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Reposted from Polity Here's a tweet from Felix Marwick this morning: http://twitter.com/felixmarwick/statuses/502172086048006144 This is very serious. To remind you, here are parts of Key's interview with Guyon Espiner on Monday: Espiner: Did that [SIS OIA] request come across your desk? Key: No. Espiner: So, you're…
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Tim Hunter aka "Chalkie" has a fascinating article in today's DomPost on why foreigners are so keen to buy New Zealand assets - tax. He discusses Wellington Electricity Network and Lochinver to make the point that "the real appeal of investing in New Zealand is…
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While we are on the subject of campaign videos, here is Labour's effort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsYKWCEgus&feature=youtu.be
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As quoted in the last release from Whaledump (on Aaron Bhatnagar), Cameron Slater, talking about the data hacked from Labour servers, line 805 in the redacted version (line 1143 in the original): working with senior nats for release I trust that the media will be…
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John Key's standup on the day after the release of Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book, can be seen online in the TV3 video of Thursday 14 August. The transcript below is Part Two of the transcript of the questions and answers in the video. Part…
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National may have struck a problem with their campaign video. The soundtrack sounds suspiciously like Eminem's song "Lose yourself" which was the lead song in the movie 8 Mile. National has had this problem in the past. In 2007 a DVD was created about John Key…
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Reposted from Polity from yesterday. Here is John "not a political commentator" Key today: Mr Key claimed Labour was using a smear campaign to bring National down instead of bringing out new policies. Where to start? Well, it is hardly a "smear campaign" when it is…
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Just some stuff I thought people wouldn't want to miss... Mandy Hager on her brother's book: I don't know anyone who is more ethical than Nicky [...] He is a deep thinker, with an incredibly sharp mind, and always practices what he preaches. And he is a compulsively…
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Swearing is not often a major factor in the political debate. Yet John Key’s alleged use of the “f-word” seems to have assumed considerable significance in the run-up to election day. Students of politics will recall Duncan Garner’s recent account of what he heard when…
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Tom Scott says it all. And the DomPost reports that National hopes to get their campaign back on track by showing an eight rowing together. That'll work.
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Nicky Hager has exposed the inner workings of the National Party's attack politics machine - all the way up to the PM's office - for all to see. Key has tied his brand to the mess by refusing to disown it. The only (weak) defense…
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Reposted from yesterdays No Right Turn. Writing in The Press this morning, Chris Trotter argues that politics is essentially dirty: "Bluntly, "dirty politics" is the only kind there is". I reject this proposition absolutely. I'm not doing so out of naiveity; I agree with Trotter on the essentially Hobbesean pact…
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Scott at Imperator Fish kindly lets us republish his blogs. This one is originally here. Police are investigating whether a spate of seemingly unrelated incidents could be linked to Nicky Hager’s new book. Hager’s book Dirty Politics was released last week, and much of the book’s content…
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Key's giving Collins a "last last" chance! After she's outed an innocent public servant to an amoral blogger. Duncan Garner said it six months ago about Oravida: "John Key won't like this, but by Helen Clark's standards he looks weak." That's too generous - by…
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The standup that John Key did with the press, the day after the launch of Nicky Hager's book, Dirty Politics, is one which John Key was trying to repeat his hastily prepare spin lines of denial, denial, denial. He made various claims, some of which…
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Simon Collins in today's NZ Herald, has done a pretty good examination of various parties policies on social security (aka "welfare"): Election 2014: voters' choice between the carrot and the stick. He mainly compares the policies of National and Labour, with a small comment on…
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David Farrar at Kiwiblog is trying to wash off some of the stench of Dirty Politics. Best quote "I don’t believe that the book shows me having acted in any way inappropriately." So "Princess Parties" are perfectly appropriate for David: His action points for cleaning…
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Back in March of this year John Key issued Judith "Tipline" Collins a final warning after she misled the media and him over how many meetings she had with Oravida Management during that fateful visit to China. Stuff had this report: Prime Minister John Key…
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Judith Collins' utter contempt for Parliament and willingness to use its resources to her own and her family's advantage cannot reasonably be denied. The most brazen example comes from her actions on behalf of Oravida and the extended duck'n'weave aftermath played out in Parliament. The…
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On Morning Report yesterday John Key was busy casting all sorts of aspersions, and refusing to say that clearly odious behaviour by Judith Collins, Jason Ede and Cameron Slater was wrong1. But some of the aspersions were against shock horror left wing bloggers! As a left…
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I think it's likely that the emails leaked to Nicky Hager for "Dirty Politics" have everything to do with the National Party. Nicky Hager identified the main source for his previous book "The Hollow Men" as six people from the National Party. He thanks "the…
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New bits and pieces from Dirty Politics are coming to the fore every day, painting a picture of a systematic, deliberate strategy to use muck-raking and dirty tricks to subvert political discourse in NZ. Today, the Building Services Contractors have demanded an explanation for emails…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsi51AajbFg&feature=youtu.be A video montage of Key's denials to recent reporter questions about Dirty Politics.
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John Key is sticking to his defensive strategy: deny everything, label Hager's book a smear campaign, and - when pressed on specific allegations - say he doesn't know the details. There is of course a very easy way for Mr Key to become acquainted with…
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Revulsion. That's what's coming out from a range of people who have ploughed through the inner thoughts of the bottom-feeders in Nicky Hager's book. Slater, Farrar, Ede, Collins, Lusk, Odgers, Jordan Williams - all are repulsive.It's the strength of that gut feeling, that instinctive and…
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Jordan Williams may have problem that may be contributing to his current foul mood. He has been on the gallery for Franks & Oglivie a Wellington law firm for some time. The Wayback machine has him on the gallery page in March 2012 I looked at the gallery today.…
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A couple of telling messages were tweeted today. First Helen Kelly sent a tweet with an image of an extract from Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics. It says: Similarly Jordan Williams offered to write a post for Whale Oil comparing National and Labour women. Slater said…