Political suicide on bFM
What is it with National Party leaders and their apparent desire to commit political suicide on bFM? First Don Brash’s sensational harakiri moment […]
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John “Parselmouth” Key
John Key’s new line is that he was answering a different question to the one everyone heard him asked on RNZ yesterday. Three […]
John Key’s global humiliation
Too late – John’s humiliation is now global. Here’s the UK Guardian’s blog. “New Zealand’s opposition leader, John Key, the head of the […]
What’s with TV?
The major papers, radio and political blogs picked up John Key’s War is Over story but neither of the main TV channels ran […]
John Key to address UN General Assembly
But seriously. Can you imagine it? Clark and Key are chalk and cheese & and hardly anywhere more so than on their grasp […]
Don’t mention the war
Paul Henry finally gets some balls
The media is clearly tiring of John Key’s vacuousness. You know the tide is turning when even Paul Henry turns on the Nats. […]
Keith Locke on “The war in Iraq is over”
“Until Mr Key put me wise, I had assumed the US and its coalition allies were bogged down fighting an intractable insurgency in […]
Wishing won’t make it so, John
My surprise has given way to anger. How dare John Key belittle the ongoing death and suffering in Iraq by dismissively claiming the […]
Staggering
John Key said on National Radio this morning “The war in Iraq is over”. Apparently that’s why no mention of it’s made in […]
Back to the future (again)
So John Key wants to sell our schools. The National caucus must be a strange place to be right now. Feeling kind of […]
Posable paper people
John Key wants to be all things to all people. He’s always reminded me a little of one of those paper dressup dolls […]
John Key’s Porirua market adventure
Presumably the Nats are packing themselves about the proposed extension of the campaign spending period and are trying to jam their costs into […]
Rickards charged with alleged misconduct
Last week John Key was calling on the government to force Rickards to go – interfer in an onoing employment matter and essentially […]
Is the world voting for.nothing?
In a perceptive potshot at the perennial broadcasting gnome, Paul Holmes, Jane Bowron in her Dominion Post ‘Televiews’ piece of 13 September described […]
He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker
John Key’s swallowed a lot of rats to make National look electable: nuclear free, war in Iraq, fighter jets, paid parental leave, climate […]
A sudden end to the Schadenfreude
From bFM yesterday – Mickey Havoc interviews John Key… Mickey Havoc: “But you wouldn’t compare her to Muldoon? That’s what I’m asking…” John […]
Key: style over substance
The Press ran a story today in which they claim that: Labour polling conducted by UMR Insight, excerpts of which were leaked to […]
John, I am your father
There’s been a bit of excitement round the traps today over this picture from Stuff.co.nz, which tries to merge Helen Clark’s face into […]
Why does John Key want to sell Air NZ?
This morning Air New Zealand announced an annual profit of $268 million. The New Zealand public owns 80% of the national carrier, which […]
If you can’t take the heat…
The National Party have been complaining about the increasing scrutiny on John Key’s business dealings. First, his association with the “Earl of Auckland” […]
Hone “Sorting Hat” Harawira
Hone Harawira hits the nail on the head in this interview on ‘Sunday’: “Well, you know, the strange this is that everybody calls […]
Key’s missing compass
In the Weekend Herald today, Fran O’Sullivan opines: “By drawing out his opponents before they even noticed Key was using the type of […]
Parselmouth under pressure
Has anyone else noticed John Key’s tendency to drift into Parseltongue when he’s under pressure? From his Radio New Zealand interview on the […]
The Earl of Auckland’s a drip
One law for the National Party
John can’t seem to get his story straight (again). Since he claims to support the concept of ‘one law for all’ let’s start […]
John Key is sick, just sick of eating pies
Don’t ever underestimate a wounded National leader. John Key is smarting over his National Party Conference Speech. What’s his problem? To begin, he’s […]
Trotter on the Key man
Chris Trotter’s article last week in the Independent is worth a read & when I find a link I’ll provide it. Trotter says […]
More golf with John
John Key is not a good golfer, at least not in my imaginings. Lovely practice swings, but very, very, poor execution. “Just a […]
Key plays a Big Bertha off a par 3
Use your imagination for a moment; John Key playing a round of golf with some new mates. Well, the first time we did […]
Get your story straight John
“New Zealand troops should be alongside their British and United States allies as they continue their invasion of Iraq” … “Blood is thicker […]