Still voting
September 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm by David FarrarI was surprised to see a report that Chris Carter had voted against the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill.
He arrived in Kabul two weeks ago.
But no it seems his resignation is timed to not occur until the end of the September.
So is it proper for the Greens to be casting a proxy vote on behalf of an MP who has left New Zealand and is now working for the UN in Kabul?
And isn’t it a fitting end to Chris’ parliamentary career that he is double dipping – being paid his parliamentary salary as well as his UN salary for a few weeks.
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September 28th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Lets hope the SAS trooper just killed in Kabul wasn’t lost helping protect the disgusting troughers useless arse.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
We have highly paid bureaucrats running round checking election signs and leaflets to protect the sensitivities of the fragile voter while a trougher like this with the hide of a rhinocerus keeps on voting and pocketing taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars as unearned salary along with the quarter million tax-free salary we have been told he is earning from the UN.
Sickening.
The workers’ flag is truly deepest red – with embarrassment.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
johnboy says: “…helping protect the disgusting troughers useless arse…”
There goes my coffee – over the desk, keyboard, papers, everywhere.
Not a bad turn of phrase, Johnboy.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Glad you liked it.
It seemed……appropriate somehow!
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
One, in a haze of utter stupidity, could possibly think an honourable politician would vote on what he is informed about – but, No, I have to be wrong on several fucking levels here … Merde!
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
And if there is a hint of corruption in Kabul, we can be confident that Chris will get to the bottom of it….
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
One final “fuck you, suckers” gesture from Carter to the long suffering taxpayers of NZ.
Carter is all class.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Meanwhile in a government ministry in Kabul, an Afghan Minister and ex-warlord is surprised to discover a philosophy of entitlement that lets him travel the world with his partner, charge personal costs to the Afghan government, and to escape media scrutiny by hiding in a colleague’s office. “Thank goodness I met this UN bloke”, he says. But in Urdu or Pashtu or whatever Afghans speak.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Is he legally resident in NZ or elsewhere? If elsewhere, then is he entitled to sit in parliament? If NZ, then do we get to tax his UN salary? The UN salary was described as being tax free, but I don’t see how that applies if he is still a legal NZ resident.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 2:56 pm
just sad. im sure chris didnt start out a total scumbag. wonder what pushed him over the edge?
stoked hes gone. dont mind hes working in some shit hole for the UN. wont be happy if he gets a job with mummy in new york
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
We shall inform the Taliban Chrissy voted this way. Beware of the turbans.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Didn’t he announce that he was specifically not going to double dip? i am sure the media had a statement from him saying he was leaving early and would miss out on extra money because he did not believe in double dipping (the irony of his entire tenure in parliament escaping him).
so either he bareface lied to NZ (again), or the greens are using his vote that they have no right to do.
considering the honour of either group, anything is possible.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I/S blogged this a few days ago.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his armpits.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Don’t hold back bob.
Vote:September 28th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
A little off-topic, but I wonder what he said/did to Helen to get himself landed in Kabul?
Surely given her position she could have found a New York trough for him if she’d really wanted to?
Vote:September 29th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
His UN tax free perqusite is a precurser to New York, when Helen gets round to it.
As a NZ citizen should he not be taxed as such ? particularly as he eans his US$250,000 pa, pay plus, tax free.
Vote:September 29th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
What a prick.
I only hope karma unleashes a whole lot of hurt on this leech.
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