Granny Herald (finally) outs Julian Robertson as National donor
In a front-page article about New Year’s honours focussing on expatriate Kiwi Owen Glenn’s contribution to the Labour Party, Auckland University, and numerous […]
Shadbolt jailed for bullshit
Some years ago Mayor Shadbolt spent a week in Mt Crawford prison for refusing to pay a fine for saying “bullshit” in public. […]
Happy New Year
Cyber-Santa came a little late to The Standard this year but we’re certainly not complaining – evidently we’ve got a New Year’s present […]
The best of The Standard in 2007
As we contemplate a bad year in the polls for Labour, the signs are pointing to National cruising onto victory in 2008. Or […]
Christmas wishes
Well I didn’t get my pony but I hope everyone’s Christmas was as enjoyable as mine. I’m just finishing some peanut butter on […]
A New Year’s wish
As a kid growing up in the countryside I recall being startled by the realisation that there were people in the world who […]
The Hutch
One morning last week I stumbled upon TV3’s early morning Sunrise programme. It’s a bright and cheery little show providing an easier alternative […]
A photo finish
I have glimpsed the future. I know how Election 08 will play out. It will be a thriller, going down to the wire. […]
Roy Morgan poll
Here’s the latest Roy Morgan poll. Nothing too unexpected, but interesting to see the Greens and NZ First both over the 5% threshold. […]
Political intermission
If like me you are thinking “why?” to the issue of attack billboards at the time of year when everyone just wants to […]
John Key hearts Canada
Move over Australia, John Key has a new heart-felt love: Canada. On his recent ‘heartland’ tour to discover what country folk thought, Key […]
Spain bans parents from smacking children
Yesterday we saw a report from Police Deputy Commissioner Rob Pope saying claims that the repeal of section 59 would lead to the […]
National disses minimum wage
National’s comments on the minimum wage show a party that has no answers on how to close the wage gap with Australia. Just […]
National has worst behaved MPs
Trevor Mallard’s had all the press but it’s the National Party MPs who have been battling it out all year for top spot […]
McCready facing 51 fraud charges
Yesterday NZPA reported that Graham McCready – the man who brought a private prosecution against Mallard over his fight with Tau Heare – […]
Huckabee’s subliminal Christmas message
CNN reports that Republican Mike Huckabee poked fun at critics who said a bookshelf in his new Christmas-themed ad that appeared to highlight […]
Billboard shambles
Here’s some coverage from TV1 last night on what’s looking more and more like a PR disaster for National, Farrar and their wealthy […]
Dom Post: “Kill the krill”
Not content to let the media moguls over at The Herald have all the campaigning fun, it was great to finally see The […]
DPF’s bloody good deal
There’s plenty of comment about Davey’s/National’s Billboards here and at Blogblog so I’ll not bore you with my analysis of these dreadful things. […]
Leadership style & Clinton v Obama
Leadership is a quality that everyone can recognise but a whole suite of academic debate has emerged over its definition. For an example […]
Same old National
The National Party have reverted to type. They’re back to stoking the politics of fear and division. Anyone who thought that things might […]
Electoral Finance Bill passes
PS. If none of this is making sense try lolcats (Wikipedia) or lolnatz (Kiwiblogblog). Also worth noting that Dunne pulled his support at […]
Dunne folds under pressure
According to reports, Peter Dunne has withdrawn his support for the Electoral Finance Bill at the last minute. Newsroom says: Mr Dunne said […]
Mallard pleads guilty to fighting charge
The Dom reports that: Cabinet minister Trevor Mallard has escaped an assault charge over his altercation with National MP Tau Henare by pleading […]
Possible $1.5b in tax cuts in 2008
From Stuff: Cullen said “uncertainties” still existed, but Treasury had “significantly” lifted its revenue forecasts which meant the $1.5b in tax cuts in […]
CommitteeCaller.com
Here’s a cool idea. From the site: I’ve just finished building CommitteeCaller.com, a site that allows one person to target an entire congressional […]
Minimum wage rises good for workers
Reports suggest that the government is set to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour. Coming toward the start of 2008, this […]
Progress on new superunion
The NZ Herald reports the Service and Food Workers Union, the National Distribution Union and Unite have agreed in principle to merge into […]
John Doerr on “Greentech”
Another video from TED: “I don’t think we’re going to make it,” John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and […]
Entitleme.com – tax comparisons
From the site: “The only two universal truths. Death and Taxes. Entitleme is an effort to deduce an individuals effective tax rate. The […]
Polls
From The Dom: A One News Colmar Brunton poll last night has National on 54 per cent, 19 points clear of Labour. A […]
Renewal, renewal, renewal in Palmy
Today the hotly contested four horse race to become the candidate for Palmerston North (the position being left vacant by the tenth hottest […]
Don’t panic
A few readers have written in complaining they’re getting a strange message in their browser when they visit the site. Turns out that […]
Two new faces for Labour line up
Yesterday two more bright young things were confirmed as Labour candidates for the 2008 general election: Kate Sutton in Epsom and Hamish McDouall […]
Two drunk backbenchers
A mate of mine had a rather interesting run-in last night with a couple of drunken Tory backbenchers. Here’s what happened: Last night […]
Turning attention inward: looking at the media
Some interesting observations from Steven Price on DomPost editor Tim Pankhurst’s keynote address at the Jeanz conference called “The Power of Print”. His […]