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So National has announced its flagship policy, enhanced assistance for first home buyers through increased grants through Kiwisaver. It is interesting that policies that Labour introduced and National opposed such as Working for Families, interest free student loans and Kiwisaver have all become mainstream policies…
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Would it not be a hallmark of a dictatorship if a government twisted systems of governance to discredit political opposition while simultaneously bending the very same systems in a different direction to protect its own? Would it not the hallmark of a dictatorship if TV,…
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Tweet of the day:
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Last night the opening party political addresses were broadcast on TV One, simultaneous with an All Blacks match and a live-tweeted crowd viewing of Labyrinth. So if you missed out (and don't follow my every thought on Twitter), here's my reaction! (Screenshots nicked and cropped from Asher Goldman on…
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The NZ Herald poll made a certain amount of sense. Sure they've probably over-estimated National's current support as they always do (see DimPost's poll work), but National down more than 5% and Labour not making traction in the wake of Dirty Politics shouldn't be surprising.…
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So National's membership database isn't so secure. A hacker found an easy hole to look at who members (and their photos are). So, having found the back-door left open, what do you do? You report it. So all the time Key was going on about…
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http://youtu.be/3Nqisrbw8IA [update: to put it somewhere, the InternetMana one has highest fun value] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTACE7X9KI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0hmCt_OPrM
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The charge sheet against John Key could hardly be more serious. If it could be shown that he had misused his position as the Minister for the security and intelligence services to discredit his political opponents and had then lied about doing so, it is…
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So, in the midst of a massive dirty politics scandal involving assorted nats and their attack bloggers Slater and Farrar - who does Tracy Watkins turn to to provide commentary? Why, Farrar himself, of course. Classy.
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There's a confusing amount of detail swirling around the release of SIS briefing notes to Cameron Slater - one of the main issues summarised in Dirty Politics. I was certainly confused earlier in the week, so I set out to pull together a timeline of…
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John Key says the election is in danger of being stolen by a hacker and some left wing activists. What he is afraid of is that the election is going to be "stolen" by the truth. Nothing will be actually stolen, we all still get…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike ...
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Despite John Key’s key message du jour, the parties of the Opposition are talking policy. A (totally unscientific) look at party websites reveals Labour and the Greens have put out hundreds of pages of policy information – compared to National’s 26. But a word count…
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So Judith Collins has broken her media silence briefly... to talk to her team member Rachel Glucina. Glucina, the NZ Herald gossip columnist, gets plenty of mentions in Dirty Politics as the legitimate establishment face to WhaleOil's smears. Such smears as the Dotcom mansion visits…
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John Key's reaction to the revelations in "Dirty Politics" is straight out of Orwell's classic 1984. Orwell however got one thing wrong - describing the principles of Newspeak he says "It was expected that Newspeak would have finally superseded Oldspeak (or Standard English, as we…
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The NZ Herald has been doing some panel interviews with leaders of political parties. These have got lost behind the extensive Dirty Politics fallout. The videos of the Green and Labour Party leaders in the Hot Seat are each about 40-55 minutes long. From what I've…
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Bill English was the first senior Nat to distance himself from Key's dirty politics. Now, according to one of our commenters (Tracey) who was called, the Nats' polling company is sounding out English as a possible party leader. With Key caught in a major lie…
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Another day and more bad press for National over dirty politics. John Key is now claiming, without irony, that an assault on our democracy is occurring. There is, but not from the sources that he claims. The attack on our democracy has come from the National…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. Because our lax tax system lets them cheat on their taxes: Why would an overseas buyer pay more for an asset than a New Zealander? Is it because they can accept lower returns on capital? Perhaps. Is it because they…
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Editorial comment from the Deep South condemns Key's dirty politics in the strongest possible language. The Southland Times: Consequential questions If those persistently high polls have been giving the impression that John Key can walk on water, the first post-Hager poll will show whether he…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike ...
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Roman version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOu_sKQYuOk Eminem version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skOJVQVCCj4 (I like the sly orca that's been inserted) Herald poll in the morning - the first post Dirty Politics. Wonder how the PM calling the media 'scummy' will help him keep up his popularity. [Update: this just thru..]
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In July 2011, John Key was on holiday in Maui "having a whale of a time" - and also on Q+A in New Zealand letting the world know that Phil Goff was briefed by Warren Tucker. So they do have the telephone in Hawaii. Here's…
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It is one of the wonders of the modern world that the democracy that past generations fought and died for is regarded as of little consequence by those who currently enjoy its benefits. While many parts of the world are still struggling - and suffering…
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In the face of documentary evidence that the head of the SIS briefed the Prime Minister on the OIA release of the Goff document, Key (and others) are now claiming that "the Prime Minister" really means "the Prime Minister's Office" and that Key himself was…
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John Key's told media they don't need to talk to him about Judith Collins and her social media choices, they should talk to her as she's no shrinking violet... But Radio NZ, The Herald, TV3 and I imagine all other media have been trying to…
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Cut Your Hair has some great graphs giving the lie to John Key's latest spin: “the left have given up on the policy argument. They don’t think they can beat the National Government on the issues … so what they’ve decided is they’ll play the…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scopklCWuqE Like Planet Key (below) I guess the Electoral Commission won't be keen to see this one get any airplay... :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGJhbn5sTfU