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Key is obviously lying about having an unavoidable commitment in Taupo keeping him from Melissa Lee's election night do. He would tell us what it was if it were true. He would have told journos at the start that he wouldn't be there if there…
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On the day Richard Worth was forced to resign as a Minister, Key explicitly told Parliament the criminal investigation into Worth was the reason why he couldn't say what had caused him to lose confidence. Hon Phil Goff: Why did the Prime Minister attempt to…
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National's line is that they are doing 'everything possible save jobs and keep people in employment'. Are they living up to the promise? Not even close. The other week Paula Bennett was asked in the House how many jobs had been saved by initatives from…
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Here's a tip for the child beaters at Family Fist - if you're going to whip up a storm of fear and misinformation about a piece of legislation you don't like, don't peg your hopes on waiting two years for a referendum to get your…
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...that seems to be National's plan as it moves to cut 10% of the police vehicle fleet (why are so many of National's cuts 10%?). Given the politicking National and its front-groups did on law and order last year you'd think that the last thing…
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During his time in parliament Richard Worth has cost the taxpayer well over a million dollars yet John Key won't even be straight with the public as to why he's gone. First Key wouldn't tell us because he claimed he didn't want to contaminate a…
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Stolen from the Grassroots Labour site.
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Analysis by Rhema Vaithianathan, which hasn't itself been critiqued but has seen her subjected to the typical vicious personal attacks from National, shows that the supercity will have big economic costs for the areas of most of the existing councils: • Rodney: annual regional GDP…
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I think it's fair to say that David Shearer's thumping victory in Mt Albert has been widely viewed as securing Phil Goff's leadership over the Labour Party. Any sane observer will recognise that Goff's position has been strengthened by the victory, that the party has…
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A string of high-profile stuff-ups. You were too smug and incompetent to deal with them. A disappointment to your boss. Key put a lot of faith in you. He defended you at first before cutting you loose to protect his brand. A devastating public humiliation.…
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The National-led government repealed much of Labour's Electoral Finance Act and is now asking the public what should be in a new law on election finances. Please take some time to write a submission backing greater fairness and openness in financing of election campaigns. All…
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As recently posted here, there is a vast gulf between National's rhetoric and the reality on tax cuts. Before the election National sold its tax cut programme as the answer to every question. Tax cuts were the centrepiece of National's economic plan and its response…
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