Starving the beast
Before the election National promised that the public service would be capped, not cut. That promise was betrayed a long time ago, but […]
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National to increase foreign ownership
Newstalk ZB reports: The Prime Minister is keen to open the door to foreign investors. In a speech to the Act Party conference […]
Played like a fiddle
Yesterday, when the inquiry came back on whether the shortfall in ACC funding should have been disclosed in the PREFU, Bill English quickly […]
The praiseworthy and the pitiful
The praiseworthy and the pitiful is our weekly post on the little things that caught our eye but didn’t lead to a full […]
John Key keeps disappearing into satire
Danyl at The Dim-Post has been indulging in his favored pastime again – satire. In this case Cabinet expresses concern over missing PM […]
English pulls a Lockwood
Oh dear. In the same week Lockwood Smith made his racist remarks and Maurice Williamson committed the gaffe of talking openly about National […]
National lies, again
National just can’t stop lying. We’ve covered National’s lies on wages and migration in the past and our last two posts have debunked […]
Nats: Pay cuts for you, tax cuts for the rich
Bill English has put out a press release whingeing about Helen Clark’s promise to lift wages for low-paid school support staff, and fearmongering […]
MSM columns – clueless about fact checking
This week the election was announced and the third question to the PM (asked by Colin Espiner) was about whether The Standard possibly […]
Political Funding – Have your say (eventually).
In 1993, the then National government reluctantly implemented the MMP system by putting in the Electoral Act 1993. This was an act that […]
Policies for the wrong time (again)
We’ve heard a lot about the ‘private’ opinions of some senior National MP’s this week. What we haven’t heard much about is the […]
The stolen emails defence
So National has finally reverted to the ‘stolen emails’ defence to combat the damaging recordings from the weekend’s party conference. I’m only surprised […]
What went on at the ‘horn?
Reports have been circulating around Wellington for several weeks about a night on the town for John Key with a couple of senior […]
Keeping it in the family
The ODT reports that Bill English’s brother, Conor English, has been picked as the new CEO of Federated Farmers. Once the press secretary […]
National still won’t say what they’d do
Seemingly content to coast along on the “time for a change” sentiment, the National Party are still refusing to offer any substantive details […]
Kremlinology: National on work rights
National’s refusal to say what it stands for is becoming so ridiculous we have resorted to the Cold War art of Kremlinology. Today, […]
Put it on the kids’ tab
Some may have noted an odd series of questions in Parliament and press releases from Bill English around government borrowing over the last […]
Police confirm Brash email leak an inside job
Police have closed their investigation into the theft of e-mails from former National Party leader Dr Don Brash and have announced that they […]
Still no apology
Last Tuesday Bill English stood up in Parliament and accused the CTU and the PSA of breaking the Electoral Finance Act. Problem for […]
English slapped down by CTU
The Council of Trade Unions has given Bill English a good slapping over his false allegations in Parliament yesterday that the peak union […]
NZ leads the world on climate change in Bali
Here’s a clip that aired last night on TV3. It shows NZ leading the world in our response to climate change in Bali. […]
One law for the National Party
John can’t seem to get his story straight (again). Since he claims to support the concept of ‘one law for all’ let’s start […]
Key plays a Big Bertha off a par 3
Use your imagination for a moment; John Key playing a round of golf with some new mates. Well, the first time we did […]