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A comparison of statements made by John Key with those of others, largely the Gwyn report (Gwyn quotes can all be found there). Key: "In fact, the report does not show that my office was deeply involved. There were a series of claims made and…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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It may just be the quality of John Key's analysis, but apparently the Gwyn report has done something impressive in scientific circles and proved a negative. It comprehensively shows that John Key never knew about the Goff SIS OIA release. Or not. JK: but at…
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Reposted from No Right Turn One of the things to emerge from the "dirty politics" report is that the SIS pissed all over the OIA: The NZSIS also made a significant error in considering information requests by the news media. Such requests were, from 25…
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Just as almost everyone predicted, the enquiry into Collins (dumped today to confuse coverage of the Gwyn enquiry) delivered a nice big bucket of whitewash. Labour's Megan Woods: Key’s vile smear machine questions left unanswered ... “This report has deliberately narrow terms of reference and…
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Goff: Goff calls on PM to apologise or resign "The Prime Minister should resign, everybody else has ... look I think it's a very serious matter, if he can't own up to it , if he can't apologise, if he can't give the guarantee then…
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The full Gwyn report (pdf) is here. The Media release (currently at the top of this page) reads: Inspector-General publishes report on inquiry into release of NZSIS information to Cameron Slater - 25 November 2014, 10:00am The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, published her report…
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On the weekend John Key apologised to Cameron Slater for breaching his privacy by releasing a private email. That Slater would even seek an apology is incredible given what he gets up to. Publishing private emails is something Slater does all the time. Just check out Matt…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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Looks like the Gwyn report, due tomorrow, will confirm the Key government's abuse of power / dirty politics. From The Herald. PM's office pushed Slater to dig up dirt on Goff - report A report by New Zealand's intelligence watchdog Cheryl Gwyn has found attack…
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Reposted from Polity As readers will have seen, Andrew Little has announced Labour's new lineup. Overall, I think this is a pretty shrewd list, seeking to build a united caucus team after the very close leadership election. It is not exactly what I might have…
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After a delay caused by a fire alarm going off Labour's new lineup has been announced by Andrew Little. Annette King is to be Little's recommended Deputy Leader and this will be confirmed presumably by Caucus at its meeting tomorrow and Grant Robertson picks up…
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I missed it at the time, but about a week ago the Waitangi Tribunal released a major report. The excellent Andrew Geddis was quick off the mark with a useful and challenging summary: ...the real money passage comes at pages 525-526: Our essential conclusion, therefore,…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…