Oh Dear. Buster Perky hits the canvass again
Hypocrisy is such a difficult tag to shake in NZ politics. After blowing $50,000 of tax payer money on a trip with his […]
hypocrisy
Act as we say, not as we do
Do as I say – not as I do!
Bill English knows a thing or two about screwing every possible cent out of the system. He gets his generous $276,000 salary. For […]
The bizarre world of sensible sentencing
Stabbing a kid to death is OK because it’s: “expressing frustration over [tagging]” Taking away people’s access to the most effective ‘flu and cold […]
Flexible Farrar
If DPF doesn’t practice Yoga already I think he should take it up. He’d be a natural. He’s so damn flexible! I’ve had […]
English owes us disclosure
I’ve posted before on “mainstream” media editorials, their variable quality and the paradox (in this world of blogging) of their anonymity. Every now […]
One of these things is not like the other VII
One of these things is not the other, One of these things is not quite the same… Can you guess which one is […]
Kaupapa for sale
A few important passages from the special select committee report on the Emissions Trading Scheme: In the long term, price caps stand in […]
How big is an uprising?
There was an odd little piece in The Herald on Tuesday: Uprising would force Super City changes: PM Prime Minister John Key says […]
Does John Key believe a word he says?
This 2007 quote from John Key is doing the rounds among angry “No” voters: Labour shows contempt for New Zealanders The Labour Government […]
Worth the Bill
What would you call it when you collect $900 a week by false pretenses? What would you call it when you tell the Electoral […]
Field’s guilt and Farrar’s shame
Over at Kiwiblog DPF has wet himself with excitement at the Field verdict. Sadly however, he doesn’t get two bullet points into his […]
Accountability then and now…
Then: Labour Minister David Parker accused of financial wrongdoing (filing incorrect returns). He resigns Ministerial portfolios and as Attorney General while the Companies […]
One of these things is not like the other VI
One of these things is not like the other One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one […]
Do as I say, not as I do
What gets me is the entitlement mentality from these senior members of Key’s government. Exactly the same mentality they claim afflicts ‘bludgers’ who […]
What goes around…
Paula Bennett appears to have broken the law in releasing private information on members of the public who were critical of National’s “ambitious” […]
Tax Payer funded hypocrisy
Remember the hip-hop tours ‘scandal’ the National Party used over and over and over again to attack the previous Labour-led government? They went […]
What comes around goes around
It wasn’t so long ago that National’s covert attack organ, the Free Speech Coalition, were squealing about how anti-democratic the last Labour government […]
Mayday Mayday, Worth’s bought it and I’m losing altitude – Groser out
Richard Worth, OBE, is now in very serious trouble having been snared in what looks like untruths about using his Ministerial portfolio to […]
Righties rise in revolution re: retrospective law
No, wait, they didn’t. Idiot/Savant from No Right Turn explains: Back in 2006, the (then-Labour) government passed the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill, […]
Welcome to the real ACT party
This their slogan: “ACT – the liberal party” This is the reality: “We’ve got too hung up on people’s rights.”
Bill English – Ashamed of being a hypocrite?
David Cunliffe has been doing something that Bill English really hates – asking questions about actual accounting and fiscal practices. The reason that […]
English calls for own resignation
A reader has alerted us to this article from the NZ Herald where Bill English explains why he should resign or be sacked […]