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So Judith Collins has broken her media silence briefly... to talk to her team member Rachel Glucina. Glucina, the NZ Herald gossip columnist, gets plenty of mentions in Dirty Politics as the legitimate establishment face to WhaleOil's smears. Such smears as the Dotcom mansion visits…
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John Key's reaction to the revelations in "Dirty Politics" is straight out of Orwell's classic 1984. Orwell however got one thing wrong - describing the principles of Newspeak he says "It was expected that Newspeak would have finally superseded Oldspeak (or Standard English, as we…
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The NZ Herald has been doing some panel interviews with leaders of political parties. These have got lost behind the extensive Dirty Politics fallout. The videos of the Green and Labour Party leaders in the Hot Seat are each about 40-55 minutes long. From what I've…
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Bill English was the first senior Nat to distance himself from Key's dirty politics. Now, according to one of our commenters (Tracey) who was called, the Nats' polling company is sounding out English as a possible party leader. With Key caught in a major lie…
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Another day and more bad press for National over dirty politics. John Key is now claiming, without irony, that an assault on our democracy is occurring. There is, but not from the sources that he claims. The attack on our democracy has come from the National…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. Because our lax tax system lets them cheat on their taxes: Why would an overseas buyer pay more for an asset than a New Zealander? Is it because they can accept lower returns on capital? Perhaps. Is it because they…
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Editorial comment from the Deep South condemns Key's dirty politics in the strongest possible language. The Southland Times: Consequential questions If those persistently high polls have been giving the impression that John Key can walk on water, the first post-Hager poll will show whether he…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike ...
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Roman version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOu_sKQYuOk Eminem version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skOJVQVCCj4 (I like the sly orca that's been inserted) Herald poll in the morning - the first post Dirty Politics. Wonder how the PM calling the media 'scummy' will help him keep up his popularity. [Update: this just thru..]
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In July 2011, John Key was on holiday in Maui "having a whale of a time" - and also on Q+A in New Zealand letting the world know that Phil Goff was briefed by Warren Tucker. So they do have the telephone in Hawaii. Here's…
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It is one of the wonders of the modern world that the democracy that past generations fought and died for is regarded as of little consequence by those who currently enjoy its benefits. While many parts of the world are still struggling - and suffering…
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In the face of documentary evidence that the head of the SIS briefed the Prime Minister on the OIA release of the Goff document, Key (and others) are now claiming that "the Prime Minister" really means "the Prime Minister's Office" and that Key himself was…
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John Key's told media they don't need to talk to him about Judith Collins and her social media choices, they should talk to her as she's no shrinking violet... But Radio NZ, The Herald, TV3 and I imagine all other media have been trying to…
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Cut Your Hair has some great graphs giving the lie to John Key's latest spin: “the left have given up on the policy argument. They don’t think they can beat the National Government on the issues … so what they’ve decided is they’ll play the…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scopklCWuqE Like Planet Key (below) I guess the Electoral Commission won't be keen to see this one get any airplay... :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGJhbn5sTfU
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I am almost starting to feel sorry for John Key. He must be dreading waking up each morning. Every day it is the same. He gets asked curly questions by reporters clearly incensed now they understand the way they have been manipulated over the past…
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Just Wow. Morning Report failed to get hold of Bob Harvey to offer balance on their coverage of National/Labour's opening ads this morning, but I don't think it mattered, because John Ansell did enough damage by himself. Apparently: God must be a member of the…
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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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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike ...
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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…