National HQ deleting YouTube comments?
Just received this from a “concerned reader”: Just wanted to know whether or not you have also been blocked by NZNats? This morning […]
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More hypocrisy from National
It’s interesting to see National is attacking Peter Davis, the PM’s husband, over a letter he wrote to the NZ Herald about the […]
Party like it’s 1999
If we needed any more reason not to let National take us back to the 90s, I think this might be it. Via […]
Tell the panel Don & I am not a liar
Spotted yesterday in the Westin Hotel in Auckland’s Viaduct Basin by our orbiting surveillance satellite & Don Brash in a job interview line. […]
Prats in the Nats on China’s miners
How’s this for small-minded prejudice from National Party backbencher Kate Wilkinson in a press release today complaining about the $84,000 dollars for a […]
Burqa Bob speaks out
Bob Clarkson’s never been one of the sharper tacks on the National party backbench, his only contributions to the debate being his infamous […]
Jockeys change at National – Return of the Hollow Men
Chris Simpson has suddenly gone as manager of the National Party, and Steven Joyce and Jo de Joux are back. According to The […]
Chaos at National
It seems the suggestion of “Deutschland uber alles” as a campaign song has got National’s General Manager Chris Simpson the boot. I also […]
More confusion from National over bulk funding
Some people just never learn. After National’s conflicting statements on bulk funding the other day you’d have thought they’d get their messages in […]
Brownlee dazed and confused over election spending
Following on Tane’s post yesterday, it looks like Ger’s in trouble with his Nat bosses over his comments that National would back the […]
National hollow on election funding
It’s not often we’re wrong, but we’re right again. Gerry Brownlee dropped a clanger in Parliament today when he admitted that National’s opposition […]
National doublespeak
It’s happened again. The Nelson Mail reports that: National MP and former principal Allan Peachey has broken ranks with front-bench colleague Katherine Rich […]
Labour recycling Ministers, says National
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National still to scrap GP fee cap
Peter Bradshaw, at the Guardian, reviews Michael Moore’s movie Sicko: Last week in this paper, Seumas Milne reported on the boa-constrictor-sized parasites of […]
Turia weighs in
So now Tariana is calling for a police probe into the Mallard/Henare incident. Mallard came clean yesteday about his role in the incident […]
Economic ‘Billiteracy’ infects National Party
The Dom yesterday ran a front page story by Tracy Watkins which used National Party figures aimed at showing that “Joanna Average” isn’t […]
National’s challenge
With the British conservatives looking strong (and Labour embarassed by the costs of an election that never was) and the fresh new blood […]
Blind ideology
Tempting to leave this one to Kiwiblogblog but perhaps they need a break… DPF writes this morning: As I have said many times, […]
Nat censorship
In light of National’s recent censorship demands regarding the photo of John Key on our petition (see below), an inquisitive reader has asked […]
Levin: hotbed of Tory militancy?
Just had this sent through to me by a Levin reader. The reference to the Federation of Labour and getting the army in […]
More on free speech in National
Someone just sent me this. It’s an editorial from the Ashburton Guardian on Brian Connell’s firing resignation. Particularly over matters of Electoral Finance […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ryall reveals his hollowness on Agenda
all_your_base has already posted on Tony Ryall’s weasel words on yesterday’s Agenda programme, but what struck me about the interview was Ryall’s utter […]
Weasel-words from Tony Ryall
This almost defies belief. Just as I was thinking that Ryall couldn’t screw up the release of their health policy any further… He […]
The Herald lashes National
If you’re National you know you’re in trouble when even the Herald editorial comes out swinging. The National Party was doing very well […]