Keith Locke on Chavez

Hardly surprising, but ex-Green MP Keith Locke is upset because John Key is not attending the funeral of Hugo Chavez.

I guess its not surprising that Mr Locke would want us to honour a Human Rights abuser who gave himself indefinite ruling power.  I mean he likes Hamas, Ahmadinejad, North Korea and Pol Pot too.

It's just surprising that this is news.  Actually it's not, but even Fairfax New Zealand like stirring.  The New Zealand Greens themselves kept quiet.  Also unsurprising - it would be embarrassing if New Zealanders found out their true opinions.

Keith Locke wins Human Rights Defender award

Former Green MP Keith Locke has won a Human Rights defender award

Its great that former Keith has been recognised for his work, notably for the Syrian rights in Arab Spring.  It should be noted though that Keith is an avid defender of the Human rights only of those that he aligns to politically.  We don't see him aligning too much against his colleagues Hamas!