Private member’s ballot
The Left continues to have luck with the private member’s bill ballot, getting both of the bills drawn today just like a couple […]
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Just laugh in their faces
National is overseeing the most dramatic rise in unemployment on record (yep, 2000 a week is more than the 1980s, more than the […]
Tories fearing Goff
The last few Question Times, the Tories have been whipping out old Goff quotes. Patsies are set to bring them out. Key goes off […]
Rough and tumble
I didn’t listen to the House today but Tom Frewen did, and he points out there was: Squabbling over minister’s answers to opposition […]
Key chickens out
What the hell’s going on with John Key’s leadership lately? He’s just chickened out of answering the traditional question from the Leader of […]
Has John Key misled Parliament?
On the day Richard Worth was forced to resign as a Minister, Key explicitly told Parliament the criminal investigation into Worth was the […]
Let’s avoid an expenses side-show
Most people with an interest in politics will have heard about the expenses scandal in the UK. Their system allowed rorts of all […]
It’s called sovereignty, stupid!
The Minister of Agriculture David Carter really outdid himself in the house last week. First he completely dodged and didn’t address the question […]
Has anyone asked them what they think now?
Moana Mackey has been looking at old Hansards in a post on Red Alert. The topic was the Local Government Act changes in […]
Worth the while?
We got a guest post a fortnight ago that we keep meaning to put up with the title “Worth fails to cock-up for […]
Hide on his way to Privileges Committee?
Has Rodney Hide breached privilege by seriously misleading the House? This is one for you legal types out there but from a layperson’s perspective it looks […]
Key decked over supercity
A much better performance from Goff today in the House today. Finally, after weeks of fluffing, he managed to score a direct hit […]
What’s Labour got up its sleeve?
When you were perusing yesterday’s Hansard (don’t lie, you were) did you notice this question from Pete Hodgson to Richard Worth amongst the […]
Righties rise in revolution re: retrospective law
No, wait, they didn’t. Idiot/Savant from No Right Turn explains: Back in 2006, the (then-Labour) government passed the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill, […]
An empty shell
Question Time yesterday was extraordinary. There’s too much to quote it all: ministers attacking ACC, refusing to back the minimum wage for all […]
Question Time open thread
Due to popular demand, here’s an open thread for discussion of today’s Question Time. Knock yourselves out.
Impressions of the House
First question time – the teams square off. Let the games commence. So what was the vibe? Well both sides kept getting their […]