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Clare Forrest retweeted
.@domesticanimal and I are in perfect agreement today simonwilsonhopetown.substack…

Simeon Brown described Labour’s capped bus fares as fanciful. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Transport #CostOfLiving
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Clare Forrest retweeted
57% of this Right Wing Governments policies have been rammed through under urgency – don’t dare lecture the Left about democracy – The Daily Blog buff.ly/6xvwK6g #nzpol
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Clare Forrest retweeted
🚨The recent images of Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia are shocking evidence of Israel's abuse against Palestinian detainees. Dr. Abu Safyia has been arbitrarily detained for one and a half years without charges, while being physically abused and denied healthcare. His recent solitary confinement adds a further layer of concerns over his deteriorating health. Dr. Abu Safyia must be immediately and unconditionally released. Israel must release all Palestinians arbitrarily detained. States must pressure Israel to stop abusing Palestinian prisoners. #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya
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Clare Forrest retweeted
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Seven hours. All children.
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Cardinal Zuppi read the names of every child who passed away in Gaza. It took him 7 hours.
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The brilliant Sharon Murdoch
Simeon Brown described Labour’s capped bus fares as fanciful. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Transport #CostOfLiving
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Clare Forrest retweeted
Saving Commuters $120 per month has been Labour’s best week for a long time This was a bloody good week for Labour. Putting $120 per month back into the pockets of 170 000 commuters each month makes a meaningful difference in the lives of many working class people. While National, ACT and NZF waddled around Fieldays sucking up to every farmer they could French kiss, Labour turned to the cities and promised real cost of living relief. #nzpol LINK BELOW ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Clare Forrest retweeted
Police recorded 170,478 Family Harm Incidents last year – why are we cutting family and sexual violence staff? There is a sickness inside NZ society that we always avoid talking about, and that is the enormous level of domestic violence in NZ. According to the Salvation Army State of the Nation report, police recorded 170,478 Family Harm Incidents (FHI) during the previous year. At that level, 170 000, it’s almost a secret civil war. Removing ANY staff engaged with family violence when you have levels like that seems cruel and utterly disconnected from reality. #nzpol LINK BELOW ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The Luxon/Fonterra strategy of being a global climate freeloader may have consequences. Let’s be part of the solution not part of the problem: Government facing up to $5 billion bill over carbon credits, Treasury reveals rnz.co.nz/news/political/597…
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Clare Forrest retweeted
"We need leaders who understand that they are there to deliver health, prosperity and happiness to as many citizens as possible, not just the wealthy and privileged." Dame Anne Salmond Luxon's lot is failing us in that regard.
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Clare Forrest retweeted
Excellent analysis of from Gordon Campbell: "If Willis really is at her wit’s end trying to find a way to fund more hip operations, why doesn’t she save those 8,700 public sector jobs and cancel the $3 billion tax break the government gave to landlords"* "We have [a record] unemployment rate that’s heading higher... food kitchens facing unprecedented demand, and ….a government response that doesn’t seem to go much beyond pulling scapegoats out of a hat. Last week: immigrants. This week: public servants." werewolf.co.nz/2026/05/gordo…
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Gordon Campbell On The Public Service Chainsaw Massacre werewolf.co.nz/2026/05/gordo… 'Essentially, the government isn’t short of money. It simply doesn’t want to spend the tax take in the areas preferred by most of the public.'

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Clare Forrest retweeted
Pigs with their snouts in the taxpayers trough, while they gut services and sell assets, and every economic and social metric is absolutely red lining. The worst economy, worst homelessness, worst unemployment, greatest number of business closures ... every week a new broken record... While all we get is their billionaire funded BS network, and the broken record of lying propaganda and meaningless slogans. Fossil fuel funded frauds, vandalising our country, while the world teeters on the brink of permanent environmental collapse. Blowing past planetary boundries and locking in a sure path to an irreversible tipping point. NZ can not afford another week of this govt, let alone 3 years. The world can not afford, any govt like this govt. #Atlas is a terrorist propaganda network.
The National government say there is no money for our public services which they are busy running down & the replacement interislander ferries.. BUT they have money to give ex-National MP Paula Bennett a 63% pay rise. It's about CHOICES on what a government spends its money on.
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If parties on the left did this, National would be screaming about “indoctrination” and the “waste of taxpayer money”. In an election year this shouldn’t be allowed, from any party. rnz.co.nz/news/political/597…
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Hegseth’s attack on us spending $1.5billion on military proves we need an Independent Foreign Policy Hegseth is a full blown alcoholic Christo-fascist white nationalist who is so inanely dumb he recently quoted the fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction to families at a prayer breakfast! How dare he denigrate NZ and how dare we respond by cowering to this thug by suggesting our nuclear free policy could be up for negotiation! NZ has supported America as an ally on numerous wars. We have paid our price in blood. We freeload on no one! In light of his derogatory statement, NZ must consider a truly Independent Foreign Policy. #nzpol LINK BELOW ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits and underwear of the people who opposed 3Waters which would have saved us from this shitshow 💩Wellington residents find faecal matter, sanitary products on street amid heavy rain rnz.co.nz/news/community/597…
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Replying to @Pazienza82
"A Fonterra manager with no scientific background was announced as a member of the PM's science and technology advisory council in May. Documents released under the Official Information Act show she had sent Christopher Luxon a text message to tell him she was keen for the gig."
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This was HEARTBREAKING Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, who volunteered in Gaza, exposed Israel: "I held a lifeless child in my arms. There was no equipment to save him. This is not a war; it is a massacre of the innocent."

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