'Corruption First' Strikes Again

The ongoing rot and corruption is in plain sight from the New Zealand Coalition Government. The Casey Costello & tobacco industry love affair continues unabated and aided by her colleagues.

There comes a point in all our lives when we must stop to say, “Enough is enough. We know what’s happening. We are not as stupid or as ignorant as you believe us to be. And making policies that kill or harm our people is not acceptable, Ministers.”

Plausible deniability has long been used by actors to deny the obvious.

“No, I was not having an affair. I was merely passing by late at night to give advice on pecuniary matters. Did you see us touching? How dare you suggest otherwise?”

The National, New Zealand First and ACT Government’s clear and persistent ties, and work, for the tobacco industry (and let’s be honest, anyone with deep enough pockets to entertain them - developers, miners, fossil fuel, and fisheries) has far exceeded the realms of reasonableness. It did a while ago. But they are not even trying to hide it, are they?

Six months ago, when I connected the clear and present dots between our government and Atlas Network - who are simply a front for a group of very rich people wit…