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Another week of gonzo journalism and you can understand why people get turned off politics. While the press gallery concentrated on which of them was most offended by Winston Peters, we had a look behind some of the policies on offer and ran a series of posts on the…
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It seems TV3 has decided to promote a marriage between John Key and Winston Peters this week. They appear to be paying for ads on Google that come up when you search for "John Key" or for "Winston Peters", but not for other leaders…
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If John Key's feeling a little nervous about repeating his "under a Labour Government I lead" gaffe at this weekend's National Party conference, perhaps he should spare a thought for Aussie Liberal MP Jason Wood...
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John Key: "We don't have enough women in our caucus, so we've had to start cross-dressing" (Press, June 9, 2007) He's not wrong there:
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David Farrar says of a scene in Dark Knight 'I would have voted 'yes''. Without giving away any of the plot, that means Farrar would choose to hurt many others as long as he would not be hurt himself. But in making that decision he…
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New Zealand stylist Stephanie Rumble - best known for her fallout with Addington race officials after claiming that a giant bottle of Lindaur was her "date" in an attempt to avoid a newly introduced ban on BYO alcohol at the event - says that Helen…
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Here's a cool animation of Wal-Mart's spread across the US (click the image below to launch it): Wal-Mart is the largest corporation in the world by revenue, and the largest private employer in the world. Here's a little Wikipedia info on them and a page dedicated…
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Some of our friends on the Right have been putting themselves through strange mental contortions over the recent series of posts we've had on the impact of National and the Left on wages. To recap: we've shown that National let the minimum wage stagnate while…
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Speaking in Rotorua earlier this week, John Key offered the following reason why you should vote for him to be Prime Minister: "The only time we've won the rugby World Cup we had a male Prime Minister." You make my stomach turn, Mr Key. You're just…
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Stuff reports that "a British commercial for a chocolate bar featuringThe A Team star Mr T has been pulled over concerns it could cause offence to homosexuals". Here's one airing locally that's likely to cause some controversy too. It's from a campaign by athletic gear manufacturer Skins…
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Today's front-page story in the DominionPost on New Zealand First is a complete beat-up. It starts off: More questions have been raised about donations to NZ First over a $20,000 deposit to the party's bank account that does not appear on its register of declared…
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The National party may prefer not to have their policy examined in great detail, but in today's Herald Nigel Haworth, professor of human resource development at Auckland University's Business School, provides some interesting observations about their 90 no-rights plans. Nigel Haworth suggests that: "National's intention to introduce, if elected,…
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I believe there are three core criteria on which a politician or party needs to be judged: (in no particular order) - policy, competency, trustworthiness - Do they have a good plan, are they capable of implementing such a plan, can we trust them to…
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Amnesty International does some great campaigning and human rights work around the globe and this week is Freedom Week, their annual fundraising and awareness drive. Most people will be familiar with Amnesty's work, especially with the spotlight they've helped to shine on China's appalling human…
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So US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice has left our shores. She inspired protest. She met the PM and said "New Zealand is now a friend and an ally." She provided timely distraction for Mr Peters, travelling to meet with the Pacific Island forum. But…
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So the news went out! National DID have some policy said Colin James: ...in behind the bland one-pagers lies quite a lot of study, consultation with outsiders and internal shadow cabinet debate. A 34-page paper backed the workplace relations one-pager. Law and order policy was…
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Brian Rudman's piece in today's Herald is so far the most sensible comment on the Spencer Trust affair. He points out that funding of elections in New Zealand has for far too long been vulnerable to the cheque-books of the rich. While some may be…
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This straight from Public Address - Guest writer Simon Pound: John Key has announced the adoption of yet another flagship Labour policy having a female leader. In a one-page policy briefing released today he stated that under a National government he would undergo gender realignment…
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The Electoral Commission has decided the EPMU can register as a third party under the Electoral Finance Act despite the National Party spending big bucks to try to stop them in the courts. Given the EPMU is a democratic organisation representing 50,000 Kiwi workers and…
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The Electoral Commission has ruled that several unions affiliated to the Labour Party are able to register as third parties under the Electoral Finance Act. Their registration was objected to initally by David Farrar, the National Party frontperson who is the principal behind the registered…
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The Melborne Age reports that: A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court on Wednesday alleging the involvement of the secretive Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including fraud and kidnapping. Three sisters, from India, who say they are on the…
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(hattip: Kiwipundit)
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The essential debate in New Zealand politics (and all capitalist economies) is between Right and Left over how big a share of the economy's production should go to the workers who produce it (ie wages, salaries) and how much should go to the capitalists who…
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Should Labour be worried about today's poll in the Herald which contrary to other recent polls showed the gap between the parties rising? Colin Espiner doesn't seem to think so, suggesting: I wouldn't take much notice of the Herald DigiPoll. This one's even worse than the…
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I recently caught a story on the radio about the gender wage gap of new graduates - and in the failed search to locate it came across some other related stories. As we head into an election campaign with political parties offering up their solutions for…
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Last week the Council of Trade Unions issued a devastating point-by-point critique of National's ACC policy. Now they've followed up with an excellent and surprisingly balanced critique of National's employment policy. When you compare the amount of detail the CTU has put into its critique…
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Hint: it ain't chocolate.
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Here's a well-reasoned article by Therese Arseneau in which she canvasses the reasons behind Labour thinking it can still win. She puts it down to: MMP, their 'core vote', voter mobilisation, National's policies, Helen Clark herself and a bit of a mix of good management and good…
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Eddie's already posted on the scripts the Tories in the UK used when it came to explaining (away) their associations with dodgy political consultants Crosby Textor. It was the same broken record used here by National in recent weeks. The anti-Blair "demon-eyes" ad below ran…