Nats won’t follow Australia and UK in crackdown on multinational tax avoidance
Collins’ excuse is just waffle. Why won’t the Nats follow Australia and UK in a crackdown on multinational tax avoidance?
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Judith Collins
Dumbest tweet – Collins vs Seymour
Each in its own way a masterpiece character study.
Reshuffle
Bill English is to announce a cabinet reshuffle today. What should he do?
National’s policing problem
National is facing increasing public concern about the ability of the police to do its job properly.
Will Collins make a move?
The crisis around English’s amateur-hour handling of the super announcement is an opportunity for Judith Collins.
NRT: Denying the obvious
I/S at No Right turn writes on Revenue Minister Collins’ denial of obvious tax avoidance.
Crushed Collins to ACT?
What next for Collins? Burning ambition, a significant personal following, no future in National. Time jump to ACT? She must fancy her chances of taking over that pretend party and building it up to a “kingmaker” role.
The great Cabinet reshuffle
Bill English has announced his cabinet reshuffle.
Collins withdraws and pledges to support English
Judith Collins has withdrawn from the leadership race and pledged support for Bill English.
The Standard is offering to the National Party leadership contenders guest post slots
In the spirit of bi partisanship the Standard wishes to offer the candidates for leadership of the National caucus guest post slots and the ability to answer readers’ questions.
Three’s a crowd
The policy wonk, the ambitious change-maker, or the no-bullshit bullshitter – the contenders for National Party Prime Minister set out their stalls yesterday with John Campbell. Just like the Kaikoura quake, their pitches exposed some complex fault-lines. It’ll be a long week in politics.
Who will be the next National leader?
Following the shock resignation of John Key as Prime Minister the question will be asked. Who will the next leader of the National Party be?
Fund the Police!
Judith Collins is letting organised criminals off the hook as she insists the Police make burglary a priority.
I see a poverty of ideas and a poverty of Government responsibility
Judith Collins yesterday said that child poverty is the fault of parents and not the fault of her Government.
The crime spike
Who would have thought that a surge in homelessness would result in a spike in crime, and that a dramatic increase in the number of people with no or compromised housing situations would cause an increase in burglaries, robberies and assaults.
The Chief Prison Inspector’s report on Serco and MECF
The Chief Prison Inspector’s report on Mount Eden Corrections Facility has now been released and has presented a damning judgment on Serco’s management of the prison.
The manipulation of burglary statics
Reporter Eugene Bingham who broke the story on how Papakura police were doctoring crime statistics by recoding burglaries as other offences two years ago has written about how his attempts to get to the truth of the matter has effectively been thwarted by the police.
America bails on private prisons
America is bailing on private prisons because they don’t work. What’s the bet that National is ‘too proud and arrogant’ to follow suit.
Judith Collins is losing a PR battle with a patched Gang Member*
*title borrowed from @shakingstick.
Police undermined by their own minister
Good piece by Jo Moir on Stuff this morning, about National’s train-wreck week. Follow it up with Andrew Geddis on the legality of the Collins blurt.
Take action on tax haven corruption? NZ says – meh
The Nats are all over the place on this, and they’re trashing our reputation in the process.
Random impertinent question: Why did Cameron get diversion?
Why did the police offer Cameron Slater the soft option of diversion when he doesn’t qualify?
NRT: A Poor Choice
I/S at No Right Turn on the irony of sending Judith “Minister of Corruption” Collins to an an anti-corruption summit in London next week.
Homosexual law reform happened 30 years ago
Some thoughts on yesterday’s gay pride parade and why National has in the space of 30 years changed from being deeply anti gay rights to being superficially in support.
Someone wants to crush Bain’s compensation claim
Leaks to the Herald about details from the report investigating the compensation claim by David Bain suggests that the Government is moving to refuse the claim.
Back Stabbers
The National Party Caucus is split and divided over John Key’s vanity project, the flag referendum. For the first time, there have been leaks to the media directly from within Team Key. The signs are ominous for the PM.
The media in 2015
Some random musings on what happened in New Zealand’s media this year.
When Animals Attack!
Crikey! My Little Ponytail meets the Parnell mind meld. Cancel Xmas, I’ve already got my pressie!
Hey Tracy Watkins – Judith Collins was not “cleared” of dirty politics
No, Judith Collins was never investigated, let alone “cleared”, of the serious issues raised by Dirty Politics. After a token year off Key is happy to have her back because he has precisely as many principles as she does.
Collins and the “monster” board
Idiot turn of phrase or deliberately inflammatory? You be the judge.
Key’s Xmas Reshuffle; UPDATE + bonus Winston Peters zinger!
John Key has announced that there will be a minor cabinet re-shuffle. Could this mark the return of Judith Collins? If so, what does this tell us about how the post-Key National Party will look?
Jarrod Gilbert is tilting at windmills
The Official Information Act is now moribund and access to information beyond its scope is granted only to a chosen few and under strict conditions.
New Zealand needs a new Speaker
David Carter’s refusal to rule John Key’s “backing the rapists” comment out of order raises issues about his ability to properly do the job of speaker.
Collins touting cars with her buddy Cam
Judith Collins is a tout (sorry “Brand Ambassador”) for a car dealer, and it looks like she’s using Cameron Slater’s blog to give her a hand.
Hide on the Collins challenge
Rodney Hide also reckons that Collins is positioned to challenge Key.
From out of the Shadows
Goff has attempted to throw a fire-cracker into the notion of the National Party leadership and caucus being one big happy family. Is this the Labour Party’s way of sowing seeds of discontent without tainting the image of their leader? It is NOT Dirty Politics by any normal understanding of that term as captured in the book of the same name. Is this Goff’s role now? To box from the shadows?