Because, if we were ever invaded, we would want and expect our allies to help us out, which means doing the same for them.

Do you have any other tankie BS to spout?

The five members of the UN security Council are the five nuclear powers, that’s what sets them apart.

The rest of your case is nothing but whataboutism.

What a load of absolute boot licking nonsense.

Russia are currently invading their neighbour, completely without justification, and committing a huge number of war crimes along the way. There is absolutely no reason to be doing business of any kind with them.

China is currently acting like a bully towards their neighbors, including making unjustified claims against territory held by the Philippines, the nine dash line claims, and is plotting to invade Taiwan by force.

It’s looking increasingly likely China will need to be repelled by force at some point in the future, and there is only one position in that conflict we can justifiably take.

Saying we should trade with anyone, regardless of other politics, is to turn a blind eye to some absolutely abhorrent behaviour by a number of nations.

Don’t want to put the ladder down.

Something that’s not on the list, and in my view should be, is either lowering the threshold for a party to enter parliament, or switching to a transferable vote for the party vote.

The current system makes it very difficult for another party to enter parliament, TOP have been trying for how long now?

It’s a strange one, I’m not entirely sure what their angle is. I do like the idea of orgasations like a university not taking a position on issues outside their area of expertise.

We recently had Tory Whanau tell central government to butt out of their business, while the council passed a resolution opposing the treaty principles Bill, for example.

It’s a waste of time, and such actions are seldom taken seriously anyway.

I’m a bit confused myself actually. I can understand pushing back against practices like deliberately working slowly, or bus drivers not collecting fares, if you’re at work and being paid.

But following the rules to the letter?