Semantics
The SST reports that English says that he will “never” challenge Key for the leadership. Yet I’m told that over the past couple […]
all_your_base
Quote of the week
Maybe we should take submissions in the comments but my vote’s with Michael Cullen’s assertion from the House yesterday that the leaked tapes […]
Honeymoon. Over.
Here’s Close Up from last and Mike Hosking giving John Key an absolute bollocking. Key tries to run Crosby Textor’s new lines: “dirty […]
The National Party Old Boys’ Club
Tane’s made the point before but it’s worth making again: National may have a new frontman but at its core is largely unchanged […]
TV3 on the leaks from National’s conference
Here’s the recent coverage from TV3 and political reporter Duncan Garner. On Bill English’s comments regarding the sale of Kiwibank (aired August 4, […]
Déjà vu
If you didn’t already have enough doubts about whether to trust John Key, Bill English and Lockwood Smith by virtue of the recent revelations here’s another […]
Wolf at the door of National’s ‘house of sticks’
News coverage of English revelations
Here’s the segment on the English meltdown from TV One last night. [I wanted to put up TV3’s as well – it’s good […]
No Right Turn temporarily off air
A tale of woe from Idiot/Savant: Sometime this afternoon, Blogger, in its infinite wisdom, decided that No Right Turn was a “spam blog” […]
Effervescent stylist slams politicians
New Zealand stylist Stephanie Rumble – best known for her fallout with Addington race officials after claiming that a giant bottle of Lindaur […]
How Wal-Mart spread across America
Here’s a cool animation of Wal-Mart’s spread across the US (click the image below to launch it): Wal-Mart is the largest corporation in […]
Controversial advertising
Stuff reports that “a British commercial for a chocolate bar featuringThe A Team star Mr T has been pulled over concerns it could cause offence […]
Who you callin’ a moron Sunday magazine?
Exclusive Brethren accused of fraud and kidnapping
The Melborne Age reports that: A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court on Wednesday alleging the involvement of the […]
Searching for the right answer
Hint: it ain’t chocolate.
Why Labour thinks it can win again
Here’s a well-reasoned article by Therese Arseneau in which she canvasses the reasons behind Labour thinking it can still win. She puts it down to: […]
The conservative brotherhood
Eddie’s already posted on the scripts the Tories in the UK used when it came to explaining (away) their associations with dodgy political […]
It’s not just the polls
Jordan Carter posted a month or so back (a little controversially) on how much easier life might be for some on the left […]
Tearaway on election ’08
A reader just alerted us to the fact that Tearaway’s latest issue features a piece on election ’08. Gotta love the question about […]
National’s plan for TVNZ
Iran’s Photoshop job
From NYT blog The Lede: As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles […]
Spin doctors
David Slack at Drinking Liberally Auckland
(Via: greylynnsinglesclub)
Havoc interviews Hager
Hager confirms that his info comes from a leak from within the National Party, not as the Nats would have you believe, a […]
Nats spending your money to build “Brand Key”?
Looks like John Key might be a little less “self-made” and a little more “taxpayer-made” than he’d have us believe… click the image […]
The Girl Effect
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Introducing 08wire
Well, as promised 08wire launched today – “The Smartest Political Fun in the Galaxy.’ After you’ve joined their Facebook group check out their first […]
Havoc interviews Key on Crosby/Textor
Here’s some great audio of Key running Crosby/Textor lines to avoid answering Havoc’s questions. Around the half way point my personal favourite C/T […]
Democracy under attack
Ruth Laugesen’s got a piece in the SST today entitled “How National’s spin doctors operate“. She points out that Crosby/Textor’s methods, contrary to […]
National’s New Plymouth candidate quits
National Party’s New Plymouth candidate Clem Coxhead has reportedly wanted to be in politics since he was nine years old. Earlier this year […]
Video: The Century of the Self
Hager’s Crosby/Textor revelations and the ensuing debate reminded me of this four party BBC documentary by Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self. Embedded […]
One door closes, another opens
A shame to hear that our mates at blogblog have called it quits for now but a delight to see that our friends […]
TVNZ7 ad
TVNZ7 have some great content. Looks like some serious effort’s going into their advertising as well. Here’s one that caught my attention the […]
Crosby Textor spin the use of Crosby Textor
I wish some journo would ask Key whether Crosby/Textor helped him with lines on how to handle questions about his using them – […]
Same old National. Same old spin.
Former National Party MP Marilyn Waring wrote in the introduction to The Hollow Men: I must admit to a sense of anticipated despair […]
John does a Don
Remember Noelle McCarthy’s 95bFM interview with Brash in which she got him to admit to knowledge of the Brethren pamphlets? Student radio has done it […]