The Green Party is asking the Government to withdraw the invitation for Australian Prime Minister John Howard to visit New Zealand next week. According to their press release, Howard is a warmonger whose actions have stripped him of any right to the courtesy normally owed to a visiting dignitary.

I don't entirely agree with them - given that Australia is our closest ally and number one trading partner we can't afford to have our Government piss them off quite to that extent. That said, I hope that the protest movement gives him a good bollocking when he is here and that it gets across exactly what people think of the toadying little weasel.