I love you @pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org

Sorry mate, but she’ll be doing a lot more damage from her new position. This is nothing to celebrate, unfortunately.

She absolutely will do a lot of damage. She’ll be editing and signing off on any laws and regulations passed. She’ll be passing all of National’s dogshit fast track, RMA and local government reforms from last year.

She will also be able to screw us regardless of who wins the next election. If National wins, she can quickly pass any half baked law they come up with. If Labour wins she can block everything they do.

This is why it’s generally not the done thing to put ex politicians in this role. Especially not ones with her track record.

I see nothing to celebrate here. We’re fucked.

Racking my brain for a possible motive here… Is this just a disturbed person? Could it be anything else? Is this even worth wondering about?

It’s also a massive indictment of our voting system. These guys won by a landslide of hundreds of votes, and only 51 were identified as definitely fraudulent, not enough to overturn the vote. The judge had to make a judgement call that those fraudulent votes were enough reason to call for another election, which is not an ideal situation.

These guys got caught because they got greedy and overplayed their hand. Makes you wonder how many people have gotten away with this sort of thing.

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