National has been caught out in what is euphemistically called a misspeak about when it took its odious anti UN Migration pact petition down from its website. It said it was weeks before the Christchurch murders but it appears the petition was still live after the event.
Kiwiblog comments have been turned off as David Farrar grapples with how to handle a crisis concerning hate speech.
The Government needs to urgently change the law to ban the sale of military style semi automatic weapons.
Jacinda Ardern has publicly supported the School students strike about climate change and urged them not to underestimate the power of their voices.
Green co-leader James Shaw has been assaulted near Parliament. The MP is in hospital and a man has been arrested.
Simon Bridges did the remarkable thing yesterday of distancing himself from his own party over events he had major involvement in.
NZ Police have confirmed that the Serious Fraud Office is investigating donations received by the National Party.
Simon Bridges makes a passionate plea for the environment and for a mate.
National has resorted to race baiting in its attempt to denigrate the Tax Working Group’s proposed capital gains tax.
School students are planning national protests against climate change on March 15, 2019. The response of some politicians to this news is less than optimal.
The Government is not due to announce its response to the Tax Working Group’s recommendations for a few more weeks. It appears that National using outrageous assumptions will take the opportunity to raise horror stories in the media on how bad the tax could be.
Greens Minister Eugenie Sage deserves praise for securing some solid funding increases for her Conservation portfolio.
The Green Party’s launching of a petition to seek changes to the electoral system has met with some Trumpian style rhetoric from the right.
National is grooming the voters for another dirty ACT.
The Herald has reported that there has been concerns at Maggie Barry’s behaviour towards staff has been raised on three separate occasions. And Parliamentary Services is at the suggestion of the Auditor General investigating claims of misuse of Parliamentary Services resources.
National’s claim that a capital gains tax would reduce the value of an average worker’s Kiwisaver account by $64,000 over a 45 year working life seems to be as valid as Steven Joyce’s claim there was an $11.5 billion dollar hole in Labour’s draft budget.
Why is Simon Bridges’ twitter account liking and retweeting his own tweets?
Gerry Brownlee has been obliged to withdraw a Facebook ad about tax bracket creep after it was discovered he had used grossly overinflated figures.
Newshub has revealed that Jacinda Ardern instructed her ministers not tp publicly discuss National’s problems with Jami-Lee Ross.
Expert comment suggests that a capital gains tax will redress inequality, improve the economy and make housing more affordable.
Spare a thought for poor landlords who are aghast at the thought that they should have to share capital gains on properties they have purchased with no intent of making a capital gain.
National is engaging in hysterical levels of hyperbole in its response to the Tax Working Group’s reform package.
The Tax Party working group’s recommendations have been released.
Do good things come in twos? This Pollwatch suggests that perhaps they do, and that maybe the news is rosier than the last one suggested.
Claims that New Zealand is at a crisis point in terms of its relationship with China appear to be somewhat overegged.
The National Party is a sad, confused, slightly dazed white old man behind the curtain.
Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage has ended the policy of tenure review, under which large tracts of land were privatised and onsold for huge profits and sensitive ecological areas wrecked.
Today in distractions: David Carter is covering for Simon Bridges’ polling results by upsetting the whole idea of non-partisan accountability of the Government to Parliament in select comittees, I give some free advice to the National Party comms team knowing they won’t pull it off, and Mallard has lost patience with non-answers
National Party in dick pick SHOCKER!!!
Yes, Simple Simon reveals his saucy side as he SHOWS US HIS SAUSAGE.
But is anyone biting?
National has decided to play politics and sabotaged today’s Finance and Expenditure Select Committee meeting.
National’s message discipline on support for Leader Simon Bridges is strangely missing.
Kia ora koutou readers, and welcome back to the first Pollwatch of 2019, and as our official Worst News™ will tell you, (okay, […]
So, it turns out Simon’s a dud. What do the Tories do about it? And can Judith Collins really make a difference?
The final chapter of the Saudi Sheepgate saga has now been written with David Parker pulling the pin on the deal and saving the country $1 million.
The latest Reid Research poll is disastrous for National.
Simon Bridges’ twitter account has been tweeting about unusual subjects lately.
