They deliberately and intentionally disrupted the process of Parliament, by actions that were planned ahead of time. Even Chris Hipkins hasn’t defended their actions, only saying he feels the punishment was overly harsh.

Just FYI, I’ve had ballpeen blocked for probably over a year. They never have anything insightful or useful to say, and I see no benefit to even seeing their comments.

I recommend doing the same.

Parliament has strict rules around decorum, and with good reason, the place would be total chaos without them.

And the punishment is harsh, but there’s never been a group of people before with such disdain for the establishment they represent their constituents within.

It’s also affecting phone lines, I tried to call a landline number earlier today and got nothing. I guess they use a VoIP system?

I’m so bored of these puff pieces about Jacinda Ardern.

Yes, her government did an amazing job managing Covid, and yes, she represented a very different style of leadership.

Her government also massively failed us on a number of issues. If she’d actually stated how she felt regarding the cannabis referendum, it likely would have passed, and they totally failed to address the housing crisis, child poverty, and a number of other issues they campaigned on. They simply failed to show decisive leadership on a huge number of issues, and paid the price at the polls.

I think there’s a decent argument for making the steep downhill between the actual gully and the Kapiti coast a lower limit, the rest of it I don’t see as being a problem.

I think a gentle curve is actually safer than a straight, because you can actually see ahead of you.

I wonder what the procedure is when you’re 18-19 and not on good terms with your parents?

Student allowances were also means tested when I was studying, and that didn’t seem fair to me at all at the time.

It’s just a strange line of thought in general, these are adults after all.

Oh, no doubt, but this genuinely does sound like a cock up to me.

No bins is a colossal pain in the ass if you didn’t come prepared. It’s not so bad at DOC sites, where they’ve been doing this for years and you know what to expect

There may be signage, but between the “nobody knows what’s going on” comment, and the fact there’s no evidence of it, would you say it’s more likely there is or isn’t a designated right of way?

So who has the right of way then? Because I don’t see any signage indicating that in the photo.

And as I said earlier, what’s wrong with speed bumps?

It sounds like there’s no designated right of way, so who is supposed to go?

And if they’re not used to having an artificially created traffic jam on their street, honestly, I think that’s fair enough.

However, some UK and Irish “traffic calming” schemes, particularly involving road narrowings, are viewed as extremely hostile and have been implicated directly in death and injury to cyclists and pedestrians.

Trust the British to fuck it up. One issue with a chicane is, if there’s no oncoming traffic, you can use both lanes and just not slow down.

Did you actually read the article? They’ve created a traffic jam, nobody knows what’s going on, and the worst part is, if there’s no other traffic, you could still fang it though the chicanes from what I can see.

The biggest question I had when reading this was, what’s wrong with speed bumps?

They allow two way traffic, slow people down, and will last longer than a bunch of plastic crap stuck to the pavement.

I’m not here to Google shit for you, their conduct has been widely reported on if you care enough to learn the full story.

You seem to have answered your own question with that quote.

Cool.

The reason the process dragged out so long is largely due to the conduct of the party members in question, namely refusing to attend hearings etc.

Because there’s a process to follow?

The Maori party, or at least a few of their MPs, are brown supremacists, and say shit that would incite violence if a white person said them about Maori.