Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 8:36 pm, November 3rd, 2008 - 149 comments
Categories: election 2008, helen clark, john key
Tags:
… better performance from Clark saw her best Key in tonight's debate. As well… expected in the first debate, Clark had adapted. Key was weak and, enitrely… the debate was when the leaders were asked about freedom. Clark said…
Written By: Z K Muggletonspofin - Date published: 1:23 pm, March 16th, 2008 - 8 comments
Categories: john key
Tags: john key
…to the debates later in the year with Helen Clark. Trotter is…this Standard contributor Helen Clark and John Key publicly debate the major issues…sweet smelling honey from the Key charm machine and of … possible. But hey, the debate idea is an idle challenge…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 5:49 pm, August 2nd, 2011 - 129 comments
Categories: accountability, election 2011, john key, phil goff
Tags: duncan garner, tv3 debate
… Duncan Garner reports: Key, Goff refuse debate with minor parties The… behind saying he will debate Key anywhere Key wants to front. That…cosy backroom deal Helen Clark and John Key did in 2008 -…. He looks forward to debating Key personally, and expects to …
Written By: Ben Clark - Date published: 10:08 am, June 19th, 2012 - 26 comments
Categories: education, john key, schools
Tags: league tables
John Key wants to debate school league tables. Presumably he…his side in the education debate, and distract from asset sales…talked to the Education Ministry Key would know that league …so unrepresentative of reality). But Key doesn't need facts – he'll find…
Written By: Ben Clark - Date published: 9:47 am, October 3rd, 2016 - 104 comments
Categories: john key, poverty, radio
Tags:
… than kids in poverty, suggests Key. There are a number of… wants to get past that debate and get onto doing stuff… kids are in poverty. John Key usually only arrives at RNZ…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 4:08 pm, October 13th, 2008 - 44 comments
Categories: economy, election 2008, helen clark, john key, labour, national
Tags: debates
… Key was blathering on about who-cares-what yesterday, Clark announced…package. Now, Key is having a cry over Clark not notifying …Key needs to get over it and get focussed on the debates… up against Clark. With National's poll numbers sliding, Key will have…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:20 am, April 24th, 2014 - 26 comments
Categories: helen clark, john key, Minister for Photo-ops, Politics, russel norman
Tags: david lange, drones, kirk, local bodies, michael joseph savage, warner bros
…speech in an Oxford Union debate supporting the proposition "That… of mass destruction Helen Clark refused to support an …. Key, on the other hand, made a blistering attack on Clark…the Auckland film industry. Key and his Government enthusiastically responded…
Written By: Tane - Date published: 11:36 am, December 6th, 2007 - 35 comments
Categories: john key
Tags: john key
… when Key dragged Michael Cullen's wife into the debate over …in 2002. Then yesterday Key thought it was a …Hughes as 'the son Helen Clark never had" – a clear… at the fact Helen Clark never had children, and…over his scumbag behaviour, Key fled for cover by …
Written By: Dancer - Date published: 2:48 pm, August 19th, 2008 - 6 comments
Categories: election 2008
Tags: debates, mccain, obama, underdogs
… of the presidential race between Key and Clark. A recent comment in… the ODT indicates that Key has …assured National Party leader John Key kept to the party message…confidence. The challenge for Helen Clark is whether she will be…
Written By: Dancer - Date published: 2:34 pm, October 14th, 2008 - 20 comments
Categories: election 2008, john key
Tags:
… Otago Uni students giving Helen Clark a "rock star welcome",… still be cheering." Meanwhile "Key gets a 'must try harder'…, Key says he's looking forward to tonight's first televised leaders debate."… All the more reason then for Mr Key to…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:55 am, September 5th, 2012 - 18 comments
Categories: class war, labour, wages
Tags: david clark, minimum wage
…reading in this respect: David Clark: The PM's cleaner deserves …Each has temporarily had the keys to the ninth floor of…proposed in my Bill awaiting debate in Parliament, will not change… grounded in Labour values. Clark is clearly aware of research…
Written By: karol - Date published: 1:30 pm, August 20th, 2014 - 12 comments
Categories: blogs, brand key, election 2014, john key, Left, slippery, spin, The Standard, tv
Tags:
…conspiracy, aimed at smearing Key and National. Key implies Hager is part…of an effigy of Key being burnt. Key repeatedly tries to …they don’t want to debate the issues that actually matter…allegations. Go and ask Helen Clark, whether the allegations he made…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:16 pm, February 26th, 2015 - 27 comments
Categories: john key, national, slippery
Tags: clarke and dawe, david parker, Donghua Liu, john key, obfuscation
From yesterday's General Debate: http://youtu.be/OeCTj2Ursc8
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 11:49 am, June 30th, 2008 - 33 comments
Categories: john key, slippery, spin
Tags: brand key, crosby/textor
… the revelation that Brand Key has been created by…No politician has commented. Key will be forced to comment… here is why Helen Clark is so obsessed with … the public image of Key and National has been… shut down the informed debate which is democracy's life-…
Written By: Ben Clark - Date published: 6:15 am, March 23rd, 2011 - 78 comments
Categories: auckland supercity, public transport, transport
Tags: bridge, roads, tunnel
…. In parliamentary debate foreshadowing today's Auckland Unleashed, yesterday John Key and Bill…
Written By: Ben Clark - Date published: 11:53 pm, November 17th, 2012 - 9 comments
Categories: labour
Tags:
… the answer. After 45 minutes debate, it came down to a… be a recovery when John Key loses his job."
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 2:36 pm, September 28th, 2008 - 44 comments
Categories: election 2008, helen clark, john key
Tags:
…I support having debates featuring just Clark and Key. One of these…broader leaders' debates). I think it's interesting that Key is keen…been saying that Key would shy away from debates, particularly head… is that Key doesn't have to best Clark; he just…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:02 pm, October 14th, 2008 - 65 comments
Categories: election 2008, helen clark, john key
Tags:
A narrow victory for Key in tonight's TV1/Youtube debate. A forum where…do so. And when Clark spoke, Key just yelled his lines over… Key didn't want to repeat Brash's mistake of appearing to treat Clark… a debate. Key just had to land as many hits on Clark as…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 8:46 pm, November 5th, 2008 - 79 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
… At times, Key seemed tacked on to a Clark interview (be interesting… Clark was put off balance by Key's interjections in the first debate…expect? It was a cordial debate in which substantive issues and… a laugh. It's not that Key made any real mistakes. It's…
Written By: the sprout - Date published: 1:08 pm, November 1st, 2011 - 29 comments
Categories: campaigning, election 2011, john key, labour, leadership, national, phil goff, tv
Tags: debates, graham henry, paul henry
… very high. Key dominated the first half of the debate in terms… the actual debate) and overall looked like he had Key rattled. Worthy… all or any of the debate, and will judge themselves on… of the things that helped Key against Clark in the last election…
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 9:27 am, April 12th, 2009 - 18 comments
Categories: bill english, cycleway, economy, john key
Tags: recession
…inadvertently done something wrong. Clark refused to let her…any significance whatsoever. Everything Key has mentioned has been…killed by English. Whereas Key (correctly) said the …allegations, controversy and public debate swirl around him". Tha'ts …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:23 am, August 7th, 2023 - 44 comments
Categories: chris hipkins, helen clark, International, military, war
Tags:
…: Former Prime Minister Helen Clark fears defence and security strategy…This is not a new debate. Back in the 1980s David…weapons free. In the Oxford debate on the issue, possibly the…China remains economically dependent on key Western markets such as the…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 10:35 pm, October 14th, 2008 - 63 comments
Categories: helen clark
Tags:
… and the other was tonight's debate. The first was an easy… she was wrong. Watching the debate I came to the conclusion… comments it was a youtube debate, with real Kiwis asking their… and money developing for Clark. By comparison Key was on-message, kept…
Written By: karol - Date published: 5:00 pm, November 13th, 2013 - 68 comments
Categories: accountability, activism, assets, child abuse, child discipline, child welfare, david cunliffe, john key, labour, privatisation, referendum, same old national, slippery, spin
Tags: colin craig
…. … Rt Hon JOHN KEY: The election campaign in 2011…a policy pushed by Helen Clark, the Greens, and …Key, however, Cunliffe finally got to it in the General Debate… the deal with Helen Clark that resulted in the… about." But today, Key seems to have begun …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 11:56 am, October 15th, 2008 - 42 comments
Categories: election 2008, john key, slippery
Tags:
The Youtube debate was a bit …Pita Sharples is claiming, Key has privately told him National…regarding the Maori seats. Key needs to be questioned …age, when I see Clark stand proud with the … story. Basically, Clark seems patrotic, while Key (as in other…
Written By: Eddie - Date published: 8:37 pm, October 31st, 2011 - 147 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
…underdog going into the debate after Key bested Clark in 2008. Goff far…and sounded like a PM. Key was under-prepared and complacent… to knock Goff out, Key was on the backfoot throughout…the focal point of the debate, with Key sidelined, as evidenced by…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:13 am, March 31st, 2008 - 150 comments
Categories: election 2008
Tags: election 2008
… by Clark and Key. It's shallow to give out points for a debate… or announce winners but the debate did highlight the leaders' strengths… a future New Zealand. The debate showed that many parties had… starred. All in all, the debate was very good. Let's hope…
Written By: karol - Date published: 10:06 am, December 27th, 2014 - 218 comments
Categories: brand key, democratic participation, human rights, john key, journalism, patriarchy, slippery
Tags: gender
… in political activity, organisation and debate. There are good and bad…. The worst is the way debate in the House is treated… noted. While for many, Helen Clark was a great Prime Minister…. For instance, why does John Key get treated (at least as…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:11 am, February 27th, 2015 - 89 comments
Categories: iraq, john key, spin, war
Tags: iraq, mike hosking, polls, war
… is not really winning the debate. … What is interesting about … figures. … Still, at least Key has one loyal friend and… Unlike in 2003, when Helen Clark sent the SAS to Afghanistan… overwhelming majority in Parliament, Key is facing a divided Parliament…
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