National on free speech
Shortly after Jim Anderton published a press release saying that he was adding his signature to our petition asking John Key to apologise […]
Politics
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Hollow Man v Shallow Man
Nicky Hager’s book, The Hollow Men in many respects contains no great revelation to those who have witnessed National Party politicians’ behaviour over […]
Email excuses
Bill Ralston writes in his his column in the Herald today, “Okay, I know sometimes I don’t open all my emails, such as […]
From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
On the morning of October the 12th 1917 845 New Zealand soldiers lost their lives in a failed attack on Bellvue Spur during […]
Deja vu: alle par dejeuner
Reading Hager’s observations in his select committee testimony got me thinking. That big business lobby which used to sit behind Dr Brash now […]
The real crime with the Brethren spending
I want to clarify the major difference between the Brethren spending money to elect National and the union’s spending money to elect Labour. […]
Video: John Key meets Brethren
Here’s the clip that aired on One News during the 2005 election campaign. It was produced after it became apparent that the Brethren […]
Remind you of anyone?
Political positioning
And so it begins. First we have Winston saying he could work with the Nats “if its policy was [thrown out] adjusted” and […]
What good’s a story without any pictures?
Further to our release this morning of Hager’s testimony (PDF, 120K) refuting Brash and Key’s claim not to have planned their 2005 election […]
Connell’s history
From the Nats’ press release: National MP Brian Connell has indicated he does not intend seeking selection for the Selwyn seat at the […]
No it doesn’t, John
Looks like another batch of the infamous John Key posters has gone up all over central Wellington overnight, this time tackling John on […]
More from the Hollow Men
National doesn’t want you to see this. If you read five pages today, read these. It’s the transcript of Nicky Hager’s submission to […]
KiwiSaver: 200,000 enrolled
From Stuff: Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said Inland Revenue reported 212,794 enrolments by October 5, a 64 percent […]
RNZ – Key on Iraq, the remix
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Classic hits DJs buying Key’s spin
John Key seems intent on rewriting history. This must be about the 8th time he’s tried this tactic in the last couple of […]
Working Class Hero
(Via Concerned of Linwood)
A mother’s response to John Key
Yesterday, Morning Report invited comment on Key’s “The war is over” from Celeste Zappala of Philadelphia. Her son, Sergeant Sherwood Baker, was killed […]
Abandon ship
The HMS National Party appears to be adrift and taking on water. No surprise to hear that another leak has sprung up. Strangely […]
Burma protests
With the Burmese junta continuing its crackdown on democracy protesters, Amnesty International has organised a Global Day of Action for Burma this Saturday […]
Our very own Jared
Political suicide on bFM
What is it with National Party leaders and their apparent desire to commit political suicide on bFM? First Don Brash’s sensational harakiri moment […]
John “Parselmouth” Key
John Key’s new line is that he was answering a different question to the one everyone heard him asked on RNZ yesterday. Three […]
John Key’s global humiliation
Too late – John’s humiliation is now global. Here’s the UK Guardian’s blog. “New Zealand’s opposition leader, John Key, the head of the […]
What’s with TV?
The major papers, radio and political blogs picked up John Key’s War is Over story but neither of the main TV channels ran […]
John Key to address UN General Assembly
But seriously. Can you imagine it? Clark and Key are chalk and cheese & and hardly anywhere more so than on their grasp […]
RNZ this morning
People have been asking for details from this morning’s eye-opening RNZ interview with John Key. First, here’s the staggering quote from Key: powered […]
Don’t mention the war
Paul Henry finally gets some balls
The media is clearly tiring of John Key’s vacuousness. You know the tide is turning when even Paul Henry turns on the Nats. […]
Keith Locke on “The war in Iraq is over”
“Until Mr Key put me wise, I had assumed the US and its coalition allies were bogged down fighting an intractable insurgency in […]
Wishing won’t make it so, John
My surprise has given way to anger. How dare John Key belittle the ongoing death and suffering in Iraq by dismissively claiming the […]
Staggering
John Key said on National Radio this morning “The war in Iraq is over”. Apparently that’s why no mention of it’s made in […]
Espiner scathing of National
And still the criticism of National pours forth. I’m tempted to post this whole piece by Colin Espiner entitled “There is a tide…”, […]
Seriously
National looking after its own
Yesterday NZ First’s Brian Donnelly said schools were “not a commodity to be exploited for profit by National’s privatising mates” and rightly asserted […]
Nats start to pay off debt to Exclusive Brethren
No wonder National’s education policy (what we know of it so far, anyway) includes more money for private schools. I know a staff […]