Good one Bill II
It’s good to see Bill English acknowledge the last government has left New Zealand in a good position to face the economic crisis. […]
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Good one Bill
Bill English has stopped the sale of BlueScope’s Taharoa ironsands business to a Chinese investor based on the fact that it won’t bring […]
Class divide
Taken a matter of minutes ago, the Workers Party protest outside John Key’s multimillion dollar Parnell mansion. Just to remind you that we’ve […]
HRC calls for consultation on fire at will
This just in: the Human Rights Commission has called for the fire at will bill to be put to select committee: The Human […]
F*ck Democracy II
This from Lew in the comments section of my last post: Shortly after the House resumed at 0900, Darren Hughes requested that the […]
F*ck democracy
No Right Turn has an excellent post pointing out that National is misusing urgency in a manner unseen since the bad old days […]
Work rights? Gone by Xmas
Tracy Watkins reports that the National/Act government will be taking all work rights from anyone in a new job in a firm with […]
Spinbusting: the anchor-story
There’s a lot of talk about the ACC budget deficit and National’s use of the issue to create an environment in which their […]
Small-target governing
Yesterday it was a $7bn rescue package. Today it’s preparing a contingency plan to bail out big business. But do we get details? […]
‘Cos I say so
Following Tony “cos I say so” Ryall’s media success with his plan to cut down waiting lists using the King Canute model of […]
The Game
The press gallery is ebullient at the moment and I can understand why. After years of having to analyse the same old government […]
Retro
It seems 80’s retro has finally moved from being manifest only as the return of skinny jeans and naff facial hair and is […]
Snouts in the trough
No Right Turn blogs on the National/ACT coalition agreement. Of particular interest is the clause he’s pulled out that shows ACT will be […]
Stimulating
One of the things I like about being left wing is how often the best moral decision is also the best economic decision. […]
Not what they expected
I’ve been out and about over the last few days talking to people from the left and the right as well as a […]
A change to what? Part II
A few months ago I asked National supporters who comment here what they wanted to see in terms of hard policy from National. […]
What will National’s cabinet look like?
Will it be the same tired old faces, the fresh noobs or a mixture of both? Will it be an all National cabinet […]
Don’t mourn, organise.
In 1984 I watched the incoming Labour government move on a set of policies they had no mandate for and I also watched […]
Congratulations
It’s been a hard fought campaign but it’s clear that we’ve got a firmly right wing government now. Congratulations are in order for […]
John’s walkabout itinerary
We’ve been emailed a copy of the itinerary for John Key’s last day of campaigning. It looks like he’s doing a last minute […]
Pigs in muck
Yesterday, John Key was telling journalists that he knew the secret agenda taper, Kees Keizer, was a Labour Party activist. In fact, he […]
Look! Over there!
The latest secret tape has come out and it’s a classic example of the face of the National Party that John Key doesn’t […]
Hypocrite
Watching Key tour Progressive Enterprises today was bad enough but watching him claim to support those workers in the leaders debate was sickening […]
How does ACT fit in?
I have my doubts about the veracity of Meurant’s statements as he is well known for bigging himself up as a hard man […]
End of Winston?
The Dominion Post has published some pretty damning evidence indicating Winston Peters’ connections with the Vela family. According to the Dom Winston’s right-hand […]
Chain gang
The Nats’ private prison scheme just gets worse. As No Right Turn points out prisons would be used to do contract work and […]
Caught in the ACT
The Dom Post reports that ACT will have to file amended returns after failing to declare $20,000 of donated office space. Luckily for […]
Ramshackle PR fiasco
It seems DPF, Cameron Slater and John Ansell have pooled their collective genius and come up with a new campaign. Apparently they had […]
Sharp as a tack
I’ve just listened to the reporter’s tape of Lockwood Smith’s racial gaffe and it is hilarious. Not for his appalling comment but for […]
Patu online
There’s been a bit of fuss about the ’81 tour lately and whether it is pertinent to today’s politics. For years now I’ve […]
Right questions, wrong answer
Colin James has a column in today’s Herald in which he lays out the difference between perception and reality in New Zealand politics. […]
Sensible Sentencing Trust in drag?
Act have run an anti-crime protest outside of Mt Eden today and it was particularly theatrical by the sound of it with lots […]
Spending ends
At the Labour party’s Wellington launch this afternoon Helen Clark has declared there will be no more spending promises from Labour. This was […]
Advice
Labour has made two serious mistakes in their campaign today. One was specifically rejecting a policy to take the minimum wage to $15 […]
A real economic plan
One of the things that has pissed me off about MSM political analysis lately is the constant repetition of the idea that cutting […]
John’s cheese
For the many of you who won’t know, Tory boys David Farrar and Cameron Slater have been driving around the country interviewing MPs […]