Injunction seeks to stop Labour MPs passing ETS bill

An application for an injunction to stop the Fraudulent Emissions Trading Bill has been organised by Basil Walker.

Please have a look at the application. It is one of the most damaging bills that have ever been contemplated in NZs political history.

An application to the High Court in Wellington by Basil Walker of Queenstown for an injunction to prevent Labour MPs enacting the Emissions Trading Bill will be heard on 22 September.

The injunction is sought "to prevent injustice and to enhance the viability and future productive capacity of the national of New Zealand and its business and citizens."

LINK to download pdf file of text of injunction then LINK here to download pdf of applicant's affidavit.

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BREAKING NEWS: Peters stood down

Winston Peters has finally been stood down.

It has taken 24 hrs from the time that Helen Clark revealed to media that she knew about Peters lies 6 months ago, when Owen Glenn told her Winston Peters had received $100,000 from the billionaire to "stand down" the politician and it has taken 6 months in total for Clark to do anything about the scandal.

Today's move by Ms Clark was a leisurely one.

What should have been done with immediacy and efficiency instead was executed incompetently and arrogantly-by both Clark and Peters.

Meanwhile Clark will take over Peter's portfolios and will still be able to use his and his NZ First Party's votes to pass the fraudulent Emissions Trading Bill.

Labour's Emissions Trading Bill, when passed into law, will cost individual Kiwis thousands of dollars a year because of the extra taxes that the Government will be able to foist on the population to "combat (fraudulent) climate change".

The fact that Ms Clark is not prepared to put off this immensely negative bill in the face of one of her cabinet players having corruption charges swirling around him, only shows the continued arrogance and high-handedness that started with her cover-up of Peter's guilt 6 long months ago.

Sadly we have become ever so used to this style of politics from our current Prime Minister.

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Winston Peters: Finally taken seriously

It looks like Winston Peters is about to be cast into political oblivion today.

In the light of the various donation scandals surrounding him a Serious Fraud Office investigation into those scandals an an H-Bomb dropped by the Prime Minister yesterday that she had evidence of Peters lies, it looks like Peters political career is at an end.


I say looks like, because in a political poll out yesterday Peters was polling over 5% in the preferred Prime Minister stakes and if that was translated on election day then Peters and his party would be back in Parliament.


His supporters, older Kiwis, are likely to galvanise support for him , whatever he does because they all share Peter's victim mentality, so we could see him again if the SFO inquiry doesnt get him.

Most Kiwis though will be glad to see the back of him.

All to often Kiwis have treated Peters as a joke and the last 6 months we have all seemed to laugh along with him-and nothing has happened , up to this point.

That is partly why he has survived in politics as long as he has, we do not take him seriously.

What he has been up to over the last 6 months isn't a joke though.

He has lied to Parliament and a Privileges Committee, dodged questions over his secret donations and made a mockery of our Parliament, our democracy, and ultimately our country.

If we had taken him seriously Winston Peters would have been sacked along time ago and he would be in prison. That is what happens in other real democracies that take these things seriously.

Helen Clark should also be facing a Privileges Committee hearing over her cover-up.

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Helen Clark's secret agenda

News out yesterday that Helen Clark knew about Winston Peter's guilt over the Owen Glenn donation to Peters clearly reveals a secret agenda over party donations and the operation of her Labour Government over the last 6 months that she has been aware of Winston Peters part in this whole charade.

This is in the light of her and her party railing strongly against John Key and the National Party for having a secret agenda of their own.

The Labour Party and their President Mike Williams were embroiled in a Glenn funding scandal of their own earlier this year, when questions were asked about the timing , value and status of donations from Labours biggest donor, a donor who gifted Labour more than $500,000.

The secrecy of Clark over the Peter's scandal should put Glenn's donations to Labour under further scrutiny, given the dodgy nature of Winston Peters machinations over the last 6 months.

The question Labour voters would have to ask themselves-what else does our leader have to hide?

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