DonÔÇÖt blame Police says Ardern!

[Lilith7]

Whatever happens, the PM will cop the blame, because she's the PM. While it isn't a good situation, I think she's right to not communicate with the 'protesters'.

I don't think that would also  be the right thing in other protests but this particular one has within it some who are definitely loony tunes to say the least; these are not reasonable people & therefore cannot be reasoned with. There's absolutely no point in any PM under these circumstances making themselves a target.

And as to why she was so visible in CHCH - I suspect that would be due to it having been the right thing to do at the time.

the blame for what? and she is absolutely right not to engage with the filthy morons.
ive said neither of those things.
i also agree the crowd is sinister in its intent and not reasonable people, so didnt say that either.

what i said was that the pm did nothing to protect those people forced to interact/live around parliament grounds. she has bodyguards and escorts. the kids getting on the bus dont, nor do those working in the area and those needing to use it as a thoroughfare. 
for two weeks weve heard about the bullying, today for the first time i hear there is zero tolerance for it.
wtf
while the police were impotent i expected to see more empathy from the beehive towards them. 
they were abandoned to deal with it themselves.. new orleans after katrina springs to mind.

Yep, agreed, but there will always be those who whatever the outcome will invariably blame the PM. And I also think that mistakes have been made with this situation - allowing this group to remain longer than 24 hours having been the first.