Speaking truth to power, Kiwi style.

"The former NZ High Commissioner to London, Phil Goff, has taken to Facebook to explain why he questioned President Donald Trump’s knowledge of history, which led to the sacking of his diplomatic post. These are his words..."

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#newzealand

Phil Goff Now that I have ended my term at MFAT, I am officially free to speak my mind on the damage I believe the Trump Administration is doing to the world. I’ve started by these comments I’ve made on the...

What TRUTH and MORAL LEADERSHIP look like, Part 2: www.facebook.com/100044324243... #PhilGoff

#WinstonPeters has lashed out at #Maori, our #media, #PhilGoff, our #PublicService and this.
If he had concerns, we have excellent police. But no, he is a right wing toady who stirs up division, hate and fear very similar to his US role models.
Here, a victim speaks:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7tG...

New Zealand fires ambassador to U.K. for asking whether Trump ‘understands history’ “President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” the New Zealand diplomat asked.

(4/5) #PhilGoff #NewZealand #Democracy

and paraphrased an oft-quoted admonition attributed to Churchill, directed toward then-British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain: “You had the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, yet you will have war.”

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(3/5) #PhilGoff #NewZealand #Democracy

Per WaPo: Phil Goff said, "he had been rereading Winston Churchill’s speech to the House of Commons in 1938 after the Munich Agreement, which allowed Adolf Hitler’s Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia,..."

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(2/5) #PhilGoff #NewZealand

Per WaPo: "New Zealand dismissed its most senior diplomat to the United Kingdom after he questioned President Donald Trump’s understanding of history at an event in London — remarks that New Zealand’s prime minister said made the envoy’s position “untenable.”

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🧵(1/5) #PhilGoff

*To All #Democracies of the World*

Please do not surrender to the fragile ego of a madman. To bow down in an attempt to placate his vanity does nothing to further the cause of #democracy. Stand firm in your convictions.True strength lies in upholding our values against tyranny.

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#actualités 🇳🇿 🇬🇧
New Zealand Fires UK Envoy Over Trump Comments.
➡️ cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/key-...
Phil Goff questioned Donald Trump’s grasp of history, prompting the foreign minister to say his position is ‘untenable’.
#EnglishTeachers #philgoff

Pathetic behaviour from New Zealand, sacking their most senior envoy to the UK because he questioned trumps grasp of history. Clearly NZ are trump appeasers. Gutless cowards. #PhilGoff #NewZealand #NZGutlessCowards #trump #trumpDraftDodger #ShameOnNewZealand

Winston Peters sacks Phil Goff as UK High Commissioner over comments about Donald Trump The foreign affairs minister says as UK High Commissioner, Phil Goff was acting as 'the face of New Zealand' and had to be sacked after comments about Donald Trump.

I know one is supposed to be indignant at Phil Goff's sacking, but the truth is that he's on manoeuvres. Which is fair enough, given the shitty state of Aotearoan politics.

#PhilGoff #Trump #Aotearoa #NZ

@nzquake.bsky.social the wrong kind of quake! What the heck #nzlife #nztravel ? For once you have a man #philgoff who stands up for the world and tells the truth, you sack him for telling it as it is? What are your leaders are you pro Nationalists also there at the end of the world? Shame on you!

New Zealand fires UK envoy Phil Goff over Trump comments Phil Goff asked if Trump "understands history" as he contrasted him with Sir Winston Churchill.

#PhilGoff is right.
NZ govt caves to Trump.
High Commissioner to the UK Phil Goff likens efforts to end the war between Russia/Ukraine to 1938 Munich Agreement allowing Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia.
NZ fires envoy to UK who questioned Trump's grasp of history www.bbc.com/news/article...

PM says it’s ‘entirely appropriate’ Peters didn’t consult on Goff sacking Winston Peters' office was not happy with NZ's High Commissioner in London.

#PhilGoff is correct. I can only conclude from this that NZ's disastrous far-right coalition government is openly pro-Trump and therefore also pro-Putin. #winstonpeters shames every Kiwi with this decision. #auspol #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

New Zealand High Commissioner to the UK Phil Goff loses his post for daring to make a joke at Trump's expense.

Trump's a fascist-enabling ass: everyone in politics knows he's an ass: but the establishment is still bent on pretending that everything is good and […]

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