David Brent on discrimination
Helen Simpson was asked by Christchurch Casino staff to cover her cleavage and feels that she has been discriminated against on account of […]
Emperor’s new clothes
From Colin Espiner’s blog, his comments on English’s “gaffe” about privatisation: One of the problems of being a party without any policies is […]
Posable paper people
John Key wants to be all things to all people. He’s always reminded me a little of one of those paper dressup dolls […]
Bill’s agenda
On Agenda on Saturday English admitted that the Nats will consider selling parts of New Zealand’s state owned enterprises. In response, Clayton Cosgrove […]
Support for National on asset sales
Looks like National’s finally got some support for its policy to sell the family silver to pay for tax cuts… from Gordon Copeland. […]
A hollow man
Mark Blumsky’s crocodile tears about the tribal nature of Parliament leaves me absolutely gobsmacked. What planet did this cretin drop from? Before he […]
a_y_b: MIA
Apologies for my silence, I’ve been having a Microsoft Word nightmare. When mail merge would work, the printer wouldn’t; when the printer would […]
John Key’s Porirua market adventure
Presumably the Nats are packing themselves about the proposed extension of the campaign spending period and are trying to jam their costs into […]
What is this woman doing in Parliament?
Here’s a tip you can take to the bank: if you’re ever worried you’re no good at your job and need some cheering […]
McCarten on religion and politics
God has spoken this week. It’s clear that he doesn’t want Gordon Copeland, Brian Tamaki or Taito Phillip Field representing him on Earth. […]
Trotter on the Electoral Finance Bill
For those who haven’t seen it yet, Chris Trotter had a great piece in yesterday’s Dom Post about the Electoral Finance Bill. In […]
All Black is New Zealand
Symbolism should never be underestimated in life, as it can’t be in sport and politics. Take the Rugby World Cup where the symbolism […]
Hillary Nutcracker
Here’s the product page (via Gizmodo)
Rickards charged with alleged misconduct
Last week John Key was calling on the government to force Rickards to go – interfer in an onoing employment matter and essentially […]
Superannuation
Brian Gaynor writes in the Herald about what he calls “the worst economic decision of the last 40 years” – National’s scrapping of […]
More on Hollow Men play
The Herald has a bit more info on the stage adaptation of The Hollow Men. Strange how close Brash and Foreman’s answers are. […]
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The Labour Government is stuffing up. They can’t find the right words to describe John Key and the National Party. Because of that […]
The Hollow Men stage play
Close Up last night did a quick preview of the stage adaptation of Nicky Hager’s The Hollow Men. I’ll write a review as […]
Congratulations Canada
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar on Thursday for the first time since November 1976. Known as […]
CCDA to merge with National caucus
Hi, my name’s Richard Worth and I’m a climate change denier.ÂÂ I’ve been clean for one day – since yesterday when my Party […]
Land of the free?
WTF? I might be a bit behind the times on this one but I’ve just come across the tasering of US journalism student […]
Subway cheese conspiracy
Some of you might remember an incident at Subway in Dunedin earlier this year. A young woman who worked there was fired in […]
Espiner and climate change policy up a tree…
Colin Espiner seems to think the government’s done ok with its climate change policy: While I can’t confess to yet having had time […]
English agrees with Labour on climate change
What the hell’s going on? This press release from Bill English today under the heading “Emissions Regime Proposal Looks Sound”: It goes on […]
Fleshing out the aspirations
The big political news of the day was the government announcement of an emissions trading scheme. This scheme puts a price on carbon […]
Cameron least popular UK party leader
David Cameron is now Britain’s least popular party leader, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll published today. It suggests Mr Cameron’s efforts to […]
The knives are out
A reliable Wellington source tells me he had the pleasure of dining at a table next to Bill English and family a few […]
My gran decides she quite likes the gold card
Garth George weighs in on the gold card today in the Herald. While the debate rages about the merits of Winston’s senior card […]
National MP Key on climate change
John Key was born in Auckland but moved to Christchurch when a child. He was educated at Burnside High School and then gained […]
National MP English on climate change
Bill has been an MP since 1990 when he was elected to the former seat of Wallace in the rural heartland of the […]
National MP Carter on climate change
David was born in 1952, and attended St Bede’s College in Christchurch. He is one of six current Members of Parliament who attended […]
National MP Hayes on climate change
John has diverse experience of life and a successful career in the foreign service and business. He was concerned about the direction New […]
National MP Connell on climate change
Brian Connell, 46, is a farmer and former international business consultant. After graduating with a BA in History and Geography from Massey, and […]
Happy Suffrage Day!
Another of New Zealand’s proud firsts: we were the first to give women the vote in national elections. Clearly as a society we’ve […]
Piratical confluence
Arrrrg, the starrrrs must be aligned. Not only is it international talk like a pirate day and a day of significance to Pastafarians […]
Confirmed: Copeland’s pants on fire
Ten Commandments? Nope. Never heard of them. Mr Copeland had insisted on Monday that he did not know what was going to be […]