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DissidentVoice

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1. John Key

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2013, 02:06 PM

Aug 2013

John Key is a right-winger...with a very thin mandate in Parliament. His National Party holds 59 of 122 seats.

New Zealanders should not stand for this...write your MP's and write the Governor-General to use the Reserve Powers of the Crown to stop New Zealand from going down this dark road.

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New Zealand Parliament Narrowly Passes Controversial Spying Law [View all] bemildred Aug 2013 OP

John Key DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #1

Two votes. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #2

That could/should be enough to trigger a vote of no confidence DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #3

A lot of people here don't care wysi Aug 2013 #6

That's very unfortunate DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #7

Subsequent to this vote... wysi Aug 2013 #8

But John Key and the NZ National Party are still in power...n/t DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #9

Nothing is illegal when you make the law. Downwinder Aug 2013 #4

And they say it like it was a good thing, too. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #5

That's the end of John Key's moderation. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #10