Oddbean new post about login | logout @58db300d I understand from Mastodonians that TOP is anti-Tiriti so they have some common ground.
@79067dd7 > TOP is anti-Tiriti Anyone got a primary reference for that? > so they have some common ground That doesn't really explain it. It would give them the most common ground with Winston First, who they're trying to knobble, and ACT, with whom they are diametrically opposed on alnost everything else. The Nats themselves are not anti-Tiriti. Many of the settlements with iwi have happened during their governments.
@58db300d I donʼt disagree on your second point. Finlayson was one of the finest Treaty Settlements Ministers we ever had. Anyway, it seems my first contention was wrong. I guess you canʼt believe everything you read on Mastodon. I thought I had left that behind on OnlyKlans. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/election-2023-top-leader-raf-manji-on-maori-issues-and-why-treaty-referendum-doesnt-make-sense/V37Q5OIONFH6LBQOPEWIMSETYA/
@79067dd7 > I guess you canʼt believe everything you read on Mastodon. I thought I had left that behind on OnlyKlans Someone said it on the Internet, it must be true! : P It wouldn't surprise me if every social media platform kiwis use is being haunted by shills, paid by the same people funding the NatACTs' campaign. For exactly that reason, I didn't believe TOP had made overtures to the Nats until I saw it reported in multiple news media.
@58db300d It was from a normally trustworthy, left-leaning account here, but I guess lefties can either get it wrong or deceive. Strangely, I havenʼt seen that account for a while so Iʼll have a look right after I post.
@79067dd7 > It was from a normally trustworthy, left-leaning account here An effective shill will throw plenty of legit stuff into their feed to make the propaganda convincing. As Mary Poppins put it, just a spoonf of sugar... ; )
@58db300d @79067dd7 Campbell's going to stay there anyway, especially since he's a shoe-in, despite Pallett being very good. He's been working on this for a while, perfect candidate "never had a want for anything", yet honed in on how cost of living was the biggest issue for all the common people. And I don't think National want another Epson.