Posted on 02/24/2025 10:37:55 AM PST by BenLurkin
New Zealand's commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned as a government minister after he "placed a hand" on a staff member's upper arm last week, in what he described as "overbearing" behaviour.
Bayly said on Monday that he was "deeply sorry" about the incident, which he described as not an argument but an "animated discussion".
He remains a member of parliament.
His resignation comes after he was criticised last October for calling a winery worker a "loser"- including putting his fingers in an 'L' shape on his forehead - and allegedly using an expletive directed at them. He later issued a public apology.
"As many of you know, I have been impatient to drive change in my ministerial portfolios," Bayly said in a statement announcing his resignation.
"Last week I had an animated discussion with a staff member about work. I took the discussion too far, and I placed a hand on their upper arm, which was inappropriate."
He said a complaint had been made but would not elaborate further on exactly what had happened.
Bayly resigned last Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon later told a press conference, adding that the incident happened three days earlier, on 18 February.
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“their upper arm?” Was she a Siamese Twin?
I feel very sorry for the people in New Zealand. They have stumbled into a woke dystopia, and there appears to be no way out.
dumbass, should have bought here a drink
simpler
Bad news. It appears the Leftist media in NZ still has an enormous amount of power.
Gads, what a bunch of girly men! Meanwhile, I laugh when these idiots blather an apology as you know they don’t mean it!
The people of New Zealand will likely be defeated by the Bahamas in the next year.
pansy
Why don’t the just allow the Chinese to take them over, they are useless girly men
I don’t know if most Americans understand just how overrun with Feminism Australia and New Zealand are. They are basically like California and NYC.
The whole Anglosphere is FUBAR
Maybe our part of it is beginning to heal. Maybe.
It was an upper arm, not an upper leg.
It is crazy to lose your job over it.
New Zealand’s commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned as a government minister after he “placed a hand” on a staff’s member.
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New Zealand’s commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned as a government minister after he “placed a hand” on a member’s staff.
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