Judy Turner of United Future comes across like a bit of a Prima Donna as Parliament receives the anti-smacking Petition:
Normally ... invitations are sent to MPs sympathetic to the [petition], to be present when it is received. This did not happen today. "As one of the small handful of MPs that opposed the amendment of section 59 I feel sidelined by the petitioners today, said Mrs Turner.
"I can only assume that this petition is now seen as the property of Gordon Copeland and his new party. I doubt whether many of the signatories envisaged that their concern when signing the petition would be captured by a party with no current mandate to be in Parliament and used for promotional and electioneering purposes. I certainly didn't!
If you truly support what the petition is trying to achieve, now is not the time to be attacking all and sundry in a display of petulence befitting a 6 year old.
This issue is bigger than the political point scoring that comes with pointing out divisions in the team. My worry is that too many people spend time talking about how this affects them, and not enough time listening to what is being said by the hundreds of thousands of signatories. You can see it in the opposition. You can see it with narrow minded ideologues like the the Green's Sue Bradford and Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro. We see the misinformation spread by organisations like Barnardos, and the false posturing of Helen Clark. We've grown to expect it, and those people are the ones we need to make sure actually spend the time listening. Your Prima Donna act becomes an unneeded distraction.
So issue press releases Judy, but make them positive. And make them all about what Parliament needs to listen to. This is an opportunity for you to step in and offer help. I'm sure it will be gratefully received, because this petition is not about political point scoring, it's about families.
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Normally ... invitations are sent to MPs sympathetic to the [petition], to be present when it is received. This did not happen today. "As one of the small handful of MPs that opposed the amendment of section 59 I feel sidelined by the petitioners today, said Mrs Turner.
"I can only assume that this petition is now seen as the property of Gordon Copeland and his new party. I doubt whether many of the signatories envisaged that their concern when signing the petition would be captured by a party with no current mandate to be in Parliament and used for promotional and electioneering purposes. I certainly didn't!
If you truly support what the petition is trying to achieve, now is not the time to be attacking all and sundry in a display of petulence befitting a 6 year old.
This issue is bigger than the political point scoring that comes with pointing out divisions in the team. My worry is that too many people spend time talking about how this affects them, and not enough time listening to what is being said by the hundreds of thousands of signatories. You can see it in the opposition. You can see it with narrow minded ideologues like the the Green's Sue Bradford and Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro. We see the misinformation spread by organisations like Barnardos, and the false posturing of Helen Clark. We've grown to expect it, and those people are the ones we need to make sure actually spend the time listening. Your Prima Donna act becomes an unneeded distraction.
So issue press releases Judy, but make them positive. And make them all about what Parliament needs to listen to. This is an opportunity for you to step in and offer help. I'm sure it will be gratefully received, because this petition is not about political point scoring, it's about families.
Related Link: Turner fumes over missing invitation
Big News: Greens and Children's Commissioner don't have a clue
Big News: Barnardos in a panic
Half done: Dr Kiro not serving her purpose
Whale Oil: Dr Kiro speaks out
"You can see it with narrow minded ideologues like the the Green's Sue Bradford and Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro. We see the misinformation spread by organisations like Barnardos, and the false posturing of Helen Clark. We've grown to expect it,"
ReplyDeleteDid you catch that weirdo woman representing UNICEF pontificating on the TV News lastnight against the anti-smacking petition also?