Completely Weened.

@secondzeit Depends on gonad size and how much you value your independence.

I wonder if us mainstream journalists will be allowed to say this too, next time someone complains

Sign the petition: Repay The Risk together.org.nz/repay_the_risk…

@bobbyjo_sing @carlworker @frankie2258 When did it last make a difference?

@carlworker @frankie2258 Being a member of the UN is not about profit, it's about security & having a voice. Jones seeking to isolate New Zealand is foolish.

Shane Jones knows better than this. A loser proposition to pull NZ out of the UN system. And imagine Winston without his annual jolly to UNGA in New York!

@VuocoloRiz Cunts are often quite useful. Clearly you are not.

ani obrien has been a busy little cunt

@nettieg3 The point being made is . . . . ????

@tukakimatt Why would he want to speak in someone else's echo chamber. He knows how to reach his audience.

None of this sits comfortably with me. As the leader of a nation, you don’t get to pick and choose who you speak to. You are there to speak on behalf of all of us — and to all of us. Like it or not, that’s one of the central pillars of our democracy. When a Prime Minister only talks to who he wants, we call that an echo chamber. But this is bigger than just the PM. This is about democracy, full stop. When you don’t get what you want and instead go on the attack — and we’re seeing that play out right now with the state broadcaster — you have to ask: what’s really going on? Let that sink in. The state broadcaster. Whether it’s the noise around Maiki Sherman or avoiding platforms like Q+A, it’s starting to look less like leadership and more like a childlike tantrum straight out of the Trump playbook. And here’s the real risk — this is how bloggers and influencers fill the gap. They’re not journalists. In the case of Maiki Sherman, the spark came from a blogger who wasn’t even present. A year-old story, suddenly revived and amplified — eagerly picked up by a Minister of Finance ready to run with it. That’s not leadership. That’s opportunism. We should expect better. We must expect better. Grow up, Prime Minister.

@Strange_G Can't think of any. Maybe their selection panels are so disconnected now that they have no ability to recognise the credentials and attributes necessary for political leadership.

Here we go Ideal national leader If you don’t like my choices then put yours in comments.

@NuZillund @NMowbray23 @aniobrien On a much smaller scale, but the reason @Elon Musk felt the need to buy this platform.

@NMowbray23 @aniobrien On one side, private citizens speaking truth and helping each other out On the other side, the public service helping themselves to our taxes to persecute private citizens who tell the truth about them

READ: aniobrien.substack.com/p/the-media-la… "Here am I in the bizarre situation of simultaneously receiving aggressive legal correspondence about my Substack article while the sender of that correspondence is relying on that same piece in order to publish its own reports on the matter."

@kaiviti_cam NZF seem to be the current political chess champions by a big margin. National are on the ropes, where they deserve to be.

I'm surprised about the Nats, when you think about it, the ONLY thing they have had a multi-decade strategic plan in motion for is the denigration of Winston Peters. No wonder they can't ever get anything done when they eventually get a turn in the big chair. There doesn't seem to be any off ramp either. You'd think they'd have learned, but no.

@secondzeit Just another biased journo getting their card marked.

How funny that the story about Maiki Sherman from nearly a year ago should appear just as she’s banned from Parliament and the PM cancels his Breakfast appearances

@kaiviti_cam Watch them go down in an even larger screaming heap.

Confirmed National are doing what they always do, turning on NZ First. Willis is leading the charge (mainly to undermine Luxon as a bonus). And National voters are surprised when NZ First goes with Labour? Wait for English to stick his oar in as well. This has been National's tactic for 30+ years and they are rolling it out again. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

@secondzeit One can equally argue that there is nothing private about parliament.

Richard Harman backs Maiki: "If I insult somebody at a private party in Parliament, then it's got nothing to do with my journalism or that person's political performance." thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360994…

@secondzeit @anni3ru0k You wish.

@anni3ru0k I know it’s bullshit

Mark Ruffalo did it??

@matt_horncastle That won't happen if his main coalition partner stops dropping the ball. The drift to NZF is beyond palpable now.

I still struggle to trust that Winston Peters will not put the left back in power again. You really need to vote national or act.

@AgentSmith_NZ @aniobrien Arthur Daly played by George Cole was a hustler. The word doesn't suggest trust and honessty.

@aniobrien I must be old, please educate me as to what the issue is. When I went to school it was used to describe hard work / ambition. Clearly it must mean something else now

Comms team, please retire the word “hustling”.

@secondzeit Why?

I hope New Zealand’s Breakfast TV has nothing to do with this

@volante_el @secondzeit 🤣🤣Tell him what you really think.

@secondzeit Fuck you. WWI was a genocide of white men. Eat a dick you scum bag homo.

Lest we forget war is supposed to be about white men

@kaiviti_cam The best argument for not appearing would be audience size. Almost like addressing an empty room.

Luxon bailing on TVNZ Breakfast is classic "don't like the questions, kill the interview." Tova O'Brien asks actual questions, so Luxon's office cites "inappropriate conduct" and runs to RNZ/Newstalk ZB where the hosts are friendlier. Then lodges a formal complaint for good measure. This isn't about media strategy. It's about avoiding accountability. If you can't handle Monday morning breakfast TV, how are you handling the actual job? #NZPol

@the_salty_one_ 🤣🤣

This must be the first time anyone has pulled out of Tova.

@winstonpeters 🤣🤣

Well. Seeing as you are currently on 1% I would tend to agree with you on that.