Key demands we publish full quote
John Key called us to task in his interview with Wammo today: “every leftwing blogger out there has a field-day going on and […]
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08wire on Nats’ Kiwibank secret agenda
08wire.org, your videos make me smile.
Flip-flops, it’s a matter of trust
I believe there are three core criteria on which a politician or party needs to be judged: (in no particular order) – policy, […]
The Ultimate Flip-Flop
This straight from Public Address – Guest writer Simon Pound: John Key has announced the adoption of yet another flagship Labour policy having […]
What was it about that Herald poll?
Should Labour be worried about today’s poll in the Herald which contrary to other recent polls showed the gap between the parties rising? […]
Remarkably unambitious ECE policy
Another one-page excuse for a policy from National, this one on early childhood education. After vehemently opposing 20Free, National would now keep it […]
Key’s green mask slips
Last year John Key announced National’s ‘Blue-Green’ Strategy. It contained the first shadow of acknowledgment from National that climate change is a serious […]
Two stories on crime in Christchurch
Christchurch hosted a public meeting on crime within the city last week. But the thing that caught my eye, despite the very laudable […]
Note to John: get a new lawyer
John Key: ‘ my lawyer actually does those things clearly [he] had the wrong information.’ That’s how Slippery John explained why legal documents […]
Flip-flopping at warp speed
On Monday, I wrote ‘Stay tuned for National’s next assets policy, due out sometime next week.’ It seems I miscalculated. Here’s what Key […]
It’s your fault I keep saying contradictory things
Regular readers will remember that one of John Key’s excuses for he ‘we would love to see wages drop‘ quote was that the […]
National still evasive over KiwiSaver plans
You do have to wonder sometimes what it takes to get a straight answer out of a National party MP. Having recently given […]
Slippery John: trainwreck on Morning Report
Bill English must just be sitting there in his office cringing as he listens to interviews like these. Sean Plunket spoke to Slippery […]
Key abandons Treaty settlement deadline
Further to Dancer’s post below, this morning on Breakfast John Key claimed that National never had a deadline for settling Treaty claims and […]
No deadline on Treaty claims – National
Mr Key announced new National policy this morning. After a morning TV interview National now have no date to settle historic Treaty Claims: […]
Playing politics
From John Key’s State of the Nation speech in January: The Youth Court currently has the power to place young offenders in youth […]
National’s history of rewriting history
You think they’d learn. Wikiscanner reports that someone in Parliament has been busy – busy expunging potentially embarassing facts about a variety of […]
KiwiSaver – what if…
Kiwis are showing their canny side in the way we’ve been flocking to sign up to KiwiSaver – now over 400,000 strong and […]
National Party U-turn on student loans
National have just backed down on their opposition to interest free student loans. Back in 2005 Key called this ‘a policy that tells […]
Key’s flip-flops for sale on TradeMe
The entry reads: These won’t be comfortable to wear or even be long-lasting but they do come with an interesting provenance. They are […]
Same old National Party
As the National Party concentrated on its own political health with yet another policy u-turn inoculation, this time on the need for an […]
Cheney shoots himself in the face
Seems John Key’s not the only politician who’s had his previous statements on Iraq come back to bite him recently. Here’s Dick Cheney […]
Flip-flop on climate change
For those who asked for them here are the conflicting quotes from John on climate change. As Goff points out in the video […]