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I can't tell if he is wearing comically big shoes or if he arrived at the debate with 12 others in a small car. What a clown.
He reckons courts are harming democracy. Courts are nothing compared to donations made by private interests and effectively buying favourable legislation or the undoing of legislation.
From real estate industry, the largest donor last election (shock! horror!) through to tobacco industry and the fishing industry.
Democracy would have you looking back at the people for a position on Palestine, not waiting around in New York for your orders.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/576856/foreign-minister-winston-peters-delivers-speech-in-the-oxford-union-debate
It's the Oxford Union Debate where guest speakers argue for or against a pre-determined motion. It's all about boosting public speaking skills. Winston Peters was invited to participate and the arguments he presented are not necessarily his personal views.
https://oxford-union.org/pages/formal-debates
Lol, the Tories have already cut local body spending to the bone.
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Reform’s flagship ‘cost-cutting’ Kent County Council leadership has started approaching opposition parties for help finding extra cash, after struggling to identify the tens of millions of pounds in budget savings they promised, Byline Times can reveal.
The newly-won Council was heralded by Nigel Farage as a symbol of what the party could achieve nationally by cutting local government “waste”.
The party went on to appoint Reform councillor Matthew Fraser-Moat as a £36,000 cabinet member for what the party calls DOLGE – the Department for Local Government Efficiency, mimicking Elon Musk’s aborted efforts under President Trump in the US.
However, the administration has since descended into chaos, with four councillors suspended last week following leaked footage exposing major divisions within the council leadership.
As a result Kent is now reportedly among a series of Reform-led authorities set to break the party’s pledge not to raise local taxes.
Opposition councillors have told Byline Times that the party is now so “desperate” for ideas on what to cut to make the upcoming budget add up that it is now arranging brain-storming sessions with opposition parties.
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/10/23/reform-council-asks-opposition-for-help-making-cuts-after-desperate-search-for-savings-falls-short/