“Thunberg retweeted a story critical of the government when it came to climate change and referred to New Zealand’s “so-called climate emergency declaration”. She took a line from the piece which said: “In other words, the government has just committed to reducing less than 1 percent of the country’s emissions by 2025.”

Thunberg is on record saying that most if not all politicians are lying lowlifes, and it looks like not even Jacinda is entitled to a get out of jail card in Thunberg Monopoly.

Her recent interview for the New York Times was entitled, Greta Thunberg Hears Your Excuses. She Is Not Impressed. Everyone got a slap on the bum in that one, but politicians especially:

“How do you make sure that you’re not being used as a prop when you meet with politicians?”
“That’s probably most often the only reason they meet me. But you need to be able to have conversations, and I don’t say, “I had a meeting with Angela Merkel or Emmanuel Macron and they really seem to get it.” I don’t make them look good. That’s one thing I can do. People see through when politicians try to hide behind me.”
“Is there a political leader whom you think does seem to get it?”
“No.”

Lol.

Right of reply to Ardern:

“Ardern said she hadn’t seen the tweet but that it had been described to her as a “reference to our public service carbon neutral goal of 2025”.
“I would, of course, give the context there that, if that was the sum ambition of any government, then that would be worthy of criticism.
“It is not our sum ambition. And it is not the totality of our plans on climate change,” she said. “But again, I think that it’s actually for us just to get on with the business of fulfilling our obligations and expectations.”

Lots of words, maybe a shortage of ones containing meaning.

“On Monday, Ardern said she was not going to pass judgment on whether Thunberg should have done more research, before her tweet.”
“But equally I think it’s only a good thing [that] there are people out there continuing to urge ambition in action.”

Hmmmm…

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