Hooton’s bizarro world strikes again
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 […]
Know when to fold ’em
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 […]
How to write a submission on election finances
The National-led government repealed much of Labour’s Electoral Finance Act and is now asking the public what should be in a new law […]
A bribe is not a plan
As recently posted here, there is a vast gulf between National’s rhetoric and the reality on tax cuts. Before the election National sold […]
Glitch
There has been a domain registrant glitch that has had the server unavailable. Fixed now.
Democracy in Iran? Not yet
The Iranian election was clearly rigged. Formerly quite democratic by Middle East standards. Iran’s been going backwards fast. There have been violent protests […]
After the shake-up
Ever growing numbers of workers aren’t playing the old game any more. Shawn Hattingh has a good piece over at znet documenting some […]
Political capital
John Key invested a lot of political capital in Melissa Lee. She was his hand picked candidate for the showcase Mt Albert by-election […]
Ralston vs Ralston
Two of New Zealand’s top political commentators (it pains me to write that) have gone head to head over the Mt Albert result: […]
Break the Power of Money.
For some weeks our media has been distracted by various sideshows. Worth, Swineflu, Mt Albert, Flight 447 and of course David Bain, have […]
Get ready for the spin
63% to 17%. That’s not a defeat. That’s a slaughter. An utter humiliation for the Tories. How will the Tories and their fanboys […]
A disgrace
I’m stunned by National. Their leader didn’t support his Mt Albert candidate by turning up tonight and now nobody will talk to the […]
Mt Albert results – Shearer in a landslide
David Shearer has won a bigger share of the vote in Mt Albert than even the great Helen Clark did just 7 months […]
Dragging myself to the party
The by-election is over apart from finding out the result. So I’m dragging my tired and abused body to the party to find […]
Questionable
I was shocked, shocked, when I pulled up Kiwiblog just now and there wasn’t a long post of quotes by political commentators on […]
The psychology of buying green
I know political animals are watching Mt Albert today, but something to read in the meantime on the psychology of buying ‘green’. We […]
Mount Albert by-election
Today all of the hoardings in Mount Albert go down. Tommorrow the many volunteers from all major and few minor parties will assemble […]
Richard Worth has resigned as MP
Breaking news from Stuff / DomPost LATEST Richard Worth has resigned as an MP with immediate effect. Dr Worth, who entered Parliament in […]
Get a padded bicycle seat, save taxpayers money
No Right Turn has been investigating John Key’s baby: Back in February, Prime Minister John Key came up with a bold and radical […]
Class war
One of the particularly unpleasant parts of the last budget was the cutting of funding for night school classes in conjunction with the […]
Pontius John
How extraordinary of John Key to align himself with western history’s most notorious coward in his statement that he had “washed his hands” […]
Watercare – minons of the dictator
Rodney Hide, in his role of Minister for Local Government, has made himself the petty dictator of Auckland’s future. Therefore he is ultimately […]
A place in the sun
Another bad week is about to end for John Key with a mammoth defeat of his handpicked Mt Albert candidate. What’s that now, […]
Media irresponsible to name her
I haven’t really wanted to get involved in the whole debate surrounding Richard Worth. It’s horrible and messy, and makes me feel sick […]
Poor Melissa, well, not so poor
She’s really trying her best. Even with only one news cycle to go, Melissa Lee is still out there, working hard to get […]
Self-inflicted wounds
Whale Oil has a page of ‘trophies’. Little pictures of people he thinks he has dragged through the mud and embarrassed. Even made […]
Back to basics
Radio NZ is playing John Key saying that, following the letter from the woman in the sexual harassment saga, he has “washed his […]
John’s recession-buster: a party, in 2 years
On Monday, John Key promised he would make a ‘major tourism announcement’ today. Apparently, we’ve just had it. In a speech today, Key […]
Marxism, whoo!
All going according to plan, I’ll be there. Hungover in the back row.
Let’s avoid an expenses side-show
Most people with an interest in politics will have heard about the expenses scandal in the UK. Their system allowed rorts of all […]
Nats slash education
Did anyone else notice that for all this supposed government waste that National was going to get rid of it made only $500 […]
Live blogging from Backbenchers
Jarbury is live blogging from backbenchers tonight 🙂
National: targeting the victim
So National’s latest tactic in the Richard Worth affair appears to have been to leak the identity of the first complainant against Richard […]
Where’s the trap?
Yeah. Great honey-trap. – First, target a minister that doesn’t matter with a woman who is openly Labour – Second, delete the most […]
Cameron Slater gets it wrong
Cameron Slater (WhaleOil) gets it wrong again in his post about me today. On the upside he managed to write his post today […]
“From the Edge”
Kevin Roberts has a new post up on his Herald blog, “From the Edge”. What a load of bloody waffle. To think in […]