and from Facebook:As for norightturn, it is a rag and I didn't read the links, no point in reading the crap they produce.
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the
lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to
step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about �finger guns� by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without
the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen
across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog: >https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html >https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html The TPM leadership and you are all children, the punishment was at best appropriate and at worst lenient. You can politic and lie and obfuscate all you want but the majority of New Zealanders believe the behaviour in parliament of those three (especially the two leaders) was abhorent, disrespectful and they should be shunned by those that voted them in - they are greedy, pathetically foolish and beyond contempt. So are you.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:Of course not, Rich posted the comment and he doesn't do balance.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn’t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 00:30:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn’t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
Yes that is relevant as well; but it was not in the articles I was
referring to.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn�t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 01:42:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'OliveiroMs Collins is not a judge, just as you are not sentient. Your use of sarcasm has become your only tenuous hold on reality.
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:22:40 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 00:30:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn�t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
Yes that is relevant as well; but it was not in the articles I was
referring to.
Wonder why not? Do you think she got off lightly too?
I wonder as well, but perhaps the author just forgot about it -
certainly it has been mentioned in other articles; from memory there
was a punishment, but it did not go before the Head Judge Crusher
Collins . . .
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:22:40 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 00:30:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn�t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
Yes that is relevant as well; but it was not in the articles I was
referring to.
Wonder why not? Do you think she got off lightly too?
I wonder as well, but perhaps the author just forgot about it ...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?
and from Facebook:
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the
lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to
step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about finger guns by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without
the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen
across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog: https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 03:10:44 -0000 (UTC), TonyAs I wrote and you ignored "you are not sentient. Your use of sarcasm
<[email protected]> wrote:
Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 01:42:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro >>><[email protected]d> wrote:Ms Collins is not a judge, just as you are not sentient. Your use of sarcasm >>has become your only tenuous hold on reality.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:22:40 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 00:30:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:Yes that is relevant as well; but it was not in the articles I was
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn�t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter. >>>>>
referring to.
Wonder why not? Do you think she got off lightly too?
I wonder as well, but perhaps the author just forgot about it -
certainly it has been mentioned in other articles; from memory there
was a punishment, but it did not go before the Head Judge Crusher
Collins . . .
Since she was effectively acting as prosecutor and as Chairman of the >Committee, the de facto judge, she should have considered whether the >Committee should have had regard to the Human Rights ACT
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 03:01:49 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'OliveiroThere is no similarity between any of those and any others that I can remember and the 3 TPM ones.
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:20:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
I wonder as well, but perhaps the author just forgot about it ...
Or was just trying to slant things to further an agenda.
Anything is possible; what I am aware of is:
On 1 May 2024 during a parliamentary debate on roading projects,
Genter walked over to from her seat and yelled "Read the report!" at
National MP and Minister Matt Doocey. Genter returned to her seat then
rose and apologised. The Speaker later said he would refer Genter to >Parliament's privileges committee.
On 1 August 2024, Genter was found in contempt of Parliament, censured
and ordered to apologise after shouting at Doocey in May 2024. The
Green Party described her actions as unacceptable and in breach of
standards expected of MPs.
_________
So it bears some similarity to the other incidents raised in the
original article, but no more relevant than the others.
The biggest difference from the Haka incident appears to be that she
was not docked 21 days pay, and she was not excluded from the House
and her party not permitted to vote on her behalf through the normal
proxy vote system.
__________
Are there any other incidents that should be considered in this effort
to cover all bases? Perhaps someone could work out how much money it
is saving the government to not be paying the three MPs while they are >suspended . . . (gotta pay for the handout to landlords . . .)
On 9 Jun 2025 04:26:27 GMT, Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2025-06-08, Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?In all of those examples it was a single MP behaving badly. The TPM was >>orchestrated, with no provication. It was a willful act of trying to arrest >>the MP doing their lawful business.
and from Facebook:
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the
lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to
step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about ?finger guns? by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without
the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen
across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog:
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html >>
An attempt to arrest an MP was involved? How did we all miss that?
Which MP was the target?
On 9 Jun 2025 04:26:27 GMT, Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:More sarcasm - you are a fool.
On 2025-06-08, Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
In all of those examples it was a single MP behaving badly. The TPM was >>orchestrated, with no provication. It was a willful act of trying to arrest >>the MP doing their lawful business.https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?
and from Facebook:
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the
lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to
step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about ?finger guns? by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without
the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen
across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog:
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html >>
An attempt to arrest an MP was involved? How did we all miss that?
Which MP was the target?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?
and from Facebook:
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the
lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to
step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about �finger guns� by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without
the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen
across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog: >https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html >https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html
Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 01:42:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro >><[email protected]d> wrote:Ms Collins is not a judge, just as you are not sentient. Your use of sarcasm >has become your only tenuous hold on reality.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:22:40 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 00:30:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn�t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
Yes that is relevant as well; but it was not in the articles I was
referring to.
Wonder why not? Do you think she got off lightly too?
I wonder as well, but perhaps the author just forgot about it -
certainly it has been mentioned in other articles; from memory there
was a punishment, but it did not go before the Head Judge Crusher
Collins . . .
On 2025-06-08, Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?
and from Facebook:
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the
lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to
step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about ?finger guns? by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without
the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen
across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog:
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html
In all of those examples it was a single MP behaving badly. The TPM was >orchestrated, with no provication. It was a willful act of trying to arrest >the MP doing their lawful business.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:20:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
I wonder as well, but perhaps the author just forgot about it ...
Or was just trying to slant things to further an agenda.
The biggest difference from the Haka incident appears to be that she
was not docked 21 days pay, and she was not excluded from the House
and her party not permitted to vote on her behalf through the normal
proxy vote system.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:35:31 +1200, Rich80105 <[email protected]>The haka took far less than 5 minutes - it was not stopping any MP
wrote:
On 9 Jun 2025 04:26:27 GMT, Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2025-06-08, Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?
and from Facebook:
In 2007 MP Trevor Mallard threw a punch at fellow MP Tau Henare in the >>>> lobby, just off the Chamber, after challenging him in the Chamber, "to >>>> step outside". No referral to the Privileges Committee then.
Similarly blathering on about ?finger guns? by an Act MP while
defending the right for people to have access to semi-automatic guns.
There is a litany of unparliamentary behaviour that has passed without >>>> the sanctions visited upon those MPs who performed a haka. For
example:
In 2006 Mallard hit National's Bob Clarkson with a manila folder.
Earlier still then MP the late Dr Cullen got out of his seat and
approached Mr Banks, shaking his fist in Mr Banks' face.
In 1998 then leader Mr Bolger of the opposition, threw a ballpoint pen >>>> across the chamber after Minister of Justice Geoffrey Palmer
questioned his intelligence.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
And from Tonys favourite blog:
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-parliamentary-lynching.html >>>> https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/outrageous-and-antidemocratic.html
In all of those examples it was a single MP behaving badly. The TPM was >>>orchestrated, with no provication. It was a willful act of trying to arrest >>>the MP doing their lawful business.
An attempt to arrest an MP was involved? How did we all miss that?
Which MP was the target?
Cripes Rich - more grandstanding from you if you truly did not
understand what Gordon was referring to. While the word 'arrest' is
most commonly used in references to Police actions, it has other
meanings. Do a little bit of Google searching - 5 minutes should
suffice.
It is my hope that if anyone ever performs a haka as the Maori Party
MPs did, they should be treated in the same way as convicted criminals >causing a disturbance of the peace in a public place.
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:29:59 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
The biggest difference from the Haka incident appears to be that she
was not docked 21 days pay, and she was not excluded from the House
and her party not permitted to vote on her behalf through the normal
proxy vote system.
Also she didn�t loudly proclaim that the process was inherently biased >against her, and refuse to turn up for hearings.
The haka took far less than 5 minutes
Similar arguments have been made previously - the gratuitous
imposition of a haka before All Black games was seen as both unduly
holding up the competition, as well as being either too exhausting to
the All Black team members,
or alternatively unfair to their
opposition because it was intimidating.
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 05:40:31 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'OliveiroProbably untrue but irrelevant anyway.
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:29:59 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
The biggest difference from the Haka incident appears to be that she
was not docked 21 days pay, and she was not excluded from the House
and her party not permitted to vote on her behalf through the normal
proxy vote system.
Also she didn�t loudly proclaim that the process was inherently biased >>against her, and refuse to turn up for hearings.
They scheduled a meeting without checking they were available, and the >inherent bias came from decisions being made by the Government
majority rather than as had previously happened by consensus. The
process did not comply with Human Rights Legislation, and there is no >compulsion to attend.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:Of course not, Rich posted the comment and he doesn't do balance.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn’t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
Tony <[email protected]> wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:Of course not, Rich posted the comment and he doesn't do balance.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn’t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
I think It's time to killfile Rich or maybe time to kill off my
usenet time as Rich is nothing but a left loving Marxist. Him and >Jabcider must have hit it off great.
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 05:40:31 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:29:59 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
The biggest difference from the Haka incident appears to be that
she was not docked 21 days pay, and she was not excluded from the
House and her party not permitted to vote on her behalf through
the normal proxy vote system.
Also she didn’t loudly proclaim that the process was inherently
biased against her, and refuse to turn up for hearings.
They scheduled a meeting without checking they were available ...
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:43:01 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 05:40:31 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:29:59 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
The biggest difference from the Haka incident appears to be that
she was not docked 21 days pay, and she was not excluded from the
House and her party not permitted to vote on her behalf through
the normal proxy vote system.
Also she didn�t loudly proclaim that the process was inherently
biased against her, and refuse to turn up for hearings.
They scheduled a meeting without checking they were available ...
Did they really? Because they had plenty of time beforehand to tell TV
news crews that they weren�t going to attend.
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 22:26:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:43:01 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
They scheduled a meeting without checking they were available ...
Did they really? Because they had plenty of time beforehand to tell TV
news crews that they werent going to attend.
Sometimes Google is your friend . . .
And the process was we are told for the first time a weaponisation of
the process - a change from unanimous agreement to the Government
Majority imposing their will over Opposition members.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:29:53 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 22:26:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:43:01 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
They scheduled a meeting without checking they were available ...
Did they really? Because they had plenty of time beforehand to tell TV
news crews that they weren?t going to attend.
Sometimes Google is your friend . . .
And the process was we are told for the first time a weaponisation of
the process - a change from unanimous agreement to the Government
Majority imposing their will over Opposition members.
Did you forget the news reports of the time? The trio made it quite clear >from the beginning they were not going to attend the hearings. There was
no issue mentioned of scheduling conflicts: they simply pulled a Gaurav >Sharma.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:45:22 +1200, Mutley <[email protected]>You are an obvious apparatchik
wrote:
Tony <[email protected]> wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:35 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:Of course not, Rich posted the comment and he doesn't do balance.
It all seems like there are two sets of standards at play here.
Bit of a selective list, isn’t it? No mention of Julie-Anne Genter.
I think It's time to killfile Rich or maybe time to kill off my
usenet time as Rich is nothing but a left loving Marxist. Him and >>Jabcider must have hit it off great.
Your decision, Mutley. I do not see myself as Marxist
, but you mayYou would be better off leaving one of your teeth under your pillow and praying to the tooth fairy. That website is trash, as evidenced many times.
mean something different from my views.
I recently did the test at https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
and my results were close to :STop lying, Collins did not make the decision - it was a democratic vote.
Left / Right: +3
Authoritarian / Libertarian +3
So yes I am to the left of the average of Labour on the economic
scale, but slightly more libertarian than Labour.
This is probably well within the range of Labour voters.
Some years ago there was an exchange of personal results on nz.general
that included David Farrar - from memory he was almost exactly where
ACT is on the chart - +10 on the left / right scale, and -2 towards >libertarian. I have previously said that I believe ACT is in fact
much more authoritarian - more towards where they were placed in 2017.
However you probably have different results and rationale - but each
of us is only entitled to one vote - don't feel threatened by people
that have different views.
To go back to the subject of the thread, I have been surprised that
the Taxpayers Union have not objected to the stupidity of the decision
by the overtly authoritarian Judith Collins
- Parliament wasted atSo were the lockdowsn, and they cost Billions of dolklars.
least a day on the haka incident and the deliberations of the
government members - at a cost which is quite high - see >https://fyi.org.nz/request/2429/response/7887/attach/2/Response.pdf
At $310 per minute of sitting time (and that was back in 2014), what a
waste of money it has been.
As for Jabcider, please don't inject yourself with cider - it wouldYour foul sarcasm once more - no debating skills, just abuse that's the Rich we love to detest.
not be healthy. I suspect you may not have meant that though - the far
right are often deliberately obtuse - but you may just not have
explained what you mean very well . . .
On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 01:43:25 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro ><[email protected]d> wrote:You certainly are and doing so several times a day.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:29:53 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 22:26:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:43:01 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:
They scheduled a meeting without checking they were available ...
Did they really? Because they had plenty of time beforehand to tell TV >>>> news crews that they weren?t going to attend.
Sometimes Google is your friend . . .
And the process was we are told for the first time a weaponisation of
the process - a change from unanimous agreement to the Government
Majority imposing their will over Opposition members.
Did you forget the news reports of the time? The trio made it quite clear >>from the beginning they were not going to attend the hearings. There was
no issue mentioned of scheduling conflicts: they simply pulled a Gaurav >>Sharma.
Perhaps we are both doing a Tony and making statements without
evidence.
. My recall is that the Committee refused to hear themThey said within hours of the announcement that there would be an enguiry that they would not attend - fact, not supposition (like you) but fact - we all saw that. They repeated that more than once.
together, and made appointments without consultation, but that it was
only after this that the TPM MPs decided they did not wish to meet
with the Committee. Some actions on both sides were unwise, but while
I know that evidence is desirable, I do not have time to find it at
present.
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