Written By: - Date published: 8:17 am, November 30th, 2016 - 148 comments
In which pundit r0b has a wee rant about media pundits. Yeah I know…
Written By: - Date published: 8:38 am, November 29th, 2016 - 100 comments
US President elect Donald Trump has expressed support for a widespread investigation of America’s electoral system
Written By: - Date published: 9:20 am, November 27th, 2016 - 92 comments
Through partisan control of the electoral system and continuing attempts to suppress votes America’s electoral system is in clear need of an overhaul.
Written By: - Date published: 8:36 am, November 27th, 2016 - 25 comments
Lisa Owen interviewed Key on The Nation yesterday. As usual Key spent half his time denying facts and figures – in this case from Treasury and from his own government sources.
Written By: - Date published: 8:44 am, November 26th, 2016 - 47 comments
One News has reported on the strange case where a local Mt Roskill resident was threatened by someone describing themselves as Parmjeet Parmar’s right hand man, had a horse shoe thrown at him, complained to the police, but was subsequently told that the horse shoe had been destroyed.
Written By: - Date published: 9:49 am, November 23rd, 2016 - 50 comments
As National’s Mt Roskill by election campaign starts to implode John Key’s absence is becoming very noticeable.
Written By: - Date published: 7:53 am, November 22nd, 2016 - 21 comments
Gerry Brownlee has attacked a public servant firstly for not approached the Government for increased Geonet monitoring and then for raising the issue but not telling him personally.
Written By: - Date published: 10:15 am, November 21st, 2016 - 49 comments
Gerry Brownlee has chosen to respond to the cautious words of a public servant by publicly attacking him.
Written By: - Date published: 2:38 pm, November 20th, 2016 - 7 comments
Apparently today, Netsafe will start acting as the “Approved Agency” of the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015. This is an act that is meant to deal with some of the excessive online abuse and bullying. Unfortunately it doesn’t appear to me that Netsafe is currently capable of dealing with the task. Instead they look like incompetent monkeys.
Written By: - Date published: 8:26 am, November 20th, 2016 - 76 comments
Disaster response is about more than showing up for photos and cancelling a trip or two. National has made a mess of Christchurch and comprehensively failed to learn its lessons. They should in no way be rewarded with a 4th term.
Written By: - Date published: 8:31 am, November 19th, 2016 - 51 comments
Despite the Kaikoura earthquakes, the damage to the Capital and the fact the EQC fund is now in deficit, the Government is still holding out the possibility of tax cuts in election year.
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, November 18th, 2016 - 74 comments
Oh look, National are nakedly politicising government earthquake response.
Written By: - Date published: 12:42 pm, November 17th, 2016 - 63 comments
A couple of dirty politics related stories that slipped under the radar in the last hectic week.
Written By: - Date published: 9:01 am, November 13th, 2016 - 97 comments
On the same day that the pollsters in the world’s most advanced democracy were shown to have got things terribly wrong a Professor in New Zealand says that National will win next year because of polling data.
Written By: - Date published: 2:17 pm, November 12th, 2016 - 69 comments
Members of the National Party in Mount Roskill are trying to make a story out of Michael Wood after he responded directly to public insults made against his wife.
Written By: - Date published: 5:57 am, November 11th, 2016 - 267 comments
The daily general discussion thread about the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, November 10th, 2016 - 269 comments
The Day After.
Written By: - Date published: 9:15 am, November 9th, 2016 - 126 comments
Andrea Vance has attacked Labour’s Ready to Work policy and claimed that the policy does not add up, despite being told how the figures had been arrived at.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, November 9th, 2016 - 501 comments
The day is finally here.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, November 8th, 2016 - 234 comments
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Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, November 7th, 2016 - 234 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, November 5th, 2016 - 252 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, November 4th, 2016 - 194 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:58 am, November 3rd, 2016 - 197 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:58 am, November 1st, 2016 - 190 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:55 am, October 31st, 2016 - 132 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 5:14 am, October 29th, 2016 - 152 comments
The weekend post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 1:06 pm, October 28th, 2016 - 75 comments
Hosking’s pro-Nat rants have been compared to “state TV in China” and “Fox News-style comment”.
Written By: - Date published: 11:02 am, October 28th, 2016 - 35 comments
Key’s India trip started off going nowhere fast, and ended up the same way. Gotta love the spin though.
Written By: - Date published: 5:37 am, October 28th, 2016 - 22 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Written By: - Date published: 12:19 pm, October 27th, 2016 - 25 comments
Paula Bennett is currently acting Prime Minister.
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