Thickest. Minister. Ever.
So, imagine you’re the Minister for Education. You’re meeting with the PPTA executive, and sometime soon you’re expecting to announce big teacher layoffs. […]
Maori Party caucus divided on ETS?
Maori Party whip Te Ururoa Flavell is doing what he can to play down internal divisions that suggested the party could vote against […]
Rod Oram on ETS and Monetary Policy
Rod Oram did a business segment on Nine to Noon yesterday. As usual he went quite deep into the issues. A welcome contrast […]
Armstrong on Calamity Nick
Wrapped in a bit of fluff, John Armstrong has some pretty damning things to say about Nick Smith today: He can be headstrong. […]
ETS – last chance!
Breaking news. It seems that turmoil within the Maori Party may derail the ETS after all: EXCLUSIVE: An 11th hour revolt within the […]
Employers ripping off job ops money
National has only come up with one employment policy to counter the recession. No, not the cycleway – ‘job ops‘. It works like […]
Who’s next?
I was watching that vid by the Greens on ACC and bikoi. What caught my attention was the bikers’ chant: “who’s next, who’s […]
Key’s busy day
Ha! But seriously, I doubt that Key changes his own oil.
With friends like these…
John ‘Mayor for Remuera’ Banks would’ve been gagging on his morning gruel after reading this headline on page two of Monday’s Herald: Jeers […]
Open mike 25/11/09
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Shane Jones on National’s ETS
Not all ETSs are created equal
On his blog, Colin Espiner writes: “it’s also extremely ironic to hear Labour wringing its hands about the impact of the ETS when…HELLO…Labour […]
CCDs. Worms perhaps?
It has been fascinating over the last few days watching the CCDs (Climate Change Deniers) make an another attempt to scale the bastion […]
Gerrymandering Auckland city
Due to recovering from a cold over the weekend, I haven’t had time to blog about the super-shitty electoral boundaries released on friday […]
Lunch time quiz
1) National MP Paul Quinn is under investigation for breaching the State Services Act and the neutrality of the public service by holding […]
Zero percent won’t pay the rent
If you can, get along to support the hospital support staff, the school support staff, and all the other low-paid public sector workers […]
A plague on both your houses
So, as far as National and Maori leaders are concerned, it’s a done deal: “Maori Party to support ETS – bill to become […]
It’s not spin, the govt told me
The Dompost reports: “The number of places available on a programme to get young people off the dole will be increased after the […]
Harawira and Katene to cross the floor?
National wants to get its shambolic ETS through the House this week. It’s not quite clear what the hurry is; there’s no actual […]
Classic
Spotted on Stuff.
Open mike 24/11/09
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Poll closes up in Britain
The latest poll in Britain has Labour within 6 points of the Conservatives. A hung Parliament is in prospect. One poll is not […]
Kevin Hague blasts Nats on ACC
Good video from the Greens’ Kevin Hague. Gotta love the dirty mo:
We can do better
By and large the Right are refusing to defend their neoliberal monetary policy system. The currency is causing chaos, the housing bubble is […]
Lunch time quiz
1) What the hell is John Key trying to say here? “Maori are not getting special preference, if you go back to those […]
Key’s flagship policy now his joke
Anyone with a brain has always known Key’s cycleway is a joke. The sick thing is he’s now using it as a punchline […]
It’s the seasons, stupid
Over the last week or so, I’ve heard John Key, Bill English, and Paula Bennett all make self-congratulatory references to the number of people […]
Another Key foot in mouth
John Key sure is a class act. Not. Latest example*: Stadium funds: We’re not Indian-givers, says Key Prime Minister John Key yesterday said […]
Open mike 23/11/09
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Goff gets it right, as Key goes off the rails
Phil Goff has managed to defy the critics and make himself relevant. His speech on ACC and his criticisms of National’s backroom deals […]
Big brother is yarning to your boss
The Sunday Star Times reports that police have been passing private information about staff members onto Air New Zealand via the official information […]
The stench of corruption
No, I haven’t abandoned my resolution to be less political on Sundays quite so soon. This post is about smells. Specifically, the effect […]
Key opens rich mates’ marina, slaps local Maori
Unbelievable. John Key has opened the environmentally destructive Whangamata Marina. This was a battle between rich property developers, against the serious concerns of local […]
Open mike 22/11/09
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Trade trumps human rights for Key
What a strange little editorial in the Herald today. It’s a typical spin piece that tries to frame John Key’s shoddy behaviour in not […]
Oh dear, what a fizzer
The pro-child assault lobby spent $500,000 trying to manufacture the biggest march in New Zealand history up Queen St today. The reports say fewer than […]