Why National won’t win
National has four fatal problems that will prevent it from winning the election. Or, rather, it has two problems, both with two parts. […]
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Questions over Key’s handling of Tranzrail
Where-ever you sit on the spectrum of opinion on Key’s handling on the Tranzrail affair, it appears that the commentators are questioning his […]
Diversion tactics
Key’s three defences on the share scandal are ‘no-one asked how many shares I had’, ‘it didn’t matter how many shares I had’, […]
Credit where it’s due
I’m usually no fan of Paul Henry as an interviewer but I’m prepared to give credit where it’s due. He certainly didn’t let […]
Did you pay the tax, John?
Generally, when you buy capital and later sell it, there is no tax payable on any profit. Unless you buy with the propose […]
John’s lying eyes
All it takes is Youtube, some video editing software, and imagination to make great vids, as this video we have just been sent […]
John Key on honesty
At the height of the Peters affair when John Key was trying to make political capital out of the PM’s statement that she […]
Damned by his own words
Michael Cullen’s office has just released a damning exchange between John Key and Richard Prebble that shows John Key not only fully understood […]
One News footage
For those who missed it, here’s the video from last night’s One News investigation into John Key’s TranzRail dealings. The first clip details […]
Who’s sorry now?
Anyone remember back in July Key accused Clark of misleading the house over his involvement in Tranzrail and asked for an apology? Just […]
Can he look himself in the mirror?
John Key on August 30 “The appointment of a minister to Cabinet has to be done on the basis that as Prime Minister […]
Derailing the issue
National has released their statement about John Key’s shady dealings in Tranzrail shares and unsurprisingly it’s another attempt at misdirection. As I’ve said […]
Hand in the till
One News has just run the revelation that John Key lied to the public and to Parliament about the extent of his shareholding […]
Key on scrapping four weeks annual leave
Thanks to the wonders of Scoopit I’ve just come across this old TVNZ footage of John Key’s first day as National’s finance spokesman. […]
Key still wishes we had invaded Iraq
Helen Clark made foreign policy judgement a campaign issue today when she told a Grey Power meeting that if New Zealand had invaded […]
More slippery attacks, still no solutions
Yesterday, John Key “attacked Labour’s economic record, which he said amounted to overtaxing voters so it could put money into its pet projects” […]
Old battles
When John Key responded to the PM’s announcement of the election date on Friday he stated: This election is not about the past. […]
Rochelle, that was pretty good.
Well it turns out my niece has been having fun and done an effective google bomb on John Key. I’ve just been watching […]
Disappointing
I just have to say, it’s incredibly disappointing that a simple prank, a google bomb, gets three newspaper articles and coverage on TV3 […]
Booed on boot camps
It’s not John Key’s week really. Winston disappears like magic off the front pages (I honestly thought I had time travelled somehow when […]
National: for a more confused future
On Sunday, John Key, apparently off-the-cuff, announced he would dismantle the Families Commission and give the money to church groups, who just happened […]
Mr Slippery at it again
An interesting interview between John Key and Wammo today. He starts out saying Labour is spending all its time talking about Owen Glenn […]
Key breaks flip-flop world record
Can’t put it any better than Jafapete has: Seems that John Key has done it again. Announced policy off-the-cuff and back tracked later. […]
How many leaks to sink a ship?
This is really getting pretty serious now – a fourth National party policy has been leaked to Labour, who have made it public. […]
Spin-busting: ‘Labour has no policy, either’
John Key is running a line that first emerged in the rightwing blogs a few months ago: ‘Labour doesn’t have any policy, either’. […]
Ashcroft’s donations a worry
Lord Ashcroft is a worry. Not just to John Key, who had to admit that he didn’t know why Ascroft had met him […]
Key, leadership, and the audacity of hope
Perhaps Mr Key is feeling a little regretful about comparing himself to Barack Obama. Certainly the chutzpah inherent in such a comparison has […]
Are you positive?
Talking about the Nat billboard campaign on Wammo’s show this morning, Key said it was going to positive and on message*. Umm, when’s […]
Key: “I just followed what was in my diary”
TV3 revealed last night that John Key has recently met with billionaire Tory donor Lord Michael Ashcroft. Lord Ashcroft clearly preferred that the […]
Stark
John Key’s attempt to ride on Obama’s coattails has been rightly ridiculed in the New Zealand press, but the differences go much deeper […]
Betting on likeability – Key’s strategy for 2008
Gordon Campbell spends some time examining Key’s likeability factor: “That’s why Key’s gamble over Winston Peters is so interesting because it could help […]
Key- you like Obama? OK.. I’m the white Obama!
“I’m a bit like (Barack) Obama,” – Key Of course, National has been trying to link Key to Obama because Obama is probably […]
Cullen on Nat apologies
Say what you will about his politics, you can’t beat Cullen for wit. Here he is on the similarities between Labour and National following Williamson’s enthusiastic […]
Did you say “wages”, John?
Watching Key on Breakfast this morning I was surprised to see him talking about the need for higher wages (about two thirds of […]
Jumping the shark
Remember the photos of McDonald’s wrappers strewn on a grass verge that John Key expected us to believe was evidence people had been […]
Excel magic
Insight into Mr Key costing his tax policy (lots of clever bits, best viewed in fullscreen) – hosted by 08wire