Sshhh! You’ll make the economy cry
John Key says we shouldn’t be talking about the number of people going on to the dole. He reckons that mentioning the fact that […]
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Worth the Bill
What would you call it when you collect $900 a week by false pretenses? What would you call it when you tell the Electoral […]
What goes around…
Paula Bennett appears to have broken the law in releasing private information on members of the public who were critical of National’s “ambitious” […]
Get ready for more over-promise, under-deliver
Tomorrow John Key will be announcing policies on youth unemployment. Looks like rehashing of the already announced Youth Guarantee and probably something more. […]
Use of weapons
I’ve been thinking about the different ways ministers from the Left and the Right approach governing. I think it goes back to where […]
Comfortable with bullying
John Key is “comfortable” with his Minister Paul Bennett releasing private information (in breach of the Cabinet Manual, Privacy Commission guidelines, and the […]
Nick Smith lying with numbers.
Nick Smith is the front-man for this government on climate change, and it appears that he knows absolutely nothing about the numbers. The […]
Show-pony
Y’know, as John Key tries to get stuck into Phil Goff, I think it’s time for a quick recall of recent history. Key […]
Talking shite
Right wing rhetoric can be absurdly stupid at times. IrishBill recently reminded us how crazy things were getting near the last election: One […]
A brave man
Looking at the centre photo above of John Key gave me pause for thought; I realised that much as I dislike his politics, […]
Leak: Key’s next big plan revealed
Today Key is giving a major speech on the economy. He told Oliver Driver on Sunrise yesterday that it would be “pretty high […]
Standard scoop: Why Key fired Worth
Last Monday, John Key said you, the people of New Zealand, don’t have the right to know why a minister in your government […]
Big dreams, no delivery
Tv1 has revealed that our daydreamer PM had much much bigger plans for the cycleway. Like excited schoolkids, he and good mate Mark […]
It’s not your government, it’s his
From Key’s post-Cabinet press conference: Journo: You don’t believe that the public have a right to know why a minister in cabinet would […]
Worth asking
What a world where a supposed journalist writes this: The trouble is Key’s desire to be reasonable. Despite his intention to say no […]
Show pony
Fran O’Sullivan, who championed National most ardently in Opposition, has become disillusioned with Key as PM. She savages him today, saying he has a “deep need” […]
Elucidate
The woman has dropped her criminal complaint over Worth. Says she is satisfied now the scumbag has lost his career. Police are expected […]
Bill sez: ‘pay cuts for youse’
Yesterday in Question Time, Bill English sent a message loud and clear to teachers, police, doctors, nurses, and all other public servants (‘frontline’ […]
Tax Payer funded hypocrisy
Remember the hip-hop tours ‘scandal’ the National Party used over and over and over again to attack the previous Labour-led government? They went […]
Jam tomorrow
I see John Key is promising new ideas to stop job-losses: We’ve got an economic strategy … and I intend over the next […]
No more Mr Nice Guy
John Key has a carefully constructed image as a “nice guy”, with a self professed “sunny nature” no less. There is ample reason […]
Two birds with one stone
In 2007, in election mode, John Key was talking up National’s commitment to the environment and the Enviroschools programme: Without a trace of […]
A rolling maul or treading water?
In the face of widespread criticism that his government is asleep at the wheel, John Key has boldly relaunched some tired old spin. […]
Emperor’s new clothes?
I was in relaxed, Saturday mode, perusing the Dom Post at my leisure. Then I read this from Tracey Watkins and checked that […]
National’s successes
National’s 2008 election victory was undoubtedly a great success for the Party. Just two terms after humiliating defeat under the leadership of Bill English, […]
Crossing the line
Tuesday’s post, A Rankin headache started: There must be an automatic recoil on the Government benches when Christine Rankin’s name is mentioned. In […]
The truth will out
Key’s excuse for not telling Parliament why he lost confidence in Richard Worth is that it isn’t in the public interest to say. […]
What is campaigning?
As widely predicted, Christine Rankin is continuing to cause embarrassment for the government. She is now succeeding in making the Prime Minister look […]
1 million Aussies? Don’t get too excited
So 1,001,880 Australians visited New Zealand in the year to May, up 3.7% over the last May year despite the recession Yay? Well […]
One hand giveth, the other taketh away
Last night at the Gen-i Public Sector Excellence Awards the New Zealand Police and Porirua City Council won the Prime Ministers Award for […]
Answers still needed from Key
For some reason, Tracey Watkins’ blog is hidden away deep within the Stuff website, far from the other blogs. Which is a pity […]
Thursday theorisin’
Great quote from Gordon Campbell: “Faced with the dying embers of the Richard Worth scandal at his press conference John Key reached for gasoline” […]
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 […]
Trust me, I’m the Prime Minister
Some thoughts on Key’s continuing refusal to tell us why he fired Worth. First, it’s tautological to say that a Prime Minister fired […]
Tiring of it?
Duncan Garner said something interesting during the Mt Albert by-election special: “I’ll tell you why John Key came back from overseas… He came […]
Key’s female trouble
Key is obviously lying about having an unavoidable commitment in Taupo keeping him from Melissa Lee’s election night do. He would tell us […]