Amanda Riddell
Question Time 17.09.2024
Chilly wind, but no rain. Looked at the Treaty in the National Library again. When I see our founding document, it gives me hope that my...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
GIFs
Comparing the different teams in the Treaty Principles Bill debate.
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
Question Time 12.09.2024
No review today; I'm too pissed off. I honestly couldn't fucking take sitting there yesterday watching Tam while I'm fighting this war...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 113 min read
Question Time 11.09.2024
Gary's two cents: the opposition should be more like a government-in-waiting. Opened with a celebration of all the Paralympic athletes...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 285 min read
Question Time 28.08.2024
There's an obvious downside to my arts reforms: if all the focus goes into small movies, then big films like my Shipwrecked on Islands...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 273 min read
Question Time 27.08.2024
Question 10 was challenged by the opposition, but Brownlee let it stand. 'He's finally done something that I agree with' - Gary Regarding...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 213 min read
Question Time 21.08.2024
Te Pāti Māori was completely absent today, but I was representing in the team colours. 1. Chippy to Winston C 7, WP 4 Winston as acting...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 203 min read
Question Time 20.08.2024
Half an hour spent congratulating the Olympians, which was obviously warranted, but took bloody ages! 1. Hlöe to Omelette AP 7, PO 3...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 83 min read
Question Time 08.08.2024
Sat in the Speaker's Gallery, which had a good view of the National Party. It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow - he died six years ago,...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 71 min read
*crickets*
I was very serious in that video last week. If my reviews of Question Time are hurting the feelings of coalition MPs, then why is it that...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 73 min read
Question Time 07.08.2024
Tanya Unkovich and Winston Peters received a petition from Family First called "what is a woman?" - 23,000 anti-trans signatures. Woman...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 63 min read
Question Time 06.08.2024
This was a pretty slow, boring day. Brownlee made a speech at the beginning about the need to rein in all the various chaotic things that...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 313 min read
Question Time 31.07.2024
Changed my mind and braved the shit weather. Today was full of drama! First up, David Seymour tabled documents between him and the ACT...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 253 min read
Question Time 25.07.2024
Slightly hungover today. I saw a protest on Parliament Grounds about students being killed in Bangladesh, and Nanaia Mahuta was visiting...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 181 min read
Gender expression
So, for those who are wondering, altering my gender expression might mean this: Telling me to dye my hair, or to style it in a certain...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 21 min read
gossip
As for whether Chloe should jump ship... well, I think that's premature and she's panicking! 🤣 Like, it's fairly defensible: 'this was...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 251 min read
Machine Fatigue thoughts
Blocking the Facebook news feed was a great move. I'd recommend that for all the Green MPs. Gary introduced me to this app called...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 254 min read
Question Time 25.06.2024
Drizzly weather today, which moved a ban live exports protest from outside to inside. I saw Steve Abel and Karen O'Leary in the crowd. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 241 min read
Scrutiny week
Tbh I had no idea about that until I saw it in the news. I'm hardly a political tragic. I'm listening to Raw Politics and watching Q+A...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 201 min read
How I see myself
I think politicians putting pressure on me to make something is deeply questionable. Which is probably why I completely ignored their...
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