Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Tweet of the Day - 26 June 2012

We blogged on Thursday 14 June about the big asset sales protest at Parliament from which thousands were turned away. Thousands were turned away again this afternoon, as Newstalk ZB's Chief Political Reporter Felix Marwick tweeted:


The debate on the third reading of the legislation to enable the Mixed Ownership Model to begin the process of selling a minority stake in SOE's has begun. And judging by the turnout at Parliament on this of all days, and in bright mid-winter sunshine in Wellington, the only people who now care about National delivering on an election promise are those who failed at the 2011 General Election; the Labour Party and the Greens.

11 comments:

Judge Holden said...

People actually work most week days in order to support their families, you know. Why do you assume that unless people take to the streets they don't have a view or support your position? I suspect you don't, but you're just being a good little shill for your chums in Wellington.

lovinthatchangefeeling said...

According to Casper Shearer the anti-asset sales group will be taking to the streets "come sunshine or rain"

Sheesh. So we can expect to see the remaining recalcitrant rent-a-mob types marching on parliament with pitchforks and torches.

Keeping Stock said...

Well, there was bright sunshine in Welllington today, so where were they? I'm guessing that they all had to meet with their stockbrokers!

Judge Holden said...

"where were they?"

Um work would be my guess. No doubt some of your tory mates were meeting their stockbrokers, or Steven Joyce for a favour or two, but most people don't have stockbrokers.

gravedodger said...

"most people don't have stockbrokers", but the ignorant shilling left accept their vast knowledge of how the real world of shares, investments , return on capital, working capital, and productive capital enables them to understand minority shareholdings and voting stocks to a degree that they "know it is bad" because those manipulative ignorant, seeking power, leading the protest said so.

Anonymous said...

About the same turnout as the Greens got in Invercargill a few weeks back.

jabba said...

shill shill shill shill .. come on drudge, we know this is your word of the month but try a different word for a change, I'm sure you have plenty stored away in your bitter bag

Judge Holden said...

I'm sorry Gravedodger, can you please repost your comment in English using proper sentence structure, punctuation and grammar? Cheers.

He's a shill jubjub. If the shoe fits. You're kind of like a shill for the shill, but you're not very good.

jabba said...

is not being a good shill a good thing or a bad thing drudgy?
and GD make more sense (and cents I figure) than you drudge

Judge Holden said...

"GD make more sense (and cents I figure) than you drudge.."

Poor jubjub. It always comes back to wealth and equating it with self worth for you guys doesn't it? Why don't you tell me how rich you think you are. That's always amusing.

And you can't explain what GD was trying to say can you? Poor old guy's got literacy issues.

Alex said...

By the way, this protest was only really circulated among those in People's Power Ohariu, a pressure group in Peter Dunne's electorate. To call this protest a representative sample of opposition to asset sales is a farce.