Political posturing
Political posturing is when politicians focus on things that show them in a better light but have no actual benefit. They propose simple solutions to complex problems, cut ribbons, build arenas or launch various initiatives to “put the town on the map”.
Political posturing entries
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Hunua Ranges goat cull that killed zero goats
Hunua Ranges has a targeted surveillance programme to keep goat numbers low. Auckland Council spent $91,742 on a Hunua Ranges goat cull in 2016/17 that killed zero goats.
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Taxpayers Shell Out For Epic Turtle Journey
Taxpayers shelled out thousands of dollars transporting a dead turtle from Banks Peninsula to Wellington, storing it in a freezer for 21 months, then sending it back down to where it washed up for a…
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Senior sex stories
Global Affairs Canada spent $12,520 organizing shows where seniors talked about their sex lives in front of a live audience.
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$27 million on concerts paid by the Georgian government
The Georgian government allocated $27 million on concerts at the Black Sea Arena concert hall, near Batumi, as well as in Tbilisi for the two-year “Starring Georgia” campaign, starting in 2023.
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Millions on luxury limos and top-end cars
Local authorities in UK splashed a grand total of £2,689,959 on luxury limos and top-end cars between 2019 and 2022 – primarily to ferry their mayors to ribbon-cutting ceremonies and photoshoots. It’s worth remembering some of these are the…
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Not bright: Light show in front of the Bundestag
The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate in Germany calls on Germans to save energy and provides some savings tips in a campaign worth millions: “Don’t shower for so long!”, “When cooking lid on…
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40 million euro for energy-saving campaign with unclear impact
To reduce energy consumption and expand renewable energies more quickly, the German government has launched an extraordinarily expensive information campaign. The concrete contribution of the campaign to the stated goals is unclear.
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Aid to Afghanistan with poor results
According to a report by the Expert Group for Aid Analysis (EBA), the Swedish aid to Afghanistan was poorly adapted to the way Afghanistan works. The solutions that aid workers were working for were based…
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World-class in failing to sell water
In 1996, Timrå municipality’s politicians had the idea of starting to sell their own municipal water and started a municipal company to do so. Almost 25 years later, that municipally-owned company had not sold a…
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