The former ACT Party President's name suppression ceased 2 years after Jago was charged, allowing ACT to bypass critical scrutiny during the 2023 election
Ditto to all those thoughts. The judge decided that Golriz deserved no help with her career with the sentencing too. For Act, comity rhymes with hypocrisy which is a cornerstone of this government. I hoped that when Sleezemore dropped his shoplifter punchline last week someone would do a retrospective on ‘convictions per capita of party’s MPs’ - Act would have to be a contender
The contrast in treatment between Golriz and Jago by the courts flies in the face of Seymour’s mantra - Everyone has equal rights. Seymour is a hypocritical, vile piece of scum. Congratulations Aotearoa - this is our new Dep Prime Minister.
Well said Janine, even their ad, Act, “helping people keep more of what they make” invokes a selfish greedy non community response reminiscent of vile & scum. Not the sort of values we need in this country.
🤷Of course it's true that ANY party can find themselves with despicable humans risings through the ranks, & as part of their pathology they disguise themselves as normal rational people with no skeletons in the closet to disqualfy themselves from power or proximity to those they could prey on. HOWEVER once alerted (privately or publicly) what actions a party takes is what counts, & ACT & their protectors typically did all they could to ensure voters didn't have the chance to evaluate what they might feel about the PARTY PRESIDENT of ACT being prosecuted for what is generally considered illegal & unacceptable actions.
🤔I can't be bothered looking up what time scale he had to affect party policy, but we know having misogynists near policy making is dangerous for women (playing out in the USA today) so the thought of having this person contributing to policy & party reactions to events would give some voters pause I am sure - i.e. any influence on how the young people of ACT you cover here were treated? ⁉️👀
BTW - hate to rain on an otherwise great article, but didn't Jewel perform for the inauguration of the Orange Menace 🤮 ⁉️ Even worse, RFK Jnr🤮🤮🤮⁉️ I see lots of explanations & apologies but Fox News were jubilant about all the "support" shown by artists performing at inauguration events, and their viewers won't be reading any of that 🥹
Is Jago as ACTs former President's Criminal Conviction dragging Surf & Lifesaving into a part of the "Abuse in Care" findings? If not, why not? Surf Lifesaving receive Taxpayer $$$, don't they???
When did they print up their ACT Condoms? Before, or after this affair? It's been awfully quiet lately on the Abuse in Car Compensation of the Victims issue. I for one would like to know who else is being conveniently hidden from the long arm of Justice in these cases!
There was a lot of noise back in the 2010's on Paula Benefits role as an abuser, that came and went through Social Media like a Tornado in a Tea Cup.
Who else is being hidden from Public & Legal Scrutiny in these Seedy and Criminal affairs. I'd kinda like to know all of the reasons how Paula made her Meteoric Rise in the National Party?
I think there's a lot more to the "Abuse in Care" story, the Public isn't hearing about.
When's that stuff gonna be released, or confessed, so the Perps can be weeded out of Politic's and sent to Jail without collecting their Public Bucks & Passing Go !!
Seems I recall Todd McClay being hauled up for Bullying his Staff in National's Gore Office. Then there's ole Bed Leg Sam Uffindell whacking his Roomate's at Uni. Geez how many of these incidents do we the People NOT know about???
The condom pic was sent in 2017. Tim Jago wasn't yet President but David Seymour was still leader (and actively snapchatting kids he met at schools etc)
The VP quoted above was recruited by him after she gave a speech somewhere, I believe - but I checked out her recent notes, and she seems to think Seymour knew about Jago and should resign - so she is not impressed.
Good thing I didn't hold my breath on Luxon ever releasing a report on how his Airline worked (under the Table) for the Saudi's bombing Yemen at the Time with US Boeing Fighter jets, being serviced by Air NZ. Still waiting for that story from Mr. Luxco, are we not???
Would there still be a National Party, or ACT Party if the news had Broken at the time of Accusations, without Name Suppression rules being enacted to protect these otherwise Public Servants committing Crimes and having it all swept under the Rugs!
I wonder if the Pike River Families were ever made whole again from John Key's protecting the Aussie Mine Principals from being prosecuted?
Sealing the Mine off, so investigators couldn't determine the cause of the accident doesn't give anybody much to go by.
Also, Gloria Vale has been going on for decades with Child Abuse and Slavery being main features in their case.
Why are they still being allowed to run a Cult in our Backyards??? A little Taxpayer Money & Personal Political Power sure do buy a lot of Name suppression & Immunity from Prosecution, I guess.
Inquiring Minds want to know before we vote again so we know exactly WHO we're electing next time to these Power Pulpits, so we're not allowing Criminals into top jobs, like the US is doing presently with Trumpty Dumpty!
Ditto to all those thoughts. The judge decided that Golriz deserved no help with her career with the sentencing too. For Act, comity rhymes with hypocrisy which is a cornerstone of this government. I hoped that when Sleezemore dropped his shoplifter punchline last week someone would do a retrospective on ‘convictions per capita of party’s MPs’ - Act would have to be a contender
The contrast in treatment between Golriz and Jago by the courts flies in the face of Seymour’s mantra - Everyone has equal rights. Seymour is a hypocritical, vile piece of scum. Congratulations Aotearoa - this is our new Dep Prime Minister.
He does have a consistent theme of hypocrisy that weaves through his life - do as I say, not as I do, but magnified to an extreme.
Well said Janine, even their ad, Act, “helping people keep more of what they make” invokes a selfish greedy non community response reminiscent of vile & scum. Not the sort of values we need in this country.
Its as though, sexual harassment, slutshaming, kiddie fiddling etc is just an acceptable extension to freedom of speech for liberations
Because crimes against property are the only real crimes in their world
Property & Capital offences.
🤷Of course it's true that ANY party can find themselves with despicable humans risings through the ranks, & as part of their pathology they disguise themselves as normal rational people with no skeletons in the closet to disqualfy themselves from power or proximity to those they could prey on. HOWEVER once alerted (privately or publicly) what actions a party takes is what counts, & ACT & their protectors typically did all they could to ensure voters didn't have the chance to evaluate what they might feel about the PARTY PRESIDENT of ACT being prosecuted for what is generally considered illegal & unacceptable actions.
🤔I can't be bothered looking up what time scale he had to affect party policy, but we know having misogynists near policy making is dangerous for women (playing out in the USA today) so the thought of having this person contributing to policy & party reactions to events would give some voters pause I am sure - i.e. any influence on how the young people of ACT you cover here were treated? ⁉️👀
BTW - hate to rain on an otherwise great article, but didn't Jewel perform for the inauguration of the Orange Menace 🤮 ⁉️ Even worse, RFK Jnr🤮🤮🤮⁉️ I see lots of explanations & apologies but Fox News were jubilant about all the "support" shown by artists performing at inauguration events, and their viewers won't be reading any of that 🥹
Cindy - I looked up Jewel and was really shocked. Most of the articles say "Jewel apologies..." but I have to say that's disappointing.
As suual your comments are spot on....thank you 🙏
Seymour was asked today if he should have referred the victims to the police rather than Act's lawyer... he said no. In 2018 he issued a press release that said Labour was obstructing justice with their youth camp incident if they didn't refer the complainants to the police. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1803/S00149/young-labour-incident-has-obstruction-of-justice-occurred.htm
The Do As I Say - Not As I Do King has struck again. What an excellent find. Thank you, Victoria.
I particularly enjoyed reading Seymour lecture others about this:
- Who knew about the alleged incidents that took place .. and when did they know them?
- Did they follow the law in dealing with those allegations?
- Did they discourage young people from approaching Police?
These questions are of critical importance. There is no need for a review, Jacinda Ardern should be a leader and demand answers to these questions.
Would have been brilliant to pose those exact questions to him on morning report today.
Precisely - this is where I miss brilliant journalism.
Is Jago as ACTs former President's Criminal Conviction dragging Surf & Lifesaving into a part of the "Abuse in Care" findings? If not, why not? Surf Lifesaving receive Taxpayer $$$, don't they???
When did they print up their ACT Condoms? Before, or after this affair? It's been awfully quiet lately on the Abuse in Car Compensation of the Victims issue. I for one would like to know who else is being conveniently hidden from the long arm of Justice in these cases!
There was a lot of noise back in the 2010's on Paula Benefits role as an abuser, that came and went through Social Media like a Tornado in a Tea Cup.
Who else is being hidden from Public & Legal Scrutiny in these Seedy and Criminal affairs. I'd kinda like to know all of the reasons how Paula made her Meteoric Rise in the National Party?
I think there's a lot more to the "Abuse in Care" story, the Public isn't hearing about.
When's that stuff gonna be released, or confessed, so the Perps can be weeded out of Politic's and sent to Jail without collecting their Public Bucks & Passing Go !!
Seems I recall Todd McClay being hauled up for Bullying his Staff in National's Gore Office. Then there's ole Bed Leg Sam Uffindell whacking his Roomate's at Uni. Geez how many of these incidents do we the People NOT know about???
Cont'd...
The condom pic was sent in 2017. Tim Jago wasn't yet President but David Seymour was still leader (and actively snapchatting kids he met at schools etc)
Looking for Young ACT party Recruits, I guess. Such a repulsive person is young David!
The VP quoted above was recruited by him after she gave a speech somewhere, I believe - but I checked out her recent notes, and she seems to think Seymour knew about Jago and should resign - so she is not impressed.
Cont'd...from above comment.
Good thing I didn't hold my breath on Luxon ever releasing a report on how his Airline worked (under the Table) for the Saudi's bombing Yemen at the Time with US Boeing Fighter jets, being serviced by Air NZ. Still waiting for that story from Mr. Luxco, are we not???
Would there still be a National Party, or ACT Party if the news had Broken at the time of Accusations, without Name Suppression rules being enacted to protect these otherwise Public Servants committing Crimes and having it all swept under the Rugs!
I wonder if the Pike River Families were ever made whole again from John Key's protecting the Aussie Mine Principals from being prosecuted?
Sealing the Mine off, so investigators couldn't determine the cause of the accident doesn't give anybody much to go by.
Also, Gloria Vale has been going on for decades with Child Abuse and Slavery being main features in their case.
Why are they still being allowed to run a Cult in our Backyards??? A little Taxpayer Money & Personal Political Power sure do buy a lot of Name suppression & Immunity from Prosecution, I guess.
Inquiring Minds want to know before we vote again so we know exactly WHO we're electing next time to these Power Pulpits, so we're not allowing Criminals into top jobs, like the US is doing presently with Trumpty Dumpty!
ACT now giving surf life saving a bad name. Seymour has gone lower in public estimation than Brasch. A very low bar but he's done it
Apparently jago left the Surf Club under dubious circumstances too
https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/act-party-president-gone-from-surf-lifesaving-charity-amid-probe/