Lawson not bonkers

Written By: Sam Cash
Date published: - 10 comments

Esteemed Tory Brit-econ-pop-enviro-guru Nigel Lawson, Lord of Blaby, dad of Nigella, is not bonkers. Lord Blaby (Ed: shurely not? Wot? It is true?), […]

Prats in the Nats on China’s miners

Written By: John A
Date published: - 26 comments

How’s this for small-minded prejudice from National Party backbencher Kate Wilkinson in a press release today complaining about the $84,000 dollars for a […]

Headline of the Day

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 9 comments

Paris Hilton doesn’t help drunk elephants I haven’t read the article yet, and I don’t think I will. With a headline like that […]

Granny’s wail

Written By: Tillerman
Date published: - 27 comments

Today the New Zealand Herald’s waning tantrum over the Electoral Finance Bill has been relegated to Page 5. Perhaps Granny has paused, had […]

Landslide sliding away

Written By: Eddie
Date published: - 16 comments

The Roy Morgan poll results have been included in the latest rolling poll from Molesworth and Featherston and shows that National – despite […]

Hollow man beachtowel

Written By: all_your_base
Date published: - 4 comments

Make your National MP’s holiday season with one of these fantastic towels. Currently out of stock but don’t doubt for a minute that […]

Google Australia launches election tools

Written By: all_your_base
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Google’s launched some great new online tools for the Australian election. Check out: www.google.com.au/election2007 where you’ll find Google maps called maplets, with electorate […]

Take the blinkers off Granny

Written By: John A
Date published: - 32 comments

Granny Herald tries to defend itself against National Party bias by saying it ran a headline “I am not a liar” over Brash […]

Students as stakeholders

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 40 comments

Interesting to see Onslow College is giving its students a say over the hiring of their teachers. Recognising students as stakeholders in their […]

Burqa Bob speaks out

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 19 comments

Bob Clarkson’s never been one of the sharper tacks on the National party backbench, his only contributions to the debate being his infamous […]

Speech: Labour is the Party of Ideas

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 10 comments

The other day we published an extract from Evan Thornley’s speech to the Labour Party conference. We’ve finally managed to get hold of […]

SCRABBLE success

Written By: all_your_base
Date published: - 7 comments

Nigel Richards, formerly of Christchurch, has become our first world Scrabble champion. Richards apparently led from the start, needing just three of the […]

The cost of the war in Iraq

Written By: all_your_base
Date published: - 5 comments

From the BBC: “The US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing nearly double the amount previously thought, according to a report set […]

Time for an upgrade

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 21 comments

So the Herald links to us from the front page of their website this afternoon, and the resulting traffic knocks out our server. […]

What’s National got to hide?

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 54 comments

During the debate over the Electoral Finance Bill John Key’s made a lot of noise about National’s willingness to clamp down on anonymous […]

History repeats, part II

Written By: IrishBill
Date published: - 13 comments

There’s a famous line from Joyce’s Ulysses in which the main protagonist Stephen Dedalus states “history is a nightmare from which I am […]

History repeats

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 32 comments

The Dominion, election day 1938: If the socialist government is returned to power your vote today may be the last free individual vote […]

Tell the full story Audrey

Written By: John A
Date published: - 3 comments

Grannywriter Audrey Young’s story headlined “Exclusive Brethren’s email sets stage for Electoral Finance Bill” is more National Party spin. The Brethren’s email to […]

NZ Herald openly campaigning against Govt

Written By: Tane
Date published: - 36 comments

So the NZ Herald has finally admitted it’s running a campaign against the government. Check out this ridiculous, chest-thumping, self-congratulatory piece from their […]

Laila on unions

Written By: Tane
Date published: -

Laila Harre’s Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture is now available in full over at Scoop. It’s titled Union Relevance in Aotearoa in the 21st […]