A raw nerve?
Did anyone else see the anti-John Key posters in Wellington yesterday morning? It was every National Party spin doctor’s worst nightmare: a picture […]
Has DPF lost his mojo?
I dropped into the National Party’s Kiwiblog again last week and I must say it looks like party insider David Farrar may well […]
Inoculation, part one
Twenty years ago this year, the fourth Labour government passed legislation that made New Zealand nuclear free. At the time, the legislation was […]
Map the candidates
Someone just sent me this. Pretty cool site which uses Google Maps to track the US presidential candidates. Map the Candidates is a […]
Kiwiblog’s tomato disaster
Go check it out. You know you want to. Via swissmiss
The view from the back of the National class….
Last night’s debate on the Youth Minimum Wage Bill was (as noted earlier) a triumph for progressive politics and for young people. It […]
National and climate change
Greenpeace seems strangely surprised at John Key’s statement that George Bush and John Howard are “going in the right direction” on climate change […]
Fairer pay for youth workers
The Herald has the story: Workers aged 16 and 17 will earn the adult minimum wage once they have been in the job […]
GS-what?
I’d nearly forgotten until I read this that the Nats forgot to pay slithered out of paying their GST for their broadcasting at […]
What else have the Nats got to hide?
The Herald ran an article yesterday detailing the Nat’s refusal to support legislation that would strengthen the Auditor-General’s powers to investigate MP’s lists […]
130,000 people have enrolled with Kiwisaver
Here’s the press release with a bit more detail.
Your mum was right – sharing’s good
That’s why we’ve just installed “Share This” – a blog plugin that should make it easier for you to share our tasty content […]
National’s trusty donors
The Tory blogworld went apoplectic over Tane’s comment that it was no surprise Bell Gully lawyers opposed the Electoral Finance Bill because the […]
He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker
John Key’s swallowed a lot of rats to make National look electable: nuclear free, war in Iraq, fighter jets, paid parental leave, climate […]
English plays the long game
People the country over were puzzled by the odd choice of Key’s entrance music to the National Party annual conference last month. Originally […]
Double triplespeak
Hi. Mike Moore here. Today I’m in Uzbekistan adding value to their goat herd. I woke early and checked the nasty emails from […]
Stood up, fought back
The National Distribution Union‘s put a together a bit of a clip showing some of the struggles its members have been through over […]
True blue genius
The depth of National’s talent is a constant source of amusement. Jackie Blue, allegedly one of National’s slightly-brighter-than-average young things (speaking of, has […]
Jordan Carter on electoral finance
Jordan Carter at Just Left injects some sense into the debate on the Electoral Finance Bill running at Kiwiblog: In 2005 National tried […]
Snake oil
A sudden end to the Schadenfreude
From bFM yesterday – Mickey Havoc interviews John Key… Mickey Havoc: “But you wouldn’t compare her to Muldoon? That’s what I’m asking…” John […]
Key: style over substance
The Press ran a story today in which they claim that: Labour polling conducted by UMR Insight, excerpts of which were leaked to […]
Armstrong changes his mind?
That clipping’s from the Herald on the 23rd of this month. Yesterday on RNZ John Armstrong appeared to backtrack over whether Labour holding […]
National fights for its right to outspend others?
I was having a look at David Farrar’s National Party blog this morning and I came across an interesting comment from one of […]
Mo(o)re on “personal attacks”
Item on Stuff yesterday interviewing Barry Gustafson, the author of His Way, a biography of Robert Muldoon (Auckland University Press, 2000): Professor of […]
Online polls
National Party blogger David Farrar writes: “The poll had Key leading Clark by 2:1 consistently all of Tuesday. Then a huge splurt of […]
John, I am your father
There’s been a bit of excitement round the traps today over this picture from Stuff.co.nz, which tries to merge Helen Clark’s face into […]
Family-friendly facade
Yet another policy inoculation today from the Nats, this time on paid parental leave. Judith Collins is now “generally not against it” and […]
Key on economic management
Presenter: “Where. do you see it [the NZ dollar]?” John Key: “Hard to pick actually at these levels. um, yeah there’s just so […]
Behind the veneer
Russell Brown writes in Hard News: “It was always odds-on that Judith Collins MP would top her previous efforts at public nastiness – […]
National: policy free zone
From Morning Report (full audio) earlier today: Sean Plunket: Final question when do we get to see your party’s ah local government policy? […]
Gateway Hotel workers still standing strong
Just got these photos in from the picket line at the Airport Gateway Hotel in Auckland, where a dozen low-paid staff have now […]
Why does John Key want to sell Air NZ?
This morning Air New Zealand announced an annual profit of $268 million. The New Zealand public owns 80% of the national carrier, which […]
If you can’t take the heat…
The National Party have been complaining about the increasing scrutiny on John Key’s business dealings. First, his association with the “Earl of Auckland” […]
Same old National Party
As the National Party concentrated on its own political health with yet another policy u-turn inoculation, this time on the need for an […]
Cullen finally placed on grassy knoll?
Headline in today’s Dompost “Labour blamed for edgy market”. Yes, the perpetually grumpy business community are blaming Labour for the unsettling volatility of […]