Nothing to Hide? + more moaning
Prime is running a series of interviews every Sunday until the election with the leader of each party in Parliament, starting with Rodney […]
The truth behind the Shawn Tan affair
For the last several weeks the EPMU has had to weather an extraordinary series of attacks from ACT, ACT candidate and EPMU employee […]
ACT unauthorised
ACT: the guts to do what’s right1 2 1. except when it comes to properly authorising our election advertisements 2. oh, and global […]
Guest Post: Herald like a blow-hard blogger on Tan
After a fair summary of the facts as they stand, the Herald enters the realm of the right-wing blogger, always ready to paint […]
Reflections on Shawn Tan
There’s a lot of heat but not much light in the debate about the EPMU’s suspension of Shawn Tan. What we know from […]
Hide on Nats’ woes
“the best solution is to say in private what you say in public” * Simple, really.
Roy puts Police informants at risk
ACT is turning to increasingly desperate attempts to win media attention. Raising Roger Douglas from the dead didn’t work (he only got 6 […]
Vote National, get ACT
A source present at the University of Victoria debating society event last night tells us that Heather Roy referred to herself frequently (but we’re told […]
ACT: tax cuts for the rich, please
Rodney Hide is calling for the Budget’s tax cuts to take the form of raising the thresholds to account for inflation since 1999, […]
Prebble out of step with Mainfreight board
This morning on Breakfast Prebble called the government buy-back of trains and ferries “loony”. What’s alarming is that Prebble is on Mainfreight’s board […]
Rodney Hide answers your questions
We’re very pleased to have ACT leader Rodney Hide respond to your questions as part of our Interview the Leaders series. Question to all leaders: Of […]
Interview the leaders V: Maori Party
Even amateur, part-time bloggers sometimes make mistakes, and last week we didn’t send Clark her questions until Wednesday, rather than Monday, due to […]
ACT: shamelessly campaigning with your money
Earlier in the week we heard that Heather Roy may have broken the Electoral Finance Act by including party advertising messages in her […]
Interview the leaders IV: ACT
A big thanks to Greens’ co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons for participating in our ‘Interview the leaders’ series. Her answers provided an insight into how the Greens […]
ACT on campus defy party pill ban
I wonder if the ACT Party Secretary’s authorisation, top left, will make it harder for ACT to deny, as they have in the […]
Cheap thrills
If you’re in the market for some cheap BZP but don’t want to sell your soul to the ACT Party to get your […]
John’s quick act sets up another flip
Two days ago we ran a piece called ‘If I were ACT’s campaign strategist‘ which suggested ‘ACT needs to lay claim to the […]
Whatever, Roger
NZers’ wallets will bulge under Act, says Roger Douglas. Sure they will Roger – with the bills from our kids’ user-pays schools, our […]
Rodney’s weightloss secret revealed! (maybe)
We’d assumed it was all the dancing but perhaps there’s another explanation. Stuff reports that: ACT on Campus – the youth branch of […]
If I were ACT’s campaign strategist
What strategy should the parties pursue ahead of the election? This series of posts will attempt to answer that question, party by party, starting with […]
New Ansell billboard
John Ansell’s reverse Midas touch
Oh dear. It started with Roger Douglas and now political ad-man John Ansell has got on board the ACT train to electoral oblivion […]
A blast to the past
Polling consistently around 1% ACT have decided that the only way forward is rejuvenation and fresh ideas.
Political correctness gone Möbius
In the wildly twisty turny inverted think of Rodney Hide it is both possible to say all violence is wrong and that smacking […]
What is this woman doing in Parliament?
Here’s a tip you can take to the bank: if you’re ever worried you’re no good at your job and need some cheering […]