Winston booed at Waitangi

[Lilith7]

What's up with Winston that they dont like? I thought the maori would be attacking Seymour, not Winston.
Hopefully it blows over and this division can be done away with.
I expect Winston knows how to handle these situations better than Seymour.

Yes, I think Winston's experience gives him the history and background to handle it but I'm sure Seymour will learn. The things that everyone needs to remember are that there is no attack on the treaty happening, just a desire to quite rightly define and reset how it is applied in a modern world that no one could begin to have dreamed of in 1840. And that it's really only a few activists screaming for the sake of screaming because they are worried that their gravy train might get derailed. The shame will be if they sway too many other people along the way and cause more hardship than we already have. Now is a good time to question the status quo while 2/3 government party leaders are Maori and can look at how we should move forward so that everyone receives agreed entitlements fairly and equitably.

I strongly disagree with that 'gravy train' comment; but it is a popular stragety of the right to make that claim. Its certainly true that some iwi have done better than others but that in no way equates to a  'gravy train.'

More hardship than we presently have  is far more likely to be the result of this far right govt, Neoliberal govt. As to Winston, he appears to only serve the interests of Winston while pretending otherwise for whoever will have him.

I do think though, that anyone airing their views should be allowed to speak freely & those who disagree can air their views once the speaker has finished; shouting people down & not allowing them to speak isn't democracy.

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He thinks rude = strength. It doesn't. Quite the opposite these days.

And really, you'd think he might have learnt that by now.