English: ‘the system failed me’
Just noticed this comment from Bill English on the topic of his housing allowance scam: “At all times my decisions have been driven […]
English admits he’s been rorting us
Bill English has now paid back all the money he rorted from the taxpayer via the ministerial housing allowance during this term of […]
Power’s electoral finance reform proposals out
Justice Minister Simon Power has released the Government’s proposals for reform of electoral finance law. Remember, Labour’s reforms of electoral finance law were […]
Dispatches from the parallel universe, John Key 1940
The Standard, 12 June 1940 WELLINGTON Prime Ministerial candidate for the Nationalists, Mr John Key, today laid out his party’s policy regarding New […]
Four day week, way of the future?
How would you like to work a four-day, ten-hour per day week, rather than a five-day week? A number of organisations in the […]
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Legal vs. Moral
There’s an old lawyer joke: “When the facts are on your side, bang the facts. When the law’s on your side, bang the […]
Pay freeze would cause long-term damage
While filling his own pockets with our money, Bill ‘Double Dipton’ English is threatening public sevants with a five-year pay freeze – with […]
‘If it happened in Zimbabwe, we would call it corruption’
Trev on the money laundering bill. Has a go at a certain Bill who has been laundering a lot of our money. Very […]
Productivity Czar’s latest initiative
Leaked emails from the National Government’s Productivity Task Force have confirmed rumours circulating in senior journalist circles that the Tooth Fairy is to […]
Clown-in-chief
A hilarious send up of Key that pretty much everyone would have missed because it aired on Nightline on Friday.
Banks bullshits on North Shore – shows up Bhatnager as a hypocrite
This week John Banks took his faltering super mayoralty campaign to the Takapuna Rotary Club on Auckland’s North Shore. Banks tried to butter […]
Billalice in Wonderwelly
Things must be getting decidedly trippy for Deputy PM Bill English about now, and not in a good way. While his glorious leader […]
Pecuniary interest
John Key has repeatedly said Bill English did not have a”pecuniary interest” in the house he lives in in Wellington with his family. […]
Armstrong takes on Double Dipton
John Armstrong joins the list of commentators saying Bill English shouldn’t get a cent for his housing rort: The time has come for Bill “Double […]
Reverse Midas Touch
And so ends a great day’s trading under the erstwhile eye of Mr Key. Looks like they won’t be inviting John back to […]
Trivial
The more I think about it, the more Key’s Letterman approach is demeaning both to his office and New Zealand. Sure he did […]
Socialist America
The health care debate going on in America is a very serious debate, and who wins it has important implications for what kind […]
Yo John, I’m happy for you and imma let you finish…
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David Clendon
Following Sue Bradford’s resignation, next into Parliament on the Greens’ list is David Clendon, an Auckland business advisor and lecturer in resource management […]
Caption competition
Auditor-General to enquire re English
Herald reports that AG will make preliminary enquiries into English’s housing payment. This follows a suggestion in today’s Business Herald that his credibility […]
Curiouser and curiouser
It’s not just Bill English that’s twisting in the wind over the rearrangement of his affairs to provide a pecuniary benefit to his […]
Key’s Top Ten
Obviously, the most important thing ever is how John Key did on Letterman. It’s quite cute actually, Key’s clearly a bit nervous standing […]
Stupid hypocritical ACE cuts
Night classes – Adult and Community Education (ACE). An incredibly cost effective and valuable part of the NZ education sector for decades. The […]
A sad day for the parliamentary Left
Stuff has announced the resignation of Sue Bradford from parliament. Over the years Sue has championed more pro-worker legislation than just about any […]
Informative journalism
Colin Espiner: “For some reason that I don’t quite understand, unemployment usually continues to rise at the end of recessions, and there’s normally […]
Secret ballots for strikes
Tau Henare has put a private members’ bill in the ballot that would require ballots by union members on strike action to be […]
The economy of hero worship
I wish that I got praise heaped on me at my job for exchanging a bit of small-talk with the popular dude. Don’t […]
Chauvel on the ETS
In his speech as Labour climate change spokesperson, Charles Chauvel confirmed the new information on the ETS that Jeanette Fitzsimons revealed today. It was […]
Nats to subsidise big polluters by $2 billion a year
Last night, non-government parties finally got a peak at the new emissions trading bill. Nick Smith still didn’t have it finished, it was […]
Building constituencies
On Tuesday, both Sue Kedgley and Sue Moroney tabled petitions in Parliament with over 15,000 signatures, on food standards in schools and pay […]
Sir Howard Morrison dies
This was always a favourite of mine.
Banning smoking
I have a lot of respect for Hone Harawira. The voting for a Tory government thing has lessened it but his hatred for the […]
Drinking Liberally Wellington and Dunedin
**Wellington** Today – September 24, 2009, from 5.30pm. The Southern Cross Abel Smith Street Phil Saxby on drug law reform *Dunedin** Tuesday September […]
Get it in writing
Watching the Maori Party get done over by National is getting painful. The MP thought they had a good faith dialogue on the […]