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In shocking news Christopher Luxon admitted to media this afternoon he had no idea whatsoever what the commitment he had made to Act would cost New Zealand tax payers.

Would you sign up with an open cheque book?

What kind of negotiator does not even know the costs?

Christopher Luxon signed away all those dollars without bothering to even assess the total amount he might waste on the divisive Treaty Principles Bill.

This is more of the same pattern we have seen in many policies now, no impact analysis, no cost analysis, a blind leader leading a blind caucus making blind decisions.

This morning David Seymour said this Treaty Principles Bill won't wrap up until we are into 2025 - but Luxon thought it would only take six months with a bit more tacked on this year.

Yes the circus show carries on without the heads of the Three Headed Taniwha talking to each other.

"It's a push me pull you", said an organic punga.

"It's three blind mice", said a flax bush sharpening a carving knife.

"I don't know how to be any clearer" warbled a majestical Tui before flying off to peck at Simeon Brown.

The deep divide between Act and National grows deeper every day now as wedges begin to appear and Luxon uses every PR trick in the book to throw flak up before the public to confuse and baffle people about what he has said previously.

To be clear Luxon was on record - point blank before Waitangi Day - refusing to rule out National's ongoing support - refusing to use definite language - and this failure to rule out future support was repeated by David Seymour in the weeks leading up to Waitangi.

Seymour kept pointing this ambiguity out while Luxon kept talking about intentions and commitments.

Newshub's Jenna Lynch got to the point where she reported on 24 January 2024 a day before Rātana that Christopher Luxon needed to "refine his language" about the Treaty Principles Bill.

Luxon was asked repeatedly why he uses the words "no intention to support" and "no commitment to support" instead of saying "we do not support" the Bill and Luxon repeatedly ducked, dived and avoided using "we do not support" for weeks...which is why ...there was so much angst in the weeks leading up to Waitangi Day.

Now Luxon is telling everyone he has been clear for weeks and that's why he did not mention this at Waitangi in his speech.

The deception is framed like this by Luxon's spin machine :

1.) State that the media did not understand what Luxon was saying for weeks before Waitangi and he does not know how to be clearer...and how he was clear, very clear, clearer than clear.

2.) Divert to the referendum and long standing different positions between Act and National

3.) Gaslight by implying he has always said the same thing about the Treaty Principles Bill going no further than the first reading, and it's always been clear...he is the victim here.

This morning David Seymour said to Lloyd Burr ..."I mean, last week, he wouldn't rule out supporting it further, yesterday he would. I think perhaps he got a bit nervous after Waitangi."

No shite sherlock.

Nobody Reading this is Gerry Brownlee !!!

Hooray !!!

Chris Bishop ruled out a conscience vote on the Treaty Principles Bill on TVNZ Breakfast this morning - but people want to hear that from Luxon.

Over on BHN Comrade Bomber Bradbury reckons this is about stripping down the Treaty Principles to allow the Mining Industry to tap into vast seams of precious metals thought to be under the ground and the Treaty stands in the way.

The comrade reckons this is Shane Jone's real intent behind all the pompous bollocks.

Luxon announced an end to Auckland's 11.5 cent fuel tax on 30 June 2024 - which will mean scrapping about 30 projects involving bus lanes, cycleways, and speed bumps and using the unspent $341 Million on the Eastern Busway and CRL electric trains.

National will save big heavy polluting car owners some cash for a while but heavy road user tolls are coming as well while Simeon cackles about how this is a cost of living measure.

Nicole McKee explained to Oliver Sean Plunket that she had heard the singing over her speech at Waitangi was in support of her right to speak - but did not name who told her that?

G News timed the speech and it went for about six minutes without any heckling nor singing over her and it was only near the end that there was a short burst of heckling and people singing on their feet. McKee thinks the singing was directed at the heckler - if so - this now makes David Seymour's story about how shocked he was about McKee's treatment ( see interview with Mahingarangi ) cos she was a woman speaking and how it was political - into bollocks.

There's a bit more news about facial recognition being trialled by Foodstuffs North Island in up to 25 Pak'nSave and New World stores over the next six months. The trial starts tomorrow.

Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster will run an inquiry into that.

I need to go have some lunch and catch up with what else is happening upstairs as Monty sleeps through the day.

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