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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 21h

I think there was a "mislabel" in the original but I've fixed it.
Given the National Party's ability to "read the room" I'm guessing they'll pick Simeon Brown & Nicola Willis with a side order of Judith Collins and Gerry Brownlee 😬 #nzpol

A screenshot of a Stuff poll labeled "Who do you think should lead National into the next election?"
Christopher Luxon 14%
Chris Bishop 28%
Erica Stanford 13%
Nicola Willis 2%
Simeon Brown 3%
Someone else 40% (which I modified to say "Someone else ffs please with the prayer emoji"

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 21h

I loved that album, had the record and played it on repeat, still lived at home but had my own stereo in my room.
I was driving & listening to Brian FM just two days ago and they played Hey Little Girl, I was surprised by how well I remembered the lyrics 🤔, well some of them mumble mumble 😂.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly this makes me feel ill.

Was this one of the "big stadium" events Luxon envisioned cos he needs his fucking face rubbed in this every fucking hour of every fucking day until he ceases to be the blood sucking parasite he is!

Lol if my language is too strong I fucking toned it down
#nzpol

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah it's kind of how I feel about NZ Labour, they're too happy in the middle lane keeping well under the speed limit but holding everyone else on the #nzpol left

I'm sorry America still adheres to the "two party" system that really only serves one pale group of issues.
I'll probably vote Green TPM

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Chris Hipkins....this is what leadership looks like. There is no place for middle ground, look at the people here who are hurting & make them the fire in your belly or move aside for someone who will.

#nzpol

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly
National has been unable to find anyone competent since knifing Bill English (barely competent).
Now all of them are so far beyond the U-bend of the Neo-liberal Libertarian partisan toilet they'll need commercial grade poop remover to get beyond the shitberg that's blocking them seeing it.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 3d

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Peter principle - Wikipedia

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 3d

Luxon was Key's pick & he thought he'd pick someone to be a "figurehead" Key's ego also made sure Luxon wasn't competent enough so in comparison Key would look like the "better" PM
Luxon & Willis's general incompetence was a bonus used to push damning NZI based policies 🤔 #nzpol
#ontermgovernment

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 4d

Great Expectations expecting this Coalition Government to be honest

#nzpol
#onetermgovernment

Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 4d

Climate change was hardly mentioned in the last election cycle. The current government is intent on rolling back commitments.
"If they can’t meet the target, they should admit it and fix the policy - not change the target."
I hope Labour will hold to this at the next election. #nzpol

Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 4d

Our response to the Government's change to our methane targets:

www.labour.org.nz/news/release...

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 4d

Lol struggling with the overflowing toilets in conjunction with it being kid/family friendly tbh 😳 😂

Went tenting at the frozen pines with a child that developed diarrhea....those were the days fun, fun, fun snort 😆

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 5d

Fictional God only knows, it's not like we'll be told the truth anyway.
Let's face it every time Seymour opens his mouth a gaslight falls out

A cartoon style picture of a male standing at a podium and gaslights are falling out of his mouth.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 5d

So #nzpol they're "upset" yeah well I've been upset for 1 year and 361 days ....just saying

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 5d

Fixed their bill board for them #nzpol

A picture of a broken ACT party bill board where the faces of David Seymour and Brooke Van Velden have been removed.
The words on the pink bill board originally said "end the wasteful spending. Party Vote ACT"
I changed it to say "End the wasteful spending, Don't party vote ACT"

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 5d

#nzpol

We know there is no plan nor even a plan for a plan

If you had/have 18/19 yr old children how happy would you be with the PMs expectations for your child to pursuit jobs no matter where they are or what they have to accept to get a job in a time with little jobs & less employee protections

Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 6d

Luxflake says 18/19 yr olds should do "whatever it takes to get a job" & just "go where the jobs are" so are they also getting tents from MSD & what? hitchhike to wherever doing whatever. Sounds safe

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth | RNZ News share.google/dmgiFJGDWlx9...

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth

The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah and the ongoing ramifications on society of having the resulting shrinking job market except for the poor sods having to work weekends when the tribes descend for the now popular leisure pursuit of "shopping" or as I imagine it "retail grazing"

Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 6d

Luxflake says 18/19 yr olds should do "whatever it takes to get a job" & just "go where the jobs are" so are they also getting tents from MSD & what? hitchhike to wherever doing whatever. Sounds safe

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth | RNZ News share.google/dmgiFJGDWlx9...

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth

The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 7d

Interestingly re paywall when I opened the article through Chrome incognito ✴️ it magically disappeared.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 7d

Hi, from Aotearoa New Zealand here.

My partner was playing the video of Trump talking about "construction doors with locks...." and all I could think was I'm so sorry for all the Americans that didn't vote for "this"....
We see your grief.

a man wearing a black shirt that says street talk is making a sorry gesture

ALT: a man wearing a black shirt that says street talk is making a sorry gesture

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 7d

Unfortunately they believe only in money & power but they can't even be honest about that.
They'll rot from the inside out & explode like the over bloated Mr Creosote from Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

a man with a beard is smiling and wearing a hat

ALT: a man with a beard is smiling and wearing a hat

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 7d

Exactly
We live in a time when capitalism & neo liberal economic theory have collided & consumed the consumer leaving us as working husks for our government to blame for not working harder, not disappearing when the jobs did, for needing health, education & living wages.

#nzpol
#onetermgovernment

a woman is sitting in a chair with the words now what written on her face

ALT: a woman is sitting in a chair with the words now what written on her face

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 7d

When people can only afford to eat & go to work then they're going to be spending all their money on food & transport

#nzpol these fucking (w)bankers ACT like it's a fucking choice WTA!

What does 'shock therapy' official cash rate cut mean for households? | RNZ News share.google/fbFVy7VvkGBN...

What does 'shock therapy' official cash rate cut mean for households?

And what's likely to happen to house prices, interest rates and the economy.

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 7d

My partner works in mental health noted "it's thousands not hundreds"
Currently working with a family where all the children have combinations of ASD/ADHD/High Functioning Autism ++
In the current economy businesses are less likely to hire staff that need oversight or intensive coaching #nzpol

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 9d

#nzpol just remember that when you leave feel free to use your overseas vote to vote accordingly next year

Not only have we got a shrinking economy but now a shrinking population which will shrink the economy even more.

There are no ladders here just snakes

open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

PM tells jobless youth to leave to find a job. So they are going. To Australia.

PM says: "If you want a job, you go where the jobs are." He points to 'plenty of jobs' in horticulture in Hawkes Bay. Hipkins says: "NZers are hearing that signal & leaving the country - 200 a day."

open.substack.com

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 15d

Who's Your Favourite Jedi (Wrong Answer Only)

so close....sigh

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 16d

All those domestic terrorist groups in the USA
How does Luxon reconcile that #nzpol?

The Rising Threat of Anti-Government Domestic Terrorism: What the Data Tells Us share.google/0cIaqGyp6Zb6...

Analysis: What data shows about political extremist violence | PBS News share.google/FRYthplcq57L...

The Rising Threat of Anti-Government Domestic Terrorism: What the Data Tells Us

The number of U.S. domestic terrorist attacks and plots against government targets motivated by partisan political beliefs in the past five years is nearly triple the number of such incidents in the p...

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