Slane: National’s clubs

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Slane in The Listener (via Bryce Edwards):

national's clubs

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    1. 1.1

      yup the club that helps them get elected by smearing the opposition, provides fodder for the MSM lapdogs, subverts the OIA process etc

      It’s the club that allows the others to prosper, without it they would’ve been turfed out.

    1. 2.1

      There’s definitely the latter (its a subsidiary of the NZ Banker’s Assn. – it hovers outside the purview of NZBA corp comms). I’m not sure where they meet these days …. the Wellesley Club maybe? ….. which “welcomes members and guests in a dignified atmosphere in gracious surroundings where cherished traditions endure”, and the poor club are barred – unless they’re there to change the toilet rolls.

    1. 3.1

      Cabinet Clubs are another rort.

      The ministers arrive in a taxpayer funded limo, but in theory walk into the meeting as ordinary Mps.

      Thats because national claims that there isnt any’ pay for access’ to ministers. No siree.
      All above board, no bending of rules, all hunky dory.

      All bullshit!

    1. 4.1

      In fact, they spend a considerable amount of time and resources manufacturing consent via politics, and that’s before we even discuss the nuclear free and UN mandate policies pursued by Lab4 & 5.

      If you’re going to resist them, you really ought to get to know them better first.

        1. 4.1.1.1

          You think there’s no jockeying for position, no competition between them?

          The fact is, when Wikileaks releases their secret messages, it turns out they’re going at it hammer and tongs.

          Where’s the value in pretending they’re some sort of monolith, bereft of internal dissent? Know thine enemy.

  5. 5

    And john key is now the voted for leader of the IDU U ‘club’. (International Democratic Union or hideous global network of right wingers club.)

    To me key is beginning to epitomise the banality of evil (especially after his latest irresponsible act of warmongering jingoism and unnecessary possible orange shroud creating Kiwi troop deployment.)
    but what’s worse is that he has managed to infect a whole teamkey of his own with said banality. Truly hideous.

    1. 5.1

      David Lange used to quote a Spitting Image joke about Thatcher in his speeches:

      She’s at dinner with her cabinet. The waiter takes her order:

      “Steak. Raw.”

      “…and the vegetables?”

      “They’ll have the same”.

      I’m not sure Key gets the blame for that one 🙂

  6. 6

    How about their
    EXCLUSIVE BRETHREN CLUB?
    That alone is worth millions!
    Remember them? Still going strong or quietly gone underground? I don’t know. May be only Joyce and God know!

    1. 9.1

      That’s not a NZ new club it’s a member of the pre existing Casino Club, they do the same the world over. Morrison was imported from asian casinos to take it up a notch.

      It’s just easier here with our msm being owned, looky who the commms GM is now….Colon Espinner

  11. 11

    The Jimmy Saville Tribute Club, with a starring appearance, in costume, by David Farrar. The most active member keeps his identity secret, but is rumoured to be a prominent New Zealander.

  14. 14

    Rich white backroom scratch my back I’ll scratch yours privileged blaming the poor and brown club – Or you could call it the Act Party

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