Becket was born in Scotland. After leaving the British Army he spent over 40 years in construction, travelling the world. After a lifetime working in jungles and deserts, he decided to retire to the more temperate climate of New Zealand. “Although Ardern made me wonder if I had done the right thing,” he said.
His article highlights issues such as energy bans leading to problems with fuel quality and supply, overpayment of certain public sector workers, soft approach to crime, negative impact on education, diversity and inclusion policies, inflated house prices, tensions around indigenous rights, media manipulation and the potential implications for the UK.
“Oil, gas and coal bans led to the closing down of the Marsden Oil Refinery, the only one in New Zealand. This resulted in the importation of refined fuels, at greater cost and with a drop in the quality of that fuel,” Becket wrote highlighting the problems that ensued because of this policy.
He also highlighted the Ardern government’s “soft on crime” policy. “Criminal activity spiralled out of control. The courts were encouraged not to incarcerate dangerous and violent criminals and allowances were made for a criminal’s background, particularly if they were Maori,” he wrote.
As for education, Becket wrote that “all sectors of education suffered under the Ardern regime, with changes to the curriculum reflecting her ideology rather than the traditional teaching.”
Another disastrous area of Ardern’s government was diversity and inclusion. “There was a push to advance people into senior positions based on ethnicity and sex rather than on ability and merit,” he said.
This is a diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”). It is a “tick-box diversity” and “diversity by the numbers” policy. We have previously warned about this nefarious agenda HERE.
“[New Zealand is] now paying the price of incompetently run governmental organisations where there has been huge expenditure and very little to show for it. There has also been a massive increase in the numbers of (diverse) civil servants with the same outcomes,” Becket said.
Adding, “[the Government] caused racial tensions by pushing indigenous rights above everyone else’s.”
As for promises of building affordable houses. Becket said that Ardern promised to build 100,000 houses in ten years but the actual figure was 2,300. Additionally, “they bought houses off the open market at inflated prices and pushed house prices up beyond the reach of most people.”
“The parallels between Starmer and Ardern (a former Blair assistant) are staggeringly similar, although I have mentioned some things that are yet to happen in the UK, but surely will,” he concluded....<<<Read More>>>...