Double Standards, Tariff Hypocrisy and Parliament on the Clock
About this episode
Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson discuss the fallout from the Stuart Nash story, Trump's tariffs, and parliamentary issues in New Zealand.
Hosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson , Cross Party Lines returns to a week that generated more podcast fallout than any episode before it — the Stuart Nash story broke on this show — and moves through Trump’s forced labour tariffs, the Iran quagmire and a parliamentary endgame that Phil and Chris think is being handled badly. All thanks to our foundational partner, Frank Risk Management - the 100% Kiwi owned insurance brokerage. Find out more at frankrisk.co.nz . In this episode: * The Nash fallout, Shane Jones’s knee pads and one rule for some — The Stuart Nash story dominated New Zealand media after breaking on Cross Party Lines, and both Phil and Chris use this episode to set the record straight on how it happened — and why Chris has no apology to make. But the more pointed argument is Phil’s: in the same week Nash was sacked by Peters for ill-judged comments about maternity leave, Shane Jones used the term “knee pads” to describe the Prime Minister’s behaviour toward Modi — a clear sexual innuendo that drew no consequences whatsoever. * Trump’s forced labour tariffs — hypocrisy dressed as principle — The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s original reciprocal tariffs six to…
People in this episode
Hosts: Phil Goff, Chris Finlayson
Topics covered
- political commentary
- tariffs
- media fallout
- New Zealand politics
- forced labour
- parliamentary procedures
Keywords
- Stuart Nash
- Trump tariffs
- forced labour
- New Zealand media
- Shane Jones
- parliamentary endgame
- political hypocrisy
Sponsors
Frank Risk Management
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Organizations: United States
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