"What a bunch of airheads we have in Parliament."
It was a burly bricklayer-turned-bus driver speaking, after what should have been Mass and Adoration yesterday morning but was cancelled because of a Mass of Anointing in the afternoon (and I mustn't be side-tracked on Masses of Anointing, more of that another time perhaps).
He meant, of course, the Parliamentary vote in favour of a referendum on abortion. "Well, we get the government we deserve," I said.
“Euthanasia: the debate that
will test the nation” has already tested our Members of Parliament, and found
them wanting. Christopher Robin's donkey Eeyore comes to mind. "Pathetic. That's what it is. Pathetic."
The MPs passed the buck. They’re elected
to govern and paid handsomely to do it but when it gets tough, they want the
voters to do it for them.
To add insult to injury, by voting for a referendum on the End of
Life Choice Bill, they chose to spend a great deal more of the taxpayer’s money
to let them off the hook of a conscience vote. David Seymour has the cheek to describe
the antis as “well-oiled”. Seymour and Co are considerably better ‘oiled’ than
volunteer pro-lifers.
MP Carmel Sepuloni says, self-righteously, “I won’t tell anyone what I think they
should do”. When enacting any legislation, isn’t that exactly what MPs are paid to do?
Minister of Injustice Andrew Little is expecting 'a barrage of misinformation', so he's organizing a Ministry of Justice ‘unit’ which has more than “a bit of a smell of the Thought Police”, as NZ Herald columnist Claire Trevett opines; it stinks to high heaven of Goebbels’ and Hitler’s principles of propaganda. "The chances it will be a reasonably ugly election are reasonably high," says Little, who in voting for assisted suicide has done his very best to ensure exactly that.
I'm forced to conclude that the reason for our MPs' decision is a lack of conscience. We need men and women in Parliament who have a conscience which is well-informed, and the courage to live by that conscience. To that end I believe we should investigate the new political party, New Conservatives, whose policies at a cursory reading - which is all I've had time for, so far - are thoroughly Christian.
"New Conservatives," said 'im indoors. "That's Colin Craig's outfit." Which elicited a howl of protest from a correspondent who I've been known to refer to as my Angry Old Man (in the nicest possible way, of course). And my A O M was quite right, as he has a way of being - as does 'im indoors; he was just momentarily panicking at the thought of his wife voting anything but National (although I haven't in the last two elections, registering a 'no vote' instead).
New Conservatives have at best estimate around 1000 - 1500 members, plenty to get them registered for the election, 35 electorates covered with the usual paraphernalia, committees, candidates etc, concentrated around Canterbury (leader Leighton Baker) and Auckland (deputy leader Elliot Ikilei).
Ikiliei is an inveterate Twitter Twit who was temporarily locked out of his account for tweeting "trans women are men with dysphoria/disorder, to be treated with compassion and tolerance" - which gives you a glimpse into New Conservatives' philosophy.
Don't feel upset or left out if you've never heard of this crowd. It was my A O M who told me about the New Conservatives. He reckons the media won't give them as much as a column inch, and that's almost enough to persuade me to sign up already.
Check them out: https://www.newconservative.org.nz/
STAND FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
not what you will tolerate.
The New Conservative Party.
Philippa O'Neill says:
ReplyDeleteWe have the government that our dear Bishops urged us to vote for with all their pre election advice. We have the government that our dear Bishops urged us to vote for with all their pre election advice.
Well done, Julia.
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