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March 23, 2017 1:00pm by David Farrar

Nasty prick of a Green MP

What a nasty prick Browning shows himself to be.

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Antoine

Looks like kinda homeopathic blood too
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March 23, 2017 1:04pm
- mikenmild
  
  It is actually one drop of blood from an Ebola case who recovered diluted in a litre of water (potentisation) and whacked ten times with a stick (succussion) to achieve the correct level of efficacy.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:10pm
  - cmm
    
    It didn’t seem to cure dickness. Maybe he should have hit it twice!
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:12pm
Viking2

That should raise a complaint with the speaker surely.
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March 23, 2017 1:04pm
- Keeping Stock
  
  It already has.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:09pm
  - ztev
    
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    keeping in touch with things that are important to everyday kiwis Shopkeeper ?
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:13pm
    - Keeping Stock
      
      Fuck off with your childish name-calling ztev. If, for example, Christopher Bishop or Todd Barclay had posted something like this, you would be all over them like a dose of the pox. Browning doesn’t get a free pass because he supports your team.
      
      What he posted was deeply offensive, especially to service-people and their families. Three generations of my family have gone to war for New Zealand, and in the case of my father and grandfather, their lives were irrepairably changed as a result. So stuck you smart-arse crap where the sun doesn’t shine.
      
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      March 23, 2017 1:17pm
      - GazzaW
        
        To ztrev.
        
        Your adored leader and deputy leader crossed the floor to be the first to congratulate John Key at the conclusion of his speech. What an ungracious prick you are in comparison.
        
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        March 23, 2017 1:56pm
      - ztev
        
        Touchy wuchy are we.
        What the hell has it to do with your families service.
        Complaining to the Speaker , what a wuzz.
        people are sleeping in the streets and you are the headmaster from hell.
        
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        March 23, 2017 7:54pm
    - rightoverlabour
      
      3 more and oblivion…..
      
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      March 23, 2017 1:50pm
      - G152
        
        Just short circuit the count, he’ll be going to earn the last two strikes anyway
        
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        March 23, 2017 3:26pm
    - Souvlaki
      
      There’s an arsehole born everyminute Ztev!
      
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      March 23, 2017 1:52pm
    - markm
      
      Your still trying to find your real father ztev/ Trev ,aren’t you
      From your regular posts it’s clear that you need to start looking in “institutions”
      
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      March 23, 2017 3:08pm
    - Pateke
      
      Low blow dear boy
      Perhaps find another blog site?
      
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      March 23, 2017 5:23pm
- Boris Piscina
  
  Taking photos in the chamber always used to be a no-no, has that changed by any chance?
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:20pm
- Keeping Stock
  
  This is what I wrote to the Speaker and to his office this morning:
  
  Dear Mr Speaker
  
  Along with many New Zealanders, I watched the former Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. John Key make his valedictory statement early last evening. It was a memorable occasion.
  
  Last night, I became aware that not every MP shared the same sentiments as I did. Green Party MP Steffan Browning posted the following on Facebook: (copy of Browning’s post inserted)
  
  Although Mr Browning has subsequently removed the post from social media copies remain and are doing the rounds of the internet this morning. I personally found his remarks about the former PM deeply offensive, especially given that three generations of my family have seen active service for their country. I note too that both you and the Clerk of the House are clearly visible in Browning’s photograph.
  
  I am aware that there are rules over the taking and publication of photographs within the Debating Chamber. Would you kindly confirm whether Mr Browning has breached Standing Orders by the publication of this offensive photograph and Facebook post, and if so, whether I as a member of the public have any recourse to complain. Alternatively, this may be a matter for his peers.
  
  Whilst I was deeply offended by Mr Browning’s post, I respect that he has a right to free speech. However, I doubt that exempts him from following rules established by yourself and your predecessors. Accordingly, I look forward to your response.
  
  Steffan Browning’s actions last night disgusted me. The fact that he deleted his post after an hour or so suggests he realised he had crossed a line.
  
  At the very least, I would like to see him apologise to the House this afternoon for bringing it into disrepute. The fact that he published the post on his MP Facebook page rather than his personal one (see DPF’s photo above) is an aggravating factor.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:32pm
  - David Garrett
    
    KS: Very well said. I was unaware of the photograph aspect (I suppose it was obvious really). If I remember correctly anyone can take a photo in the House when it is NOT in session, but a quick perusal of Standing Orders does not seem to cover photographs taken in the House while sitting. Someone with a sharper eye and more time may correct me.
    
    Members are certainly not permitted to use cellphones in the chamber – probably the Standing Order most often ignored – and presumably Browning used his cell to take a photo of the “blood”.
    
    I will be very interested in the Speaker’s response to your complaint, which no doubt you will share with us.
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:15pm
    - Kimbo
      
      I’d be interested, DG, in your response as a former MP used to political rough-and-tumble, to a comparison of criticism of Jacinda Ardern’s “achievements” by Nikki Kaye and John Key’s “legacy” by Steffan Browning. My thinking that it was a matter of timing.
      
      Ardern is a newly minted- deputy leader of the opposition, and a key asset in their upcoming election. In contrast, Key was giving his valedictory address, which is a time for non-partisan reflection and farewells.
      
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      March 23, 2017 2:22pm
      - Kimbo
        
        To clarify, I don’t agree with Browning’s critique, but I can see why, if Key was still PM, the Greens would decide to go all-in with the “baby killer” accusation. That is in line with their reasons why they don’t think we should be involved in Afghanistan. Fair enough, that is their viewpoint and they represent a constituency that thinks and feels that way.
        
        But to do it when Key is giving a good-natured and affable summary of his time as a parliamentarian? Not Marquis of Queensbury rules…
        
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        March 23, 2017 2:32pm
    - Keeping Stock
      
      I have now received a reply DG:
      
      Thank you for your email dated 23 March 2017 regarding an image posted by Green Party MP Steffan Browning.
      
      I note that Mr Browning has taken down the image from his social media channels.
      
      I personally thought it was a tasteless action by Mr Browning.
      
      However, ultimately the actions of all Members and their political parties will be judged during the upcoming General Election in September.
      
      Should you still have concerns regarding Mr Browning’s conduct, I suggest you contact the Member directly to raise your concerns with him.
      
      Kind regards,
      
      Rt Hon David Carter
      Speaker of the House of Representatives
      
      I will be taking the Rt. Hon. Speaker’s advice, and making sure during the election campaign that people are reminded that the Greens are indeed the Nasty Party.
      
      Browning is not alone in this of course; Gareth Hughes is a serial hippy-crite, and Meteria Turei has a very prominent nasty streak. They hide behind a shield of sanctimony, but when push comes to shove, certain Green Party MP’s are as venal as the Rt Hon. Winston Peters.
      
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      March 23, 2017 3:47pm
      - RF
        
        KS. I agree and will consider it my duty and privilege to remind all my friends and colleagues of what this turkey and his coven stand for.
        
        I must admit I am having trouble putting my feelings into words as these green things are just scum and unworthy of serious attention.
        
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        March 23, 2017 4:09pm
      - Swifty
        
        Good on you KS.
        
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        March 23, 2017 4:33pm
      - ztev
        
        basically hes told Shopkeeper to not waste his time, in parliamentary terms of course.
        
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        March 23, 2017 7:59pm
      - Keeping Stock
        
        You’re so clever ztev; not.
        
        Haven’t you got work to do for one of your MP’s? Maybe Grant needs someone to sneak out and buy a couple of snapper for when the coup happens.
        
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        March 23, 2017 9:05pm
  - Steve Wrathall
    
    Is that a watermelon smoothie?
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:49pm
David Garrett

Viking: No….having a glass of guava juice on your desk is not in breach of standing orders…And the asshole behaviour took place outside the House.

What a piece of shit.
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March 23, 2017 1:07pm
- cmm
  
  I’d have thought drinking guava juice would be in breach of Greenness.
  
  Guava juice is mostly sourced from some place where workers are exploited (except free trade guava juice I suppose). Lots of native forests chopped down to make the guava orchards. Then it needs a a whole lot of carbon for processing and transport.
  
  What’s wrong with kiwifruit juice?
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:15pm
- Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes
  
  Well said ! No doubt he will be heralded a hero over at the stranded…….
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:17pm
Mighty_Kites

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Steffan Browning is a dick, but your response to the civilian deaths wasn’t much better
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March 23, 2017 1:07pm
- cmm
  
  What did DPF say that offends you so deeply?
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:10pm
Peter

If a teenager did that, we’d deem it childish.

A Green, you say?

I can’t say I’m surprised.
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March 23, 2017 1:07pm
Inandout

Terrorist hugging arsehole!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCHp4eoVL0Q
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March 23, 2017 1:07pm
labrator

Should’ve bought a baby on a plate along for all the validity his logic has.
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March 23, 2017 1:07pm
cmm

How many innocent deaths would his homeopathic cure for Ebola have caused?

PMs are in the unenviable position of having a duty to make calls on military actions which can go awry. Shit happens. Unfortunately when bullets and high explosives are involved, people sometimes get dead.

Fucking arsehole!
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March 23, 2017 1:07pm
Rich Prick

Wow, I mean just wow. The Greens’ hatred must run pretty deep.
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March 23, 2017 1:08pm
- Richard
  
  Bitterness and hatred. Its the Green Party way…..
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:11pm
- rangitoto
  
  Green party “values”
  
  “Engage respectfully without personal attacks”
  
  Will the Green party leaders call him out or just demonstrate they are scum cut from the same cloth.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:49pm
Longknives

Browning’s ‘Legacy’ is that of a useless bludging List MP whose only claim to fame before now was that he thinks we should use Homeopathy to cure Ebola.
I doubt Key would lose much sleep over this..
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March 23, 2017 1:09pm
Swifty

As even Chris Trotter concedes, conservatives are always much nicer people. 🙂
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March 23, 2017 1:12pm
- ztev
  
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  And Donald Trump is ..?
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:15pm
  - Swifty
    
    No idea, never met the bloke.
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:17pm
    - ztev
      
      So you met Comrade Trotter then to hear his words of wisdom
      
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      March 23, 2017 2:03pm
      - Swifty
        
        What? No, I read it on one of his blog posts.
        
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        March 23, 2017 2:58pm
      - Que Mr Fawlty
        
        Thanks for confirming that trev
        
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        March 23, 2017 4:36pm
  - Inandout
    
    By all accounts a good bloke. And Hillary Clinton is..?
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:18pm
    - Ed Snack
      
      Apparently, one on one, utterly despicable unless you have a lot (and I mean a lot) of money – then she’s very deferential.
      
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      March 23, 2017 1:55pm
  - Tarquin North
    
    A businessman turned politician who is doing what he promised. Obviously a bit deep for you Trev. Why do lefties always try to play the man not the ball?
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:19pm
    - Swifty
      
      Because often that’s all they’ve got.
      
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      March 23, 2017 1:29pm
      - sooty
        
        In his case he has no balls!
        
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        March 23, 2017 1:48pm
  - Liberty
    
    A racist bigot . There is a few NZF disciples on this blog who think the sun shines out of him. Then they have a history of being sucked in by charlatans.
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:49pm
    - Bob R
      
      @ Liberty,
      
      As Ben Stein said, Obama is the most racist President in history. Trump is a good guy who simply puts US citizens first. This is a shock to open-borders shills.
      
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      March 23, 2017 2:14pm
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Better than you and Trump will have a job on September 24, 25, 26 . . . .
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:08pm
Monty

Looks like watermelon juice

Greens could be part of government people. Remember that a vote for the greens is a vote for full blown socialism
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March 23, 2017 1:12pm
- cmm
  
  I think you are right. Guava juice is far more opaque than that.
  
  And watermellon would be far more fitting for a Green on the outside, commie on the inside Greenie.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:18pm
  - Inandout
    
    If it is guava juice it will almost always be South African, and guess who produce the bulk of the fruit?
    
    http://www.guavaproducers.co.za/index.html
    
    Oh no, Afrikaaners….Greens drinking it….oh no.
    
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    March 23, 2017 1:54pm
Happychappy

Coming from a person that would never win a Electorate seat that would be par for the course and would be up there with the most stupendous comments to go with his Ebola stuff up to be made in Parliament. Mind you the obese Telly Tubby and co Leader of the Greens examples to her fellow MP’s is not of the quality that other Leaders demand.
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March 23, 2017 1:15pm
Jack5

A bit of a hypocrite.

Here’s Steffan Browning featured in an article on Stuff on March 9:

Marlborough-based list MP Steffan Browning is retiring from politics after this year’s general election, and says he is tired of Parliament’s “toxic” atmosphere.

Browning is big in organics and in the anti-GE movement.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/89716803/green-mp-steffan-browning-prepares-to-leave-parliament-amid-concerns-around-aquaculture-plans
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March 23, 2017 1:15pm
ztev

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Im a bit baffled by the empty seats in the gallery ?
Surely the ministerial offices would have emptied to see the master for one last last hurrah.
A nobody so quickly,
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March 23, 2017 1:19pm
- Stars And Stripes
  
  What’s been your biggest achievement in life Ztev?.
  I actually thought being PM was pretty good but if you can out do this then tell us and I will be first to congratulate you.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:30pm
  - ztev
    
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    Still havent explained the empty seats ! Was it happy hour at the Green parrot.
    Even DPF seems to have had other more urgent things to do as he didnt do a first hand account
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:01pm
    - Bob R
      
      @ ztev,
      I was there – it was my first time in the public gallery. Whether there were empty seats or not, I thought it was an excellent valedictory speech and it appeared to be well received by a number of the Labour members too.
      
      I was pleased to see you went across to shake his hand afterwards.
      
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      March 23, 2017 2:17pm
    - Stars And Stripes
      
      How the hell would I know why there were empty seats as I don’t work in parliament?.
      Maybe Justin Beiber was sighted on Lambton Quay, maybe someone shit all over them or yes maybe people had other things to do.
      As for my question to you which you sidestepped, I personally don’t think winning the 20 metres freestyle swimming award at primary school is anything to be ashamed of.
      
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      March 23, 2017 2:23pm
      - GazzaW
        
        …………the Speaker that never was.
        
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        March 23, 2017 3:20pm
- Garbageman
  
  better to be a nobody so quickly than a nobody at all yourself and the batshit crazy team you support included but you have the reactions you wanted from your pathetic putdowns of JK mission accomplished eh what a sleazy douchebag you prove yourself to be on a daily basis but then that’s a jealous leftard for you eh
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:35pm
- Fisiani
  
  No one on that side of the gallery can see Key from their seats. That’s why the other three sides of the House were packed. You know this yet tried to pain it as a lack of interest. You are as useless as a chocolate teapot.
  
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  March 23, 2017 2:41pm
Keeping Stock

Green Party Value #6:

Engage respectfully, without personal attacks.

https://home.greens.org.nz/values

Clearly, things like the party’s values don’t matter to the likes of Browning, Gareth Hughes and Metiria Turei. The Greens claim to be the party of principle, but when it suits them they are in the gutter with the best of ’em.
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March 23, 2017 1:20pm
- Rich Prick
  
  I think you confuse the rules they’d rather impose on everyone else with their so-called values.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:25pm
- Swifty
  
  Hippycrites.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:33pm
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Breaking headline: Shocking revelations of a Green MP not liking right wing father of famous DJ and former prime minister. Nation can hardly believe these scandalous claims.

Meanwhile, millions died in wars decades ago so what difference is a few more now?
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March 23, 2017 1:22pm
- hmmokrightitis
  
  “Meanwhile, millions died in wars decades ago so what difference is a few more now?”
  
  Ah, aiming for irony and instead hitting a different mark. How unsurprising that the left is outed as thinking deaths are OK in pursuit of power.
  
  Dear me marquess, dear me.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:38pm
  - marquess
    
    How unsurprising that the left is outed as thinking deaths are OK in pursuit of power.
    
    Quite the reach there; I’ve never thought that civilians dying in previous wars was justification for civilian deaths in current warzones.
    
    But then again I don’t think that parliament should be a safe space for right ring snowflakes, unlike most other commenters here, so what would I know?
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:08pm
    - hmmokrightitis
      
      Doesnt really gel with what you said though does it? But you keep explaining…errr…losing.
      
      Im sure youll come back soon and call me an alt-right operative.
      
      Your weasel words say 10 times more about you than you actually realise. Some EQ wouldn’t go amiss. Ask Angry, hes got plenty to spare.
      
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      March 23, 2017 2:23pm
- mandk
  
  You’re channeling Gabby now, marquess.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:57pm
Simon

John Key KB post triggers ztev every time.
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March 23, 2017 1:29pm
- Keeping Stock
  
  The Labour Party research unit is in full spin mode this afternoon, running interference for the Greens.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:36pm
- RF
  
  Simon… Just like a deep root filling.
  
  Just keep grinding into ztev’s exposed nerve.
  
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  March 23, 2017 6:32pm
chris

The Facebook photo/post appears to have been taken down.
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March 23, 2017 1:40pm
Fentex

I’m all for holding people to account for their actions, and actually upholding the rule of law, but, y’know, when the evidence is openly and fairly evaluated.

As I am reluctant to reject accusations through mindless loyalty I am also unwilling to presume guilt on those accusations alone.

And it’s such a silly thing for a minor party in parliament to do – good luck ever taking the high ground regarding evidence and thoughtful consideration after such actions.
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March 23, 2017 1:42pm
rightoverlabour

This is brilliant. How about we ask Angry Andy if he supports this comment from his future bedfellow? And lets keep reminding everyone about this as we move into the election.
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March 23, 2017 1:46pm
- ztev
  
  he is like Key, not running for re-election.
  
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  March 23, 2017 1:57pm
  - rightoverlabour
    
    Yes, but Little is. So the question is still valid.
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:08pm
    - ztev
      
      http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/80884541/national-mp-maureen-pugh-doesnt-believe-in-pharmaceutical-drugs
      
      What about this ? Are you one of her ‘bedfellows’
      
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      March 23, 2017 7:49pm
Biscuit

Ew…

Well done, Steffan, I doubt very much that any of my acquaintances would ever countenance voting for you or your vile ilk but, hey, a quick email circulation of your idiotic post should ensure that CONTINUES to be the case.
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March 23, 2017 1:48pm
Sir Cullen's Sidekick

What else you expect from the scum bags from the Green party? The greatest scum bag of all Tuatara also couldn’t find a single word to say good about John Key. I pray to God that these nasties never ever come closer to the treasury benches. NZ will be bankrupted within six months.
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March 23, 2017 1:58pm
Kleva Kiwi

If you watch JK’s speech video, it looks like Stephen is the only person who does not give JK a standing ovation. In fact he stays seated for the entire time.
Even Angry Andy finds it in himself to cross the floor and publicly shake Johns hand.
Nothing but a disgusting ******
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March 23, 2017 2:08pm
- David Garrett
  
  Kleva: Not quite…I think I saw Delahunty remaining seated…But then as a person who refused to stand for Helen Clark, I can hardly condemn her (or Browning) for that.
  
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  March 23, 2017 2:17pm
  - Biscuit
    
    David, I really couldn’t care whether or not a particular Member of Parliament stood up for or shook the hand of another Member of Parliament.
    
    I would, however, expect leaders of all the parties in the House to at least acknowledge the departure of a Prime Minister with some grace.
    
    Even a ‘(Ms Clark/Mr Key/Whatever), you and I rarely agreed on anything, but I acknowledge your time in this House and your contribution to the nation, and I wish you well in the future’ isn’t THAT hard to spit out, is it?
    
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    March 23, 2017 2:30pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    At least if Delahunty stays seated there’s less chance of her singing 🙂
    
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    March 23, 2017 4:02pm
davidp

If Africans had followed Browning’s homeopathy plan to treat ebola, then tens of millions of them would have died. Luckily, Africans have figured out that Browning is a repulsive individual willing to sacrifice millions of brown people in order to promote his bizarre Green religion. So they ignored him, instead opting for science and medicine.

I just don’t understand how Labour can even contemplate forming a coalition with these people.
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March 23, 2017 3:00pm
- Jack5
  
  Here’s link to the homeopathy nuttery of Browning’s that davidp refers to:
  
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11353054
  
  AND
  
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10682926/Green-MP-Homeopathy-is-an-option
  
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  March 23, 2017 3:15pm
- GazzaW
  
  It’s vital that every potential Labour voter is repeatedly reminded that a vote for Labour is a vote for the Greens. This is a message that has to be hammered home right up until the election.
  
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  March 23, 2017 3:28pm
- ztev
  
  have you heard of nationals West Coast Mp ?
  National MP Maureen Pugh doesn’t believe in pharmaceutical drugs
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/80884541/national-mp-maureen-pugh-doesnt-believe-in-pharmaceutical-drugs
  
  Of course that implicates every MP in national- fellow travelers, every one of them…. only to the swivel eyed loons of course.
  
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  March 23, 2017 7:47pm
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    Oh look; over there!
    
    ztev wants to change the subject.
    
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    March 23, 2017 9:08pm
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      It seems to me the the subject of which other MPs are crazed homeopaths is very much part of the topic.
      
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      March 23, 2017 9:15pm
Scottie

What about the blood of 10 million children due to the unscientific dogmatic opposition to Ge such as golden rice? The sign 10 million children needs to be prepared for his farewell
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  Completely agree Scottie. Then there’s malaria. Rachel Carlson’s book “Silent Spring” is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. Her successful efforts to get DDT banned resulted in, depending on which numbers you use, between 10 and 50 million deaths that were preventable.
  
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  March 23, 2017 4:00pm
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    Ah, the DDT myth. Complete bullshit you are spouting there.
    
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    March 23, 2017 9:16pm
- SPC
  
  Fake news
  
  https://source.wustl.edu/2016/06/genetically-modified-golden-rice-falls-short-lifesaving-promises/
  
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  March 23, 2017 6:26pm
OTGO

If you need any more proof that we have too many pollies in the NZ Parliament then look no further than this absolute plonker.
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March 23, 2017 3:23pm
Kimbo

Credit of some sort where it is due – Greens are disciplining Browning:

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2017/03/green-mp-steffan-browning-told-off-after-john-key-takedown.html
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March 23, 2017 3:24pm
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  In Shaw’s eyes, Browning’s only crime was getting caught.
  
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  March 23, 2017 3:51pm
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    James Shaw……..just because he sports expensive Italian suits it doesn’t make him any different to the other Green nutjobs.
    
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    March 23, 2017 4:23pm
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  What Browning’s Facebook post illustrates is that there is a lack of discipline and cohesion within the Greens.
  In election year the Greens would be keen to market themselves as a competent credible alternative to the Nats and not portray themselves as nasty spiteful rabble rousers.
  I wouldn’t be surprised if Browning gets dropped down the list as a result.
  
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  March 23, 2017 5:12pm
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    Browning is quitting politics at the election KevinH, so that won’t be necessary.
    
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    March 23, 2017 5:21pm
- RF
  
  Wet bus ticket time.
  
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  March 23, 2017 6:47pm
paul scott

The subject and responses here show one of the myriad reasons NZ First will have to align as a Nat NZF Government . But I am not allowed to say that.
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March 23, 2017 4:17pm
Pateke

All posts critical of thirds idiot are deleted within thirty seconds. Thin skinned perhaps. Greens in crisis management?
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March 23, 2017 5:50pm
notrotsky

He’s not a nasty prick, he’s a snivelling cunt.
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March 23, 2017 6:17pm
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Nasty Women!
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