Peters vs Carter
Winston Peters is already wielding his kingmaker powers. If National roll over over, I wonder what else Peters can get out of them over the next few months?
Natwatch
Key’s sloppy trust
An editorial in The Herald today keeps the pressure on Key. Meanwhile his “lawyer” can’t be happy, and Key hits peak condescension.
Key and McClay sorting out their lines
On the nobbled IRD tax haven review Key has been sorting out his lines. Then he had to feed McClay his. The concept of just telling the truth probably never occured to either of them.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Key chucks his “lawyer” under a bus – Part 2.
Key chucks his “lawyer” under a bus
Key has form on lying, you’d hope that his “lawyer” does not.
Rodney Hide – stupid, corrupt or both?
Hide’s Herald piece today is straight out of Dirty Politics Farrar’s playbook.
Trying to spin the Hagaman donation
Little is doing his job. Dirty Politics Farrar is spinning like mad. The real questions are – who knew about the donations, when did they know, and were they involved in awarding the contract?
The whiff of corruption follows McCully around
There is a clear conflict of interest in the Niue resort case.
Kiwi workers are pretty damned hopeless – says Bill English
National are now so convinced of their invulnerability that they have taken to actively insulting us. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Another Nick Smith fail in Auckland
How’s Nick Smith doing on the Budget plan to round up 500ha of Auckland land for housing? The answer won’t shock you!
Netflix tax – another one for you peasants
While Key is fighting to make sure our country remains a haven for his rich mates, he’s about to hit you and I with yet another tax. I don’t have a problem with taxes, but I do take issue with the hypocrisy.
A Song from John (All your questions answered)
Okay. So rumoour has it that John was merely a co-writer.
Brownlee is dragging Canterbury down
The Christchurch rebuild gets its second fail grade from Treasury. And what of the rebuild work that has been done with failed reinforcing steel?
Who is buying Canterbury water?
Billions of litres of Canterbury water are being sold off. Duncan Garner asks if Oravida is the buyer.
Up the republic!
The tory clobbering machine is out to attack Little’s comments on NZ becoming a republic.
Audrey Young trashed in her own comments section
Young’s spin on the flag fiasco was – not well received.
Nat MP runs over TPP protester’s foot
Nat MP Chester Borrows has injured a TPP protester with his car. Not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Why are we paying Key’s legal expenses for him?
Key backed down on using taxpayer money for his payout to Ambrose – but he is still using it to cover his legal expenses in the case. Why?
Key is on top of the dairy crisis
Or not.
Nats think “pretty legal” is good enough…
… but the courts may beg to differ.
Key on cyberbullying
Any campaign against cyberbullying is going to need a more plausible figurehead than Key.
Charter schools paid ideology bonuses
Charter schools showered with even more money for missing their targets. Something to do with forests, apparently.
Going too far
Physical attacks on politicians is going too far. So too is faking a hate-speech outbreak.
Another poverty report to ignore
Another report on child poverty for the Nats to ignore.
RIP NZ satire
Key explains his broken promise
A broken promise is still a broken promise, no matter how often you explain it.
Key booed by rugby crowd
Key went to the rugby on Saturday, but his grandstanding didn’t go as planned.
ECONOMY IN PERIL! DANGER!! WARNING!!!
Nats split on rail link?
Key and Joyce at loggerheads on funding the City Rail Link?
Fourth term Key?
Key confirms that he will be standing at the next election – he wants that fourth term. Not sure why.
Sir Lynton Crosby and Dame Paula Rebstock
The British Conservative Government and the New Zealand National Government have both rewarded their friends with titles.
Key – too far even for his fans
While there is a certain amusement value in having a performing monkey for a PM, his participation in the great rape jape yesterday was too far even for his fans.
Xero doesn’t like being on the receiving end
Xero used to fund hate for hire blog Whaleoil via advertising, because “we like to support the sunlight of good challenging discussions”. But when they became the targets of attack they didn’t like being on the receiving end.
Carter’s last fan
How fitting that Audrey Young is Speaker David Carter’s very last fan in the world.
Nats campaigning with public money
Campaigning with public money. Politicising the public service. Cabinet club is cash for access. This is a corrupt government.
