sold his Tranzrail shares in 2003. He did not own them when he became part of the government in 2008. Wood had beneficial ownership of his Airport shares while he was the government minister responsible for transport. You are a lying piece of shit.
    This from a journalist more worthy of Hagar's reward: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-michael-wood-has-to-go/

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 21:02:34 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or is that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!!
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to JohnO on Tue Jun 6 21:00:18 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:06:44 AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html

    Considering how many times the useless bugger was asked about the shares I'd go with dishonest! Twelve bloody times he was asked about them and twelve times he lied! If that isn't dishonesty then Rich isn't a lying bastard!!!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 21:17:23 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .
    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2023/06/wood_vs_key_share_scandal_compared.html

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 21:19:01 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:59:40 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by Labour
    standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.
    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .
    Got a cite for this calumny Rich? Or are you just lying to try and excuse Wood's flagrant breach of the cabinet manual twelve bloody times!!!

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to Gordon on Wed Jun 7 21:20:46 2023
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>>cabinet minister.
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.

    Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to bowesjohn02@gmail.com on Thu Jun 8 09:00:44 2023
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:02:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or is that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!!
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    What did he John Key about? Plenty to the people of New Zealand, but
    the thread is not about John Key - do try to keep your obsessions
    under control. It has not been shown that Wood lied at all about his
    shares - he did not sell them however, despite being asked to do it a
    number of times.

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to Crash on Wed Jun 7 13:28:04 2023
    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>>cabinet minister.
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start >of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far. Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's just a PR
    joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 16:04:38 2023
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 9:01:41 AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:02:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or is that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!!
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares
    What did he John Key about? Plenty to the people of New Zealand, but
    the thread is not about John Key - do try to keep your obsessions
    under control. It has not been shown that Wood lied at all about his
    shares - he did not sell them however, despite being asked to do it a
    number of times.
    You (as usual) dragged Key into the thread. No mention in my post of him. Just the imbecilic feral Wood!
    Get help Rich! Your delusions and fear of John Key are feeding your insanity!

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 8 12:20:38 2023
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >> >>>cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start >> >of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.
    Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's just a
    PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.

    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 18:09:06 2023
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:21:38 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a
    cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far. >> Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's just a
    PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.
    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Follow your own demands Rich and get back on topic! The thread is about yet another useless, abusive Labour minister who doesn't think the cabinet manual is of importance to him. That is if he was capable of reading and comprehending it which is doubtful.
    ..

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 01:44:23 2023
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case. Therefore by Labour
    standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell
    the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not going to be pretty.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 01:47:33 2023
    On 2023-06-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>> >>>cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start >>> >of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.
    Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's just a
    PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.

    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .

    However Lbour has many known within their party... for all the wrong
    reasons.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to John Bowes on Thu Jun 8 01:56:13 2023
    On 2023-06-07, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:06:44 AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html

    Considering how many times the useless bugger was asked about the shares I'd go with dishonest! Twelve bloody times he was asked about them and twelve times he lied! If that isn't dishonesty then Rich isn't a lying bastard!!!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    While Wood is a fault for taking 2 years plus to sell the shares, it seems
    that the Cabinet Office should have followed up, which they did do, and then after the third request with out, yes all sold answer, they should have escualted it to the PM.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 18:23:01 2023
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:21:38 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a
    cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far. >> Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's just a
    PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.
    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2306/S00043/another-false-statement-means-wood-must-go.htm

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 02:56:00 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:02:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let
    alone a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>> >> >his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or is >>that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct >>ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!! >>https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    What did he John Key about? Plenty to the people of New Zealand, but
    the thread is not about John Key - do try to keep your obsessions
    under control. It has not been shown that Wood lied at all about his
    shares - he did not sell them however, despite being asked to do it a
    number of times.
    You introduced John Key into the thread. Why do you persist in doing such obnoxious things?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Thu Jun 8 02:56:57 2023
    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>>> >> >his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman >>>ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident >>>apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so >that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell
    the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth >running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not >going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 03:05:34 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a >>> >>>cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this
    government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start >>> >of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.
    Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the >>likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then >>consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 >>and 3 - that's just a PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions
    1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and >>tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.

    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Completely off topic. If you want to discuss National then start a new thread. This is about Wood and Labour.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to bowesjohn02@gmail.com on Thu Jun 8 19:15:22 2023
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 18:09:06 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:21:38?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a
    cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far. >> >> Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure
    to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's just
    a PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.
    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Follow your own demands Rich and get back on topic! The thread is about yet another useless, abusive Labour minister who doesn't think the cabinet manual is of importance to him. That is if he was capable of reading and comprehending it which is
    doubtful...
    Take that up with JohnO - he raised the issue of other Ministers that
    are not Michael Wood . . .

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu Jun 8 20:45:40 2023
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:02:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>>> >> >his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or is
    that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct >>>ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!! >>>https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    What did he John Key about? Plenty to the people of New Zealand, but
    the thread is not about John Key - do try to keep your obsessions
    under control. It has not been shown that Wood lied at all about his
    shares - he did not sell them however, despite being asked to do it a >>number of times.
    You introduced John Key into the thread. Why do you persist in doing such >obnoxious things?

    John Bowes introduced him - who else could "Mr "River of Filth" " be?
    Based on the disclosures in the book "Dirty Tricks" he realised that
    his time as a politician was over; he took his money and ran, but
    sadly National have gone back to that River, now using a range of
    other organisations do they can pretend not to be involved.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 8 21:01:36 2023
    On Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:49:26 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>>>>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>>>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>>>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >>>>>> held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >>>>>> with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>>>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman >>>>>ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >>>>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident >>>>>apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so >>>that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell >>>the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >>>Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth >>>running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not >>>going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and >proceeds donated to a charity.

    The issue of owning the shares has been solved but there are a number
    of other issues unresolved. Lying about that ownership and failing to
    act on 12 warnings is serious stuff that selling the shares will not
    solve.

    Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland >International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the >shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.

    Woods is a Cabinet Minister. Auckland Council were not involved in
    any way in the Woods share ownership fiasco.


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Thu Jun 8 20:40:14 2023
    On 8 Jun 2023 01:56:13 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-07, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9:06:44?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html

    Considering how many times the useless bugger was asked about the shares I'd go with dishonest! Twelve bloody times he was asked about them and twelve times he lied! If that isn't dishonesty then Rich isn't a lying bastard!!!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    While Wood is a fault for taking 2 years plus to sell the shares, it seems >that the Cabinet Office should have followed up, which they did do, and then >after the third request with out, yes all sold answer, they should have >escualted it to the PM.

    I agree Gordon; it seems the handover from Ardern to Hipkins did not
    cover this issue which is unfortunate.

    Interesting that a Councilor in Auckland admitted to owning $3 million
    of shares in the Auckland International Airport - but professional
    advice indicated this was not sufficient to have prevented him from
    voting on the proposed sale.

    Some policy work is clearly needed; to have it desirable that a
    shareholding of only $13,000 needs to be sold while in a similar
    situation a $3 million investment can be kept is a clear
    inconsistency. MPs should be able to keep investments, but the fiction
    of 'independently managed' trusts to hold them in has not been
    credible for at least 20 years. The situation is made more complicated
    by investments often having shared ownership. Regardless of which
    party is in power, nothing will ever satisfy an Opposition that all is
    as it should be; the whole issue is important enough in relation to
    trust in government - taxation on property gains has been a conflict
    issue for quite a while that is not helped by the perception that
    change is being held back by the high proportion of MPS that own
    investment properties.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu Jun 8 20:52:10 2023
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 03:05:34 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a
    cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this
    government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far. >>>> Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current
    Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure >>>> to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the >>>likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then
    consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2
    and 3 - that's just a PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions
    1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and >>>tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.

    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Completely off topic. If you want to discuss National then start a new thread. >This is about Wood and Labour.
    Just a response to JohnO - the Michael Wood issue was not about other
    Labour politicians, but I note that you had no objection to JohnO
    going off piste . . .

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu Jun 8 20:49:26 2023
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>>>> >> >his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>>>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman >>>>ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >>>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident >>>>apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so >>that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell >>the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >>Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth >>running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not >>going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and
    proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 8 03:16:32 2023
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 7:16:18 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 18:09:06 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:21:38?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a
    cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.
    Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current >> >> Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure >> >> to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's
    just a PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.
    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Follow your own demands Rich and get back on topic! The thread is about yet another useless, abusive Labour minister who doesn't think the cabinet manual is of importance to him. That is if he was capable of reading and comprehending it which is
    doubtful...
    Take that up with JohnO - he raised the issue of other Ministers that
    are not Michael Wood . . .
    Do stop being fucking stupid Rich! Just because you've once again made an utter bloody fool of yourself is no reason to go stupider than usual.
    After all YOU did a little cry about people going off topic which just showed us your still the biggest hypocrite in the ng and possibly NZ!

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 8 03:19:36 2023
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 8:46:39 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:02:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.


    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or is
    that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct >>>ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!! >>>https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    What did he John Key about? Plenty to the people of New Zealand, but
    the thread is not about John Key - do try to keep your obsessions
    under control. It has not been shown that Wood lied at all about his >>shares - he did not sell them however, despite being asked to do it a >>number of times.
    You introduced John Key into the thread. Why do you persist in doing such >obnoxious things?
    John Bowes introduced him - who else could "Mr "River of Filth" " be?
    Based on the disclosures in the book "Dirty Tricks" he realised that
    his time as a politician was over; he took his money and ran, but
    sadly National have gone back to that River, now using a range of
    other organisations do they can pretend not to be involved.
    Don't be an even bigger imbecile than usual! As you well know Wood is the "river of filth"! Key never made that sort of comment against people who didn't support his policies and_you_know_it! You knew perfectly well I wasn't talking about John Key the
    successful National PM who you felt threatened by because unlike you he's been successful in his life!

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 8 13:22:52 2023
    On Thursday, 8 June 2023 at 19:16:18 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 18:09:06 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:21:38?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone a
    cabinet minister.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far.
    Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current >> >> Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure >> >> to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. Then consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking 2 and 3 - that's
    just a PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet positions 1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.
    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Follow your own demands Rich and get back on topic! The thread is about yet another useless, abusive Labour minister who doesn't think the cabinet manual is of importance to him. That is if he was capable of reading and comprehending it which is
    doubtful...
    Take that up with JohnO - he raised the issue of other Ministers that
    are not Michael Wood . . .

    Directly related to the thread as Wood has been stood down and may well stay that way. You took a leap to completely unrelated territory. Understandable given you are getting destroyed, again, in the actual thread.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 20:20:13 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:00 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:02:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes >>><bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:58:19?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich with >>>>> >> >his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. That >>>>> >> >leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>>>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't >>>>> >>apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's the >>>>> >Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    But how many times did he lie about selling an investment Rich? TWELVE? Or >>>>is
    that all we can expect for Labours useless and ethicless moral defunct >>>>ministers? He should be cleaning the caucus toilet with his tongue!!! >>>>https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares

    What did he John Key about? Plenty to the people of New Zealand, but
    the thread is not about John Key - do try to keep your obsessions
    under control. It has not been shown that Wood lied at all about his >>>shares - he did not sell them however, despite being asked to do it a >>>number of times.
    You introduced John Key into the thread. Why do you persist in doing such >>obnoxious things?

    John Bowes introduced him - who else could "Mr "River of Filth" " be? Stupidity and off topic stuff removed.
    Mr River of Filth was obviously minister Wood. If you don't understand that then you are alone in this country.
    You introduced John Key as you do whenever you can - but pointlessly.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 20:23:50 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 03:05:34 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:04 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> >>>wrote:

    On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 21:20:47 UTC+12, Crash wrote:
    On 6 Jun 2023 03:10:37 GMT, Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-06-06, Tony <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    JohnO <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let alone >>>>> >>>a
    cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    The real question is this - is there an honest minister in this
    government?

    Maybe not, but the PM has stood Wood down. Points to the PM. It is a >>>>> >start
    of the Labour folks behaving properly.

    So now we can expect an apology. Maybe that would be a bridge too far. >>>>> Hipkins squirms:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/michael-wood-auckland-airport-shares-opposition-calls-for-sacking-after-revelations-asked-to-sell-shares-12-times/DD4IG7M7KJCIVI5Y3F3TRQRKTI/

    Seems Labour a bit short on the replacement talent for 6 months in
    Cabinet. Surprising in the largest Parliamentary caucus in MMP
    history.

    I am normally a fairly non-partisan commentator but with the current >>>>> Labour government, nationwide co-government and vast levels of failure >>>>> to deliver this is not possible.


    --
    Crash McBash

    They're already scraping the bottom of the caucus barrel already with the >>>>likes of Ginny Anderson in Police and Willow-Jean Prime in Conservation. >>>>Then
    consider the tokenistic presence of Sepuloni and Davis nominally at ranking >>>>2
    and 3 - that's just a PR joke. The government is being run by cabinet >>>>positions
    1, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 17. The rest are basically useless placeholders and >>>>tokens. The talent puddle is drying out in the sun.

    Easy jibes - The Opposition has David Seymour who is dragging votes
    from National but has no-one else in his party that is known, then
    Luxon and Willis - who disagree on policy, and Willis has taken over
    from Steven Joyce as having a $1.5 billion hole in their finances -
    yet to be explained other than by yet more spending cuts that they do
    not want to identify . . .
    Completely off topic. If you want to discuss National then start a new >>thread.
    This is about Wood and Labour.
    Just a response to JohnO - the Michael Wood issue was not about other
    Labour politicians, but I note that you had no objection to JohnO
    going off piste . . .
    You are the worst at that and you deserve to be singled out for it. JohnO rarely does it, you are a serial offender.

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  • From JohnO@21:1/5 to Tony on Thu Jun 8 13:25:29 2023
    On Friday, 9 June 2023 at 08:21:51 UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let
    alone a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich >>>>>> >> >with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. >>>>>> >> >That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't
    apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's >>>>>> >the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>>>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >>>>>> held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >>>>>> with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>>>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >>>>>> different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were >>>>>> thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman
    ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the >>>>>current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >>>>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare >>>>>shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious
    case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed
    from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident
    apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so
    that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell >>>the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >>>Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth
    running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not
    going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and >proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland >International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the >shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

    Hipkins is screwed either way. If he leaves Wood in place, he's a sitting duck for merciless opposition mocking through to the election. If he chops Wood, then Labour lose what they consider to be <cough> one of their better performing <cough> ministers.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 20:21:49 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let >>>>>> >> > >alone a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich >>>>>> >> >with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. >>>>>> >> >That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff >>>>>> >>and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't >>>>>> >>apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the >>>>>> >Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's >>>>>> >the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>>>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under >>>>>> independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >>>>>> held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >>>>>> with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>>>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine >>>>>> company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman >>>>>ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the >>>>>current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >>>>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare >>>>>shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious >>>>>case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed >>>>>from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident >>>>>apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so >>>that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell >>>the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >>>Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth >>>running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not >>>going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and >proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland >International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the >shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Jun 8 22:00:33 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 13:25:29 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Friday, 9 June 2023 at 08:21:51 UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>> >>>>>> wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP >>> >>>>>> >> > >let
    alone a cabinet minister.




    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich >>> >>>>>> >> >with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. >>> >>>>>> >> >That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading >>> >>>>>> >>stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules >>> >>>>>> >>don't
    apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach >>> >>>>>> >the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished.
    That's
    the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>> >>>>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust
    under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >>> >>>>>> held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >>> >>>>>> with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>> >>>>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island >>> >>>>>>wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >>> >>>>>> different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>> >>>>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition
    spokesman
    ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the >>> >>>>>current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >>> >>>>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare >>> >>>>>shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more
    serious
    case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be
    removed
    from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's
    resident
    apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all >>> >>>> the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history >>> >>>so
    that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then
    sell
    the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >>> >>>Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a
    smooth
    running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is >>> >>>not
    going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and
    proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland
    International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the
    shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't >>> think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

    Hipkins is screwed either way. If he leaves Wood in place, he's a sitting >>duck for merciless opposition mocking through to the election. If he chops >>Wood, then Labour lose what they consider to be <cough> one of their better >>performing <cough> ministers.

    Apparently the Auditor-General's office was involved in advice that a
    $3 million investment in Auckland International Airport (yes the same >company), was not sufficient to prevent the owner voting on whether
    Auckland should sell its stake in the company, and that there was no
    need for the $3m investment to be sold. One rule for on governing body
    and another for a different body?
    Completely irrelevant.
    The issue with Wood is his failure to do what he promised to do and had been requested to do by the appropriate parliamentary authority

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 9 09:44:38 2023
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 13:25:29 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Friday, 9 June 2023 at 08:21:51 UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let
    alone a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich >> >>>>>> >> >with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest. >> >>>>>> >> >That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't
    apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's >> >>>>>> >the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >> >>>>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >> >>>>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for
    different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >> >>>>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were
    thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman
    ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the >> >>>>>current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it >> >>>>>corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare
    shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious
    case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed
    from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident
    apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all
    the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so
    that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell >> >>>the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the >> >>>Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth
    running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not
    going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and
    proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland
    International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the
    shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't >> think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

    Hipkins is screwed either way. If he leaves Wood in place, he's a sitting duck for merciless opposition mocking through to the election. If he chops Wood, then Labour lose what they consider to be <cough> one of their better performing <cough>
    ministers.

    Apparently the Auditor-General's office was involved in advice that a
    $3 million investment in Auckland International Airport (yes the same
    company), was not sufficient to prevent the owner voting on whether
    Auckland should sell its stake in the company, and that there was no
    need for the $3m investment to be sold. One rule for on governing body
    and another for a different body?

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Tony on Thu Jun 8 15:04:10 2023
    On Friday, June 9, 2023 at 10:00:36 AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 13:25:29 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Friday, 9 June 2023 at 08:21:51 UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote: >>> >>>>>> >> On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote: >>> >>>>>> >> > On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP
    let
    alone a cabinet minister.




    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich
    with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest.
    That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading
    stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules
    don't
    apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach
    the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. >>> >>>>>> >That's
    the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust >>> >>>>>>under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were
    held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him
    with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island >>> >>>>>>wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >>> >>>>>> different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were >>> >>>>>> thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is >>> >>>>>> probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition
    spokesman
    ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the
    current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it
    corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare
    shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more >>> >>>>>serious
    case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be >>> >>>>>removed
    from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's >>> >>>>>resident
    apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all >>> >>>> the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history
    so
    that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then >>> >>>sell
    the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the
    Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a >>> >>>smooth
    running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is
    not
    going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and >>> >proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland >>> >International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the
    shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't
    think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

    Hipkins is screwed either way. If he leaves Wood in place, he's a sitting >>duck for merciless opposition mocking through to the election. If he chops >>Wood, then Labour lose what they consider to be <cough> one of their better
    performing <cough> ministers.

    Apparently the Auditor-General's office was involved in advice that a
    $3 million investment in Auckland International Airport (yes the same >company), was not sufficient to prevent the owner voting on whether >Auckland should sell its stake in the company, and that there was no
    need for the $3m investment to be sold. One rule for on governing body
    and another for a different body?
    Completely irrelevant.
    The issue with Wood is his failure to do what he promised to do and had been requested to do by the appropriate parliamentary authority

    Just a distraction from someone blindly supporting our kakistocatic government :)

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Fri Jun 9 10:42:35 2023
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 22:00:33 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 13:25:29 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Friday, 9 June 2023 at 08:21:51 UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>>>> wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote: >>>> >>>>>> >> > On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP >>>> >>>>>> >> > >let
    alone a cabinet minister.




    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich
    with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest.
    That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading >>>> >>>>>> >>stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules >>>> >>>>>> >>don't
    apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach
    the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished.
    That's
    the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along >>>> >>>>>> these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust >>>> >>>>>>under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >>>> >>>>>> held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >>>> >>>>>> with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and >>>> >>>>>> Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island >>>> >>>>>>wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >>>> >>>>>> different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been >>>> >>>>>> involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were >>>> >>>>>> thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is >>>> >>>>>> probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition
    spokesman
    ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the
    current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it
    corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare >>>> >>>>>shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more >>>> >>>>>serious
    case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be >>>> >>>>>removed
    from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's
    resident
    apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all >>>> >>>> the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history
    so
    that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then >>>> >>>sell
    the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the
    Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a >>>> >>>smooth
    running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is >>>> >>>not
    going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and >>>> >proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland
    International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the
    shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't
    think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

    Hipkins is screwed either way. If he leaves Wood in place, he's a sitting >>>duck for merciless opposition mocking through to the election. If he chops >>>Wood, then Labour lose what they consider to be <cough> one of their better >>>performing <cough> ministers.

    Apparently the Auditor-General's office was involved in advice that a
    $3 million investment in Auckland International Airport (yes the same >>company), was not sufficient to prevent the owner voting on whether >>Auckland should sell its stake in the company, and that there was no
    need for the $3m investment to be sold. One rule for on governing body
    and another for a different body?
    Completely irrelevant.
    The issue with Wood is his failure to do what he promised to do and had been >requested to do by the appropriate parliamentary authority

    Correct - and it matters far more when a Cabinet Minister is involved
    (Cabinet runs government) compared to an Auckland Councilor (a
    significant but regional government).


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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 8 15:49:14 2023
    On Friday, June 9, 2023 at 9:45:37 AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 13:25:29 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Friday, 9 June 2023 at 08:21:51 UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:56:57 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Gordon <Gor...@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2023-06-06, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:44:27 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >> >>>> wrote:

    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 14:58:19 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:23:14 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <john...@gmail.com> >> >>>>>> wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 10:35:59 UTC+12, John Bowes wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:17:15?AM UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    On Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 09:06:44 UTC+12, JohnO wrote:
    Incompetent or dishonest - either way he's unfit to be an MP let
    alone a cabinet minister.



    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/michael-wood-in-hot-water-over-holding-auckland-airport-shares-national-alleges-breach-of-rules.html
    David Seymour has pointed out that Wood can't make himself rich
    with
    his $13k of shares despite his ministerial conflict of interest.
    That leaves
    incompetence.
    Can't be JohnO! It's fairly obvious Labour believe that reading stuff
    and in particular the Cabinet manual is unnecessary as the rules don't
    apply to
    the left!

    Based on how the Nash saga went, Mr "River of Filth" gets to breach the
    Cabinet Manual at least two more times before being punished. That's
    the Labour
    standard of accountability.
    john Key is long gone from Parliament. He had a few incidents along
    these lines with claiming that as he had put is investment trust under
    independent investment management he had no idea what holding were >> >>>>>> held. I certainly appeared that his "lawyer" friend who helped him >> >>>>>> with international trust 'arrangements' knew what was going on, and
    Key himself clearly thought he still had shares in a South Island wine
    company; and of course he was still able to discuss prospects for >> >>>>>> different companies with business 'friends' that just may have been
    involved in investment decisions on his behalf. Perhaps you were >> >>>>>> thinking of Key with your 'river of filth' comment, but that is
    probably going a little far even for you JohnO . . .

    We are discussing a cabinet minister in 2023, not an opposition spokesman
    ten years ago, you brainless little shit stain. Try to catch up to the
    current
    decade.
    But now that you have brought it into the discussion, Cullen called it
    corruption back then, when an opposition MP didn't correctly declare >> >>>>>shares. If
    so then a minister with direct responsibility would be a far more serious
    case.
    Therefore by Labour standards this is corruption and Wood will be removed
    from
    the house. No? OK, just more rank hypocrisy from Labour and it's resident
    apologist then.

    John Key was Prime Minister when it all blew up - together with all >> >>>> the fuss about tax avoidance through overseas trusts . . .

    We can not g back into the past. It should have been assigned to history so
    that we are able to move on. MP Wood's inability to declare and then sell
    the shares with in a reasonable time is current. He/they are part of the
    Government and there are rules which Govenment must obey to enable a smooth
    running of the country.

    The PM now to fire or support the stood down Minister, either way it is not
    going to be pretty.
    After this fiasco it doesn't deserve to be pretty.

    It wasn't pretty; but it has now been closed; the shares were sold and >> >proceeds donated to a charity. Of more interest now is where the
    Auckland Council end up with the proposed sale of shares in Auckland
    International Airport - which is the issue that probably led to the
    shareholdings by Wood and others being identified.
    No, of most interest now is whether Wood will be held accountable - I don't
    think Hipkins will do that - not surprising for this governmen.

    Hipkins is screwed either way. If he leaves Wood in place, he's a sitting duck for merciless opposition mocking through to the election. If he chops Wood, then Labour lose what they consider to be <cough> one of their better performing <cough>
    ministers.
    Apparently the Auditor-General's office was involved in advice that a
    $3 million investment in Auckland International Airport (yes the same company), was not sufficient to prevent the owner voting on whether
    Auckland should sell its stake in the company, and that there was no
    need for the $3m investment to be sold. One rule for on governing body
    and another for a different body?
    It has obviously slipped what passes for your mind rich,. But Wood was in breech of the cabinet manual and had been told to ditch the shares TWELVE times!
    If the Auckland councilors had a vestige of ethics they'd remove themselves from being able to vote on the issue because of their conflict of interest!
    You of course wouldn't understand what a conflict of interest is...

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