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On The Nation this weekend, Scott Campbell, in a discussion about the fallout from Dirty Politics, said :- I won't drop anyones name in it. But the beehive under Helen Clark were writing posts on The Standard. This used to happen. They used to write…
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What a week ... Andrew Little settled down into the job of being the leader of the Labour Party very well. His media interviews have been sharp and concise. He is confident yet respectful in his dealings with the media and I expect that coverage of…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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For all his apparently fiery condemnation, John Armstrong is such a natural Nat that he is still pulling his punches on Key. Take today's effort, superficially condemning, but all the while reminding us that we still love and support JK. Outrageous behaviour leaves Key on…
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We can't of course, NZ has no mechanism to "impeach" / remove a PM. In effect NZ is an elected dictatorship, without the checks and balances built in to (for example) the US system. The PM (as long as he retains support in Parliament) can…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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A guest post by Ad where he advances some challenging thoughts on how the Standard could improve. Does it strike you that one of NZ’s very few leftie institutions (either party or media) to come out of the 2014 election unscathed is The Standard itself?…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVuJ9b0IRU What became of that guy anyway? We now have a PM whose answers to questions are only accurate to the extent that the questions mean whatever he says they mean.
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The current prolonged housing crisis is hitting those on lowest incomes hardest. Many people are sleeping in garages, outdoors, in camp sites, or in overcrowded housing. The knock-on impacts of insecure housing and homelessness can include health, employment, education, and relationship problems. The NZ government…
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There appear to be two approaches to being a star of dirty politics and not wanting to answer questions about it. Both were displayed on Campbell Live last night in "Where are the Dirty Politics stars now" Jason Ede cowers behind privacy and curtains. Cameron Slater…
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Key is digging himself deeper and deeper into a pit of lies. It's just embarrassing now. In the first 20 seconds of this video (yesterday) Key claims: "I was asked a specific question about the Chisholm report. All the questions were on the Chisholm report,…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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Scott at Imperator Fish kindly let's us syndicate his posts. This one is originally here. Cameron Slater has claimed that people within Labour have tried to kill him. Shortly after Slater made this astonishing claim, I received from an anonymous source a recording of a…
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Keep it seemly ...
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Party president Moira Coatsworth has announced that she will be standing down as party president. She did an extraordinarily difficult job very well with class and style. Kia Kaha Moira. From an email to members: Today was the first caucus meeting for Andrew and his…
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The stage was long ago reached where members of the US Government were told they should "wear their sponsors logo's on their shirts". https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=lawmakers+like+nascar+drivers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=ssl "Since most politicians' campaigns are largely funded by wealthy companies and individuals, it would give voters a better sense of who…
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rOb somewhat scooped me, but here's my twitter round-up of the reaction to the PM's office releasing the texts last night. So John Key is in trouble for attacking Goff for talking about the Gwyn report ahead of its release, but then also JK talking…
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Scott at Imperator Fish kindly let's us syndicate his posts. This one is originally here. Apologise? What for? I’m not sorry for anything. I have done nothing wrong. It’s Phil Goff who should be apologising. It’s Phil Goff who should resign. If you read…
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A couple of vital posts from I/S at No Right Turn yesterday - thanks! Submit! The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee has called for submissions on the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill. Submissions can be made via the online form and are due by Thursday, 27 November 2014. Yes, that's…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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There were some late and complicated developments in the increasingly deranged world of Planet Key politics yesterday. I've been trying to make sense of it all. (ht to Bunji, I pinched some material from a draft.) The first point is that it is clear that…
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This press release came through from the Greens today. Embargoed until 1930. Suffer through the usual tortured prose beloved of press release writers. It is however quite revealing about the effort National makes to keep their donors anonymous to the public compared to other parties.…
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The Gwyn Report was not an investigation into the PM's office. Cheryl Gwyn could not order John Key to give evidence, and he chose not to. Her conclusions of a lack of professionalism by Warren Tucker, but no similar conclusion for John Key and his…
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Andrew Little invokes the phrase that is going to forever haunt our lying, denying and obfuscating PM. https://twitter.com/nzdodo/status/537415045320151040 https://twitter.com/patrickgowernz/status/537417904954683392 https://twitter.com/lyndonhood/status/537426565202595840 lprent: While we are at it. Here is the youtube of Andrew Little in parliament at question time. Very good. Maybe we accidently have…
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Firstly. The SIS released information to John Key’s office. The information was inaccurate and maybe it should never have been given to the PM’s Office. That can be put down to mendacity or incompetence, but relates only to the SIS and how it operates. Secondly.…
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Oravida was on the way to the airport. Just popped into my husband's company for a glass of milk. Private dinners with Chinese border official and Oravida directors. Blocking payments to ACC claimants who don't give a general privacy waiver. Making untrue allegations about TV…
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The Cheryl Gwyn report into the SIS release of information concerning the Goff briefings is a brave principled report. The Herald announced former Auditor General Kevin Brady as the New Zealander of the year in 2006 because he criticised Helen Clark's pledge card. This year they…
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John Armstrong has joined in the powerful pieces from the likes of Sean Plunket and Matthew Hooton and called out Key for his dirty, cynical politics - even while he oddly fails to call for Key's resignation, despite calling on Cunliffe to do so for…