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ACT leader David Seymour brushes off claims party has a 'culture of fear' (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ACT leader David Seymour is playing down reported complaints from volunteers about his party's culture.

Last week, Stuff reported claims of volunteers leaving the party, expressing no confidence in the board and raising concerns about the party's treatment of women.

The reports said sources close to the party accused its campaign leadership of creating a "culture of fear".

But leader David Seymour has brushed off the reports, saying they are not representative of ACT as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"I think when even (former Labour finance minister) Roger Douglas says the ACT party has become the party of entrenched privilege, I think it's time for the ACT party to have a rethink."

RNZ seems to have missed that Roger Douglas was not only a Labour minister, but also a co-founder of ACT.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah it was an unnecessarily obtuse insertion by the reporter.