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Judith Collins naming the eponymous Simon Pleasants to Cameron Slater as the suspect in a document leak in 2009 is unconscionable behaviour. She cannot now remain a Minister, otherwise Key's claim to a high standard when it comes to Ministerial behaviour is in tatters. This…
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John Key has for the past couple of days dismissed Nicky Hager's book and has claimed that National has done nothing wrong and has nothing to apologise for. It appears that the defence is starting to unwind however and there must be questions about the…
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Forget this week's the Nation panel. Helen Kelly should have been on it. She has read some of Dirty Politics, and was originally booked to be on The Nation's panel. Martyn Bradbury describes what happened: Todays panel discussion on The Nation was a bloody joke. Josie…
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Over at The Ruminator there is a post by Lord Sutch that cuts a big hole in the denials by Judith Collins and Cameron Slater denials about their mutual back-scratching in private vendettas. It came up in comments here and apparently over at Hard News…
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The main narrative that structures Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics is as important as the details of specific events covered in the book. Hager explained this at the book launch as the "two track politics" that is a feature of John Key's leadership of the National…
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The aftermath of Nicky Hager's book rumbles on. The Herald this morning has further coverage on issues arising from the Book. The discussion between Cactus Kate and Slater about Hager's address and how publishing it could put him in some danger is the subject of…
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I don't like listening to talkback radio, it's not my thing. But I was prompted to listen today to a clip of Josie Pagani as she apparently named 3 regular 'anonymous' Standard bloggers. More on that in a bit. Whilst I've got as frustrated as…
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From the NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Facebook ad: "A Nation-wide Day of Action has been called for the 16th of August 2014. Ongoing Israeli aggression and bombardment of Gaza has killed over 1800 people, injured tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands. We are demanding…
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It is possible that a deliberately enabled loophole in our current GCSB law opens the way for the GCSB to legally spy on New Zealanders. Denis Tegg reports that there are problems with the definition of "privacy" in the GCSB Law, following its amendment last year.…
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What a surprisingly even-handed opinion piece from the New Zealand Fox News Herald political commentator John Armstrong about the coming consequences of Nicky Hager's "Dirty Politics". In part, Armstrong writes . . . . . . If John Key wishes to avoid being labelled the…
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So Bill Ralston and Guyon Espiner think it's terrible this pseudonymous blogging. And Lynn gave a good defence - but I felt I wanted to add to it... The thing is being only pseudonymous (like much on the net), all the important details to my…
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It's John Key. In this wide-ranging stand-up interview, he explains how "the left" conspired to ensure over the last three days that they burnt an effigy of him, used a few swear words about him on You-Tube, ran a satirical video, and Nicky Hager launched…
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You can always tell how desperate National has been hurt by a scandal by the ferocity of the counterattack that it and its allies respond with. Based on this it seems the Hager book has done a lot of damage. And it has done so…
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If I forget to lock my front door before leaving the house is that an open invitation to come and help yourself to my worldly possessions? According to the Crimes Act: No. Walking into someone's house and helping yourself to their possessions, even when they…
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I've been getting irritated about some of the comments in the media by ignorant fools1 about The Standard and its authors. So I've changed a long standing policy about talking to the media whilst this continues. I answered Chris Bramwell from RNZ today after they pestered mickysavage2.…
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According to John Key, allegations about Jason Ede's muckspreading activities in cahoots with Cameron Slater are nothing to do with Key and his office because Ede now does not work any more on the 9th floor of the Beehive as chief rubbish-snapper for the Office…
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(Reposted with permission from NZNOblog.) NZNO organiser and our StandUp representative on the Council of Trade Unions Women’s Council, Georgia Choveaux talks about how proud she is that New Zealand women were the first to vote. “You do not have the right to vote.” Can you…
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Scott at ImperatorFish kindly allows us to repost his blogs. Original here. As a totally neutral and non-partisan lobby group, not at all affiliated with any right-leaning parties that have blue in their logos, it’s important for us to get our message across. If there’s…
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I wonder what they were talking about on the 9th floor of the Beehive last night? That is John Keys office. https://twitter.com/danslevin/status/499490256463208448
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I've just heard Nine to Noon and Matthew Hooton doing well on Danyl's Nicky Hager Spin Bingo - as Steven Joyce did an hour or so earlier on Morning Report. There's nothing new here. Left-wing Conspiracy theorist Not a journalist (essentially propoganda) Everyone knew this…
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Reposted from Polity. There are bits of Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics that are, for political anoraks, at least, "who cares" material. But there are bits that are not. For me, the most shocking revelation in the book is about the use of clandestine SIS files…
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Many have commented that there is nothing shocking about the revelations in Nicky Hager's new book, 'Dirty Politics'. It is the sad and sorry truth of New Zealand politics that there is some merit in such comments. That does not mean that the stories in…
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In no particular order, some tweets from those in Wellington with the book. https://twitter.com/denistegg/status/499495189073756160 Wrong on so many levels. How in the hell did she get to be a politician? So useless at doing anything effective. https://twitter.com/BrookSabin/status/499495153757716480 https://twitter.com/BrookSabin/status/499499419725598720 I sense a court case coming up.…
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There's obviously a few people reading "Dirty Politics" tonight. One of the biggies, looks to be evidence of Slater's collusion with Ports of Auckland: Helen Kelly tweeted: OMG @maritimeunion the whaleoil links with Port of Auckland exposed. The board and snr mgmt cant possibly stay…
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Ok, you remember what happened last election.... Then there are these statements sent earlier this evening. A DARK DAY IN NEW ZEALAND POLITICS Author Nicky Hager’s book is a most disappointing expose that reveals a Nixonian element arising in New Zealand politics, says New Zealand…
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I do so want to read this book right now. The preface is online... http://dirtypoliticsnz.com Some weeks later, out of the blue, I received a package: an 8-gigabyte USB digital storage device, the contents of which appeared to have originated from the attack on Slater’s…