That meeting
The more I think about it the more it seems to me that John Key’s meeting with Rail America needs some more explaining. […]
Politics
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Nats’ ‘NZ sucks’ campaign continues
I remember the first time I met Simon Power, when he had just come into Parliament. He struck me as a man who […]
Murky
We know John Key bought shares in Tranzrail on May 7 2003. We know he then met with Rail America as a representative […]
Mastering the understatement
“This may be unfair, but Key can sometimes give the impression he is being less than honest”*
What a shame
Bob Clarkson chose not to speak during his valedictory speech. Instead, he just held up a sign saying ‘bye bye’ (in the same […]
Why National won’t win
National has four fatal problems that will prevent it from winning the election. Or, rather, it has two problems, both with two parts. […]
Questions over Key’s handling of Tranzrail
Where-ever you sit on the spectrum of opinion on Key’s handling on the Tranzrail affair, it appears that the commentators are questioning his […]
Right Court: charges don’t match the facts
[more great work from 08wire]
Diversion tactics
Key’s three defences on the share scandal are ‘no-one asked how many shares I had’, ‘it didn’t matter how many shares I had’, […]
Drinking Liberally, Palmerston North
The second Drinking Liberally, Palmerston North is on this Friday. Peter Falloon, NZUSA co-President is the guest speaker. I’m going to try to […]
Credit where it’s due
I’m usually no fan of Paul Henry as an interviewer but I’m prepared to give credit where it’s due. He certainly didn’t let […]
Both Eyes Open shows activism alive and well
The Vote with Both Eyes Open posters had a star turn yesterday when Annette King presented them as evidence that activism is alive […]
Did you pay the tax, John?
Generally, when you buy capital and later sell it, there is no tax payable on any profit. Unless you buy with the propose […]
John’s lying eyes
All it takes is Youtube, some video editing software, and imagination to make great vids, as this video we have just been sent […]
John Key on honesty
At the height of the Peters affair when John Key was trying to make political capital out of the PM’s statement that she […]
Drinking Liberally – Auckland
WHAT: Drinking Liberally Auckland City WHO: You and any of your left-leaning comrades WHEN: 7.30pm, Wed 24th September WHERE: London Bar, cnr Wellesley […]
Damned by his own words
Michael Cullen’s office has just released a damning exchange between John Key and Richard Prebble that shows John Key not only fully understood […]
One News footage
For those who missed it, here’s the video from last night’s One News investigation into John Key’s TranzRail dealings. The first clip details […]
Who’s sorry now?
Anyone remember back in July Key accused Clark of misleading the house over his involvement in Tranzrail and asked for an apology? Just […]
Can he look himself in the mirror?
John Key on August 30 “The appointment of a minister to Cabinet has to be done on the basis that as Prime Minister […]
Not with a bang but a whimper
The Privileges Committee has reported back. Peters is censured for not declaring that he had made a pecuniary gain from his lawyer taking […]
Derailing the issue
National has released their statement about John Key’s shady dealings in Tranzrail shares and unsurprisingly it’s another attempt at misdirection. As I’ve said […]
Hand in the till
One News has just run the revelation that John Key lied to the public and to Parliament about the extent of his shareholding […]
Defining dirty politics
Dirty politics and personal attacks. They’re two of the phrases of the campaign so far. The Sunday Star Times took the time to investigate what […]
Back to basics
I’ve had some interesting conversations with people recently that have me thinking we need to get back to some political basics to build […]
Nats relying on ignorance
It’s really easy to present misleading statistics. David Farrar shows how it’s done with a post on migration today. Note how his figures […]
Questioning politicians
We’re keen to help you get active this election campaign. That’s why we’ve launched Campaign Hub 2008 and its Facebook group to give […]
Kerr shows how the Right lie to themselves
The Business Roundtable held another in their series of forums on political issues targeted at young people on Thursday. The aim is obviously to get […]
Polls and the art of confusion
Nats Golden Run – the headline accompanied by vivid graphic in the Dom Post yesterday would have had many on the left sighing […]
Why the polls suck.
Newswire have a new poll “Is it a done deal? What the polls don’t tell us” which makes for some interesting reading. It […]
Roy Morgan has Winston on 5%
If the latest Roy Morgan poll is to be believed, John Key’s big gamble of ruling Winston Peters out of any future coalition […]
Unacceptable
From Newzblog: “Local activist James Sleep was today exercising his democratic right to protest when he was approached by an entourage of 4WDs […]
Compliments and questions
First, it’s nice to be pleasantly surprised by a tory. Turns out Tony Friedlander’s Road Transport Trust is not just donating to National. […]
ACT’s fifth Candidate?
The word around the traps is that ACT will be announcing the name of its mystery 5th list candidate at its Law and […]
Key on scrapping four weeks annual leave
Thanks to the wonders of Scoopit I’ve just come across this old TVNZ footage of John Key’s first day as National’s finance spokesman. […]
Burned
Under the headline “National MP ‘least prefered’ in own website opinion poll” the Kapiti News reports that Nathan Guy trails Darren Hughes 5% […]