Honourable
A list of things that are apparently now Honourable, even if you didn’t undermine your SFO boss.
Bunji
Key: I’m Lazy, Incompetent
Q&A with our fearless leader on his many reports.
#JohnKeyHistory
Apparently the New Zealand Wars were just another Rugby analogy to John Key.
Country divided: Key can’t rule
Election 2014 result coverage reprised…
They’re lying to you
Lies, damn lies, and statistics
Islamic Extremism: not a threat
Not to NZ at any rate.
Friday Fun: Thatcher and Scooby Doo Jungle Ropebridges
Thatcher didn’t care about the Jungle Canyon Rope Bridges, did she? The Tories, under Thatcher, let them fall apart…
Also: Mr Men.
National losing the middle?
In its first term, National was very careful to be incremental – Key hung to the middle, chipping away carefully at workers’ rights […]
Sherman Cunliffe
Surely this should put Paddy Gower and co to bed once and for all. With great grace despite Shearer’s baiting, and with great […]
OIA: Rotten
As story after story comes out, it shows how much contempt for transparency and the law this government has, and how little it intends to be held to account.
Dishonourable Judith Collins
Even John Key can’t bring himself to call Judith “Honourable”
National education
So National will continue their rorts by giving ministries to their tame poodles, Rimmer and the Hair. Despite each making the Aotearoa Legalise […]
Where’s the Whip?
Our Labour MPs seem to be in disarray. Somehow the party that teaches solidarity keeps on being fractured, while the party that teaches individualism is a strong union.
Why are they talking to each other through the media instead of picking up the phone?
Slip, slip, slip
John Key will no doubt – like with Dirty Politics – keep saying that “most of it is proven false” about the Snowden revelations… while slowly admitting most of the charges against him.
Authenticity
Is Cunliffe inauthentic? Does Key get to have his own facts? And when will we get proper (ie not game) analysis from our pundits? (spoiler warning: praise for Josie Pagani)
Donghua Liu Letter: More Dirty Politics
Frank Macskasy at the Daily Blog has produced a timeline on the 11 year old David Cunliffe – Donghua Liu letter that shows some more seriously dodgy Dirty Politics
There is no plan
Name one new thing you’d do in the next 3 years in government. Bill English: “-“
TolleyOil?
NetworkOnNet posts about the Ministry of Education under Tolley bullying good principals though WhaleOil. And also in Education news: this week all 4-7 year olds will be eligible for a free hot school lunch… in the UK.
More Nat lies
National’s been lying about increased teacher numbers, and the state of the economy – and now they’re promising unaffordable tax cuts.
Blogging isn’t the problem Mr Key
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear
If John Key has nothing to hide, sure he has nothing to fear from a full government inquiry into Dirty Politics?
Score draw?
Cunliffe started best, Key got in a zinger and put him off his stride, Cunliffe dominated the second half.
Puddleglum: We no longer have a Prime Minister
There’s an excellent post at The Political Scientist I want to highlight, plus a few other of today’s Dirty Politics reads…
Crusher crushed
Press conference is running late, but Judith’s statement is out – resigning as Minister, but not as MP.
New allegations of her undermining SFO head Adam Feeley have finally been too much.
Update: email attached to post
Key can’t work with the Greens because…
They care about Child Poverty (and presumably he doesn’t)
Does Key want it?
Last night there was one participant in the debate who looked disinterested and unhappy to be there: John Key. Has he had enough?
And the winner is…
The pundits say: Cunliffe
When will they ever learn?
How did @peace’s offensive song from 2013 suddenly become topical news? Why the usual suspects of course…
Bizarre attack on Cunliffe
Andrea Vance has a weird attack piece on Cunliffe where she accuses him of not being hungry, not being able to offer instant affordable houses to everybody, not standing in the right place, and even sleeping.
They eat their own
Brent Robinson is rightly peeved. He was at the end of an internal smear campaign orchestrated by Slater and Lusk, and had the […]
The Greens & Dirty Politics
The NZ Herald poll made a certain amount of sense. Sure they’ve probably over-estimated National’s current support as they always do (see DimPost’s […]
An ethical example
National’s membership website had an open backdoor that’s just been closed. The hacker who found it didn’t do what John Key reckons anyone would do and take advantage; he reported. Careful John Key – your ethics are showing.
Hacked election
John Key says the election is in danger of being stolen by a hacker. What he is afraid of is that the election is going to be “stolen” by the truth.
Collins speaks – to Glucina
Glucina, the NZ Herald gossip columnist, gets plenty of mentions in Dirty Politics as the legitimate establishment face to WhaleOil’s smears. She is a solid member of #TeamCollins.
Shrinking violet
John Key’s told media they don’t need to talk to him about Judith Collins and her Cameron Slater 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 contact her for days.
Another catchy tune
Another music vid that John Key and the Electoral Commission won’t like…