tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post2578317997554982498..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: The Diversity that MMP brings to Parliament meansLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-53360313903462788992011-07-27T20:57:05.990+12:002011-07-27T20:57:05.990+12:00Then why didn't you just say they were lawyers...Then why didn't you just say they were lawyers in a previous incarnation?<br /><br />Simples!Just my opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614554113040355062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-17946204950464164422011-07-27T08:31:31.376+12:002011-07-27T08:31:31.376+12:00This post gone over your head Mr Heine?
The point...This post gone over your head Mr Heine?<br /><br />The point is that ticking the boxes of identity politics may give the impression of "diversity" in Parliament whereas what has actually been delivered in this case is two residents of Wellington both of whom were lawyers in a previous incarnation and as I will doubtless continue to demonstrate in future posts contribute to a Parliament that is in fact quite homogeneous.Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-62495241397754058472011-07-27T07:44:08.242+12:002011-07-27T07:44:08.242+12:00What's being gay got to do with it? We have a ...What's being gay got to do with it? We have a Catholic finance minister stuffing up the country too.Just my opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614554113040355062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-44516763718652376882011-07-26T16:50:25.513+12:002011-07-26T16:50:25.513+12:00Politicians having no idea about the lives of thos...Politicians having no idea about the lives of those they seek to govern is not exactly new, MMP just makes it worse.<br /><br />I've always wondered why we don't have 80 electorates and those who are elected to represent the electorates are required to form a government from their ranks.Jeremy Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819630707494648769noreply@blogger.com