Not what they expected
I’ve been out and about over the last few days talking to people from the left and the right as well as a […]
Goff and King to lead Labour
As has been widely reported, Phil Goff is set to take the leadership of Labour with Annette King as deputy leader. We’ll hear […]
He’ll make us ruch as well as thuck
One Aussie view of our election.
A change to what? Part II
A few months ago I asked National supporters who comment here what they wanted to see in terms of hard policy from National. […]
How to stimulate the economy
During the debate over the economic stimulus package in the US earlier this year, Moody’s produced a model that shows which stimulus options […]
What will National’s cabinet look like?
Will it be the same tired old faces, the fresh noobs or a mixture of both? Will it be an all National cabinet […]
What goes around
Well, after years of National and its proxies beating up stupid, pointless stories about Labour MPs spending taxpayers’ money on ‘perks’ like driving […]
Peak traffic
Some comments on Sunday about this site performing well induced me to have a look at the traffic over the last week. I […]
LolKeys
Hat tip: Sam Vilain
Designer needed
A couple of mates of mine are working on a new left-wing project and are in need of some design help to get […]
08wire signs off
As a kid at a decile two high school in under National in the nineties, the one thing I did get a good […]
Campaign to save MMP underway
The Right hates MMP. The old system, FPP, advantaged the Right by about 1.5% according to this study. In 1978, 1981, and 1993 […]
Onward
I am incredibly proud to have worked with some many great people during the election campaign, and to know that many times more […]
Don’t mourn, organise.
In 1984 I watched the incoming Labour government move on a set of policies they had no mandate for and I also watched […]
Fare thee well
Firstly I must say congratulations to the winners on the night, and sympathies to those who did not succeed. We may not hold […]
What will happen with the specials?
There are about 240,000 special votes still be be counted. That’s about 11% of the vote in total. Special voters include large numbers […]
National Spinners
David Farrar wrote… “Funniest moment was talking to a few of John’s staff, and one of them asked whether their imminent transfer to […]
Musical interlude for John
I’m a money lender I have fortunes upon fortunes Take my hand for tender I am tortured, ever tortured And if you don’t […]
The distances between parties
Just before the election They Work For You released some impressive work on the voting distances between parties based on:- There are 110 […]
Congratulations
It’s been a hard fought campaign but it’s clear that we’ve got a firmly right wing government now. Congratulations are in order for […]
Damn close election. Now the coalition fun starts
That was incredibly close. National plus Act plus probably Peter Dunne have scraped a small majority. How close is shown in the election […]
Election Night Live Blogging: The Live Post
If the existence or nature of this post confuses you hopefully you will find the answer over here. 7.01pm Ok here we go! […]
Election Night Live Blogging: The Explanatory Post
Thanks to the Standardistas for giving me a method of distraction for the evening. I’m usually to be found at The Hand Mirror, […]
Contrast the ways of ‘democracy’
I’m happy to say that when I crawled out of my sickbed and voted this morning, it was nothing like the photos on […]
Making the decision
Have you still not decided who you’ll vote for? The final poll shows the race between a National/ACT/United Future or a Labour/Green/Progressive/Maori government […]
What a National/ACT Govt would mean
National/ACT would would implement several major policies: – it would weaken work rights. You could be fired without justification in the first 90 […]
The fundamental question
The fundamental question of politics is how the wealth of society should be divided among the members of society. We live in a […]
Final Roy Morgan poll
The final Roy Morgan poll is out and the Left (LPG+M) has it by a nose with 62 seats out of a 122 […]
Key the opposite of Obama
Supports a Woman’s Right to Choose This is abortion rights. John Key was asked about abortion rights in the debate and he lied […]
Key used Nat research unit to search for smear on Clark’s husband
After weeks of griping about dirty tactics, it has been revealed in the NBR that Key ordered the tax-payer funded National Party research […]
Endorsements
Steve Pierson: Greens – I want a more left-wing Labour-led government. The Greens’ work rights and environment policies are better than Labour’s and […]
John’s walkabout itinerary
We’ve been emailed a copy of the itinerary for John Key’s last day of campaigning. It looks like he’s doing a last minute […]
Election day
On election day, we won’t doing any posting until the polls close. We will lock off comments, as well, until then. As the […]
Down to the wire
The last polls are out, except for Roy Morgan, which will presumably be out later today. Here are how the blocs sit (assuming […]
Key to work rights activist: you’re an idiot
You know, you can fly around acting all presidential if you like in a cheap attempt to wow the press gallery but that […]
Video: Get the vote out
Want a say in who will run the country – let’s get the vote out. Just as long as they know it’s Saturday […]