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NZ's former deputy Prime Minister banned from Parliament · The Slippery Slope

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  Now, one of the things I want to discuss today as well, talking
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  about Free Speech, this story came up and it's what happened
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  in New Zealand. A couple of days ago, leaves me
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  speechless at this kind of thing can happen in New Zealand, but
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  really we've seen the decay of of democracy in New Zealand over
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  the last couple of years. And I lay the blame squarely at
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  the feet of their prime minister, just into our Dune.
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  I don't think she's a good leader, okay?
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  And but, hey, as I've said before, is in another episode,
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  there is no coincidence that she is also being a part of the
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  Klaus Schwab School of school of leaders can remember, was called
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  though. I've done another episode.
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  I'll put a link up for that in the description here.
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  I didn't episode of that late last year about about people,
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  who've attended the Klaus Schwab School of leadership and she was
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  being a part of that. And it's no coincidence that she
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  After taking that is, now, is another prime minister of New
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  Zealand. And I don't think she's a good,
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  a good advocate for for real democracy.
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  Like she's just a dictator in Disguise.
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  Anyway, this headline comes from the guardian and says the New
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  Zealand's. Former deputy prime minister has
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  been banned from Parliament for visiting anti-vaccine, mandate
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  protest. So if you remember, if you might
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  have seen on news, there was a big protest going on in New
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  Zealand. Zealand and near their
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  Parliament for a long attacking is actually on their Parliament
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  grounds for quite a long period. So the article goes on to say
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  that. So the former deputy prime
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  minister Winston Peters has been banned from Parliament grounds
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  for two years. For visiting anti-vaccine
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  mandate protesters, who occupied the grounds.
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  The weeks-long February protests which are modeled on the
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  Canadian truckers Freedom Convoy.
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  They took over Parliament grounds and blocked off a number
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  of surrounding streets. In the days of the occupation
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  speaker issued a trespass. Notice to all attendees, but
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  efforts by please disperse, the Gathering were repeatedly
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  repelled until it's ended into a violent Riot with at least 40
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  injured, while tense, piles of rubble and a playground were set
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  flame. So, L it was Deputy Prime
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  Minister in adjusting the audience first coalition.
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  Government had visited the occupation in its early days and
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  he was saying I hope to encourage the protesters to
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  demand that, they be heard. So Peters on Tuesday, said, he
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  had received a two-year trespass.
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  Notice for that. Visit blaming house Speaker,
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  Trevor Mallard for the decision, he is quoted.
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  But as saying at this state Peters is quoted as saying this
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  dictate. Toriel Behavior should be
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  reserved for third-world banana. Republics in a statement quoted
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  by news Hub, what's more astounding?
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  Is that the Speaker of the House of Representatives in our
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  country could possibly attempt to trespass, former members of
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  parliament of whom some, our leaders of political parties
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  planning to run against the sitting government in another 18
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  months time. So in there was there's a
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  difference between Those have visited the precinct and those
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  who took on active part in the protest he added which it seems
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  that. That's all he did.
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  He went there and just visits to the precinct, the voiced, his
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  support for these people, okay? And everyone should be allowed
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  to voice your support. Voice your opinion on these
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  things. So Peters, lost his
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  parliamentary spot after his party failed to win, five
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  percent of the votes but says he intends to run in the next
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  election. So, he's not the only one to
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  receive trespass. Notice X National Party, MP math
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  King, who also plans to run in the next New Zealand election.
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  With the newly formed democracy NZ party.
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  He's received the notice in late April violation, of the notices
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  could result in a fine of up to one thousand dollars or up to
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  three months. Three months, imprisonment.
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  Wow. For attending for attending a
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  protest. How ridiculous is that?
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  So in New Zealand, the speaker had responsibility for
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  parliament's grounds and buildings.
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  Mallard gender generated headlines for his unusual.
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  Tactics in trying, to evict the protesters from the lon,
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  including turning on the sprinklers and Blasting very
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  mellow lasting Barry Manilow from parliament's loudspeakers
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  often. Those tactics appeared backfire
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  galvanizing rather than discouraging the crowds So doing
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  a z prime minister Cinder at the end.
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  She's told stuff to news article over there.
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  So prime minister just ended a journalist old stuff, which is
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  am media outlet that the decision rested with Melody.
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  But she had asked that he discussed the decision with all
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  parties to try to reach consensus.
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  Ultimately this does suit with the speaker, but I think it is
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  useful. This is just into the doing
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  speaking quoting her. You're saying, but I think is
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  useful for parties to be able to hear him out about how he came
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  to the decision and to make a joint decision as much as
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  they're able to about whether or not MPS should ultimately be
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  treated differently than everyone else.
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  Millard did not respond to requests for comment.
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  Okay, so first off there is no condemnation coming from our
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  dough cheese stated that she just asked him to discuss it
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  with other with the rest of the political parties there in New
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  Zealand. It does seem that this is just a
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  blatant attack on the freedom of speech, a blatant attack on
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  freedom of opinion. You cannot even go and support
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  people who would think differently?
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  How dare you think differently than what the Prime Minister
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  would want you to think how dare you stand up and voice your
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  opinion on the mandates? And dare you not go along with
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  these decisions that she has made.
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  The mandates that she is brought in.
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  And enforced. How dare you stand up for your
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  rights in the country and you will be banned from Parliament.
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  Which, in my mind Parliament is open Parliament, has been paid
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  for by the public New Zealand's, not that different from
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  Australia. Okay?
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  Parliament. The Parliament building the
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  grounds they're publicly funded, they're not a private entity,
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  just Cinder a Dern or this mallard.
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  They might be in charge, he might be in charge and make the
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  rules. But as Public Funding, that
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  brought about this, the construction of the building
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  these grounds, the upkeep of the grounds, that's all Public
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  Funding taxpayer money and to be able to ban people, to be able
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  to be in MPS to be able to be in a former deputy prime minister
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  because they have voiced their opinion because their voice
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  their support because they are standing up for free speech
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  because They're standing up for freedom of thought because they
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  are standing up for their constituents that's despicable.
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  And we are seeing the constant erosion of free speech, the
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  constant erosion of free thought.
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  If you do not go along with what the government says, with
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  thought the government dictates, well, this is, they are falling
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  into a Banana Republic. Dare, I say it.
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  A police state. New Zealand and Australia both
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  running, absolutely running towards becoming a police state.
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  We need to be on guard against these kinds of attacks on our
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  democracies and not allow them to.
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  Just be swept under the carpet. Keep putting them in the
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  spotlight, keep putting the dictators, like just into a Dern
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  under the spotlight. Keep questioning her actions,
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  her behaviors, keep looking at her, her past and questioning
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  How she got into how she got into Power?
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  What is it about her past that got her there.
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  What is it about? Her connection with Klaus
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  Schwab. What is it about their disdain
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  for free speech? Or their disdain for anyone?
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  That would argue against the way they think and against the
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  things that they want? Why is it that these people make
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  these mandates then do and they do not want anyone to argue
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  against it. You're not allowed to have your
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  own opinion, that is not a free. Speech.
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  That is not a free nation, that is not democracy.
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  We are on the ultimate slippery slope and as I keep saying, we
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  need to keep our politicians honest.
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  We need to keep the pressure on and questioning me.
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  We need to keep them honest. That's my opinion fight for free
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  speech. This country is only free
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  because people have shed Blood, Sweat, and Tears to help make it
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  so. So do not discard the pain and
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  the effort that people have gone through so that we can have a
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  free Nation. Do not discard card that we need
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  to stand up for our right of speech, at, right of free
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  thought and hold our politicians accountable for their actions.
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  That's my opinion. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery slope.