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Oh shit, I thought we'd gotten rid of this idiot wonderful politician with a talent for publicity from politics. Toad at g-blog puts it more eloquently than I* Just when I thought the ACT Party couldn’t get more dominated by wealthy, bigoted, elderly white men,…
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No Right Turn asks an interesting set of questions about the state allocation of broadcast media time. David Farrar makes a similar point to I/S but restricted to parties outside parliament at the end of his post here. The Electoral Commission has announced its initial broadcasting…
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25 Rules of Disinformation Written Published by The Jackal at 12:05 PM This note provides a handy reference to most of the games used by spin-doctors and other assorted disinformation artists. Knowledge of these tricks enables us to spot their handiwork where ever they might…
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We give Phil Goff a lot of hassles, so I thought I should show an example of him getting it right. Goff takes control of the interview away from the Petra's attack lines and nicely turns it to Labour's lines. It's about connecting voters with…
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Remember 2008? Remember back when John Key sounded vaguely sane and reasonable? In a speech to the Public Service Association Congress in September 2008 Key said: A new National Government is not going to radically reorganise the structure of the public sector. ... Few problems…
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In Melbourne last week for the Australian Fabians AGM I picked up a copy of Lindsay Tanner's book "Sideshow". According to the back cover, Tanner "lays bare the relentless decline of political reporting and political behaviour that occurred during his career. Part memoir, part analysis,…
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Gordon Campbell, as ever, is there with the insightful commentary: Gordon Campbell on John Key’s assault on the welfare system If John Key is the face of moderation, there’s not much room left on the margins for the extremism of Don Brash. “Moderation” evidently means…
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This government's got a real talent for manufacturing crisis to suit them. The debt disaster is a classic - in order to get out of debt we have to cut public spending to the tune of almost $1billion and sell assets. Far from being in the same…
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My contribution: Key does the vertical plank. Not pictured, National's economic plan .
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If there is one silver lining to the cloud of a National government, it is that the MMP referendum has come up on their watch. It rather cripples their attack lines. • They can't claim that MMP creates weak government -- without condemning their own government…
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Elect a Labour-led government. Create 100K jobs. ['Main benefits' are: unemployment, sickness, invalids, DPB. Also added a table of benefit costs]
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Having starved the economy and created record unemployment the government is now preparing to stick the knife into the Kiwis it has failed - if they can't find a job in this broken economy they'll see their benefits reduced. Of course like all welfare policies…
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So it appears that John Banks, having applied for his Epsom candidature and ACT party membership at the same time, will get to face his mayoral campaign manager, Aaron Bhatnagar, as National candidate for Epsom. Banks was able to assure everyone on Morning Report this…
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A Herald poll asked people their views on raising the retirement age. Surprisingly, support was strong - 52.3% think the issue needs addressing National whines the country is broke so they have to cut public services and sell assets (while keeping on borrowing for tax…
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Plenty of polls lately. Do we really need so many? Last night we got a 3 News / Reid poll: National slips a little in poll, but still going strong National has taken a hit in the polls, following its budget which made cuts to…
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On Wednesday this week, Nick Smith is going to announce what amounts to the effective privatisation of a large part of ACC. You won’t hear the word privatisation uttered from his lips, he’ll use all sorts of other words like ‘competition’ and ‘market discipline’, but…
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The week that was 21 - 27 May Written by The Jackal at 9:22 AM A study undertaken by a citizen's group has found radioactive substances in the breast milk of women in Japan. 12.5% of those tested, were affected by Fukushima Dai-ichi fallout. Samples…
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Seen the coverage of Goff's visit to McGehan Close? So negative. Portrays it as cynical politics. Yet when Key visited in 2008, the coverage was fawning over the 'kompassionate konservative'. What's wrong with Goff going along to the place, it's in his own electorate, and…
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National Party pollster David Farrar has been revealed as the campaign strategist behind a coming anti-MMP campaign. He's joined by Nat 'campaign manager for hire' Simon Lusk* who did the work on the Brash coup at Steven Joyce's behest, Nat muck-thrower Cameron Slater, and Jordan…
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José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and Maria do Espírito Santo are heroes. Like Chico Mendes before them, they have paid for their activism with their lives: Amazon rainforest activist shot dead José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats…
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Reprinted from No Right Turn: "Mum and dad investors" When the government has been pushing privatization, it has relentlessly pushed the idea that the buyers of these state assets will be "mum and dad investors". The implication: the buyers will be ordinary kiwis (though why…
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Ever noticed how the big political journos will do a scathing attack on one major party then, the next day, one on the other major party? It's about maintaining access. If you only run attacks on one party, you'll stop getting stories from them (nearly…
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Auckland ratepayers are going to be stuck with a huge bill for the Nats' failure to properly cost the Supercity merger process. Specifically in this case, the cost of merging the IT systems. Planning for the Supercity merger was a shambles. There were many warnings…
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Live in Auckland and fancy a night out with Lefties, drinking and discussing politics & anything else that comes to mind? On May 31 7pm-9pm there's an evening of debate, hilarity, mystery and political intrigue at The Wine Cellar, St Kevin's Arcade, 183 Karangahape Rd.…