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Rather than discussing the quote from Bill English that he would sell Kiwibank, David Farrar is whining that the protest outside the National Party conference today breached the EFA because it did not contain authorisation. Once again, Farrar would rather try to attack on technicalities…
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In a speech described by attendees as 'more bullet points', John Key announced to the National Party conference today that National would borrow $5 billion more over 6 years to finance infrastructure - specifically roads and the broadband 'plan'. The money-man has dressed it up cleverly,…
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At last an upfront acknowledgement of the Exclusive Brethren's support for National during the 2005 election campaign. According to Colin Espiner: Day One of National's annual conference is nearly over and so far the biggest clanger has been departing Tauranga MP Bob Clarkson's thank-you to the…
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Today, Bill English is outlining National's plan to undo the work of the past fifteen years and take this country further into debt. He will argue that National would not be borrowing for its programme of tax cuts for the wealthy, rather it would borrow…
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A tale of woe from Idiot/Savant: Sometime this afternoon, Blogger, in its infinite wisdom, decided that No Right Turn was a "spam blog" and locked it. I have naturally asked for a review, and sometime in the next two business days (yeah right) someone at…
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The EPMU launched its 'Work Rights Wage Drive' today with a rally in Christchurch. Despite the rain, over 1500 Kiwi workers turned out to stand up for their work rights and wages. This is just the first of 25 rallies the EPMU will be undertaking…
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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…