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Ashcroft – the photo-op Key didn’t want

Mike Smith — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:08:23 +0000

Paddy Gower at TV3 reveals Lord Ashcroft, billionaire Tory donor and International Democratic Union treasurer, has come to talk to Key again. Just discussed politics generally, said Key. Politics yes, generally no. Ashcroft's interests are now devoted to polling and blog communication, and he is very interested in our election. Having seen Cameron miss out on a majority, he'll want to help Key to one here.

The refugees

The Standard — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:07 +0000

You can’t make this stuff up

r0b — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:21:06 +0000

The Nats, a party which runs as a franchise of an Australian company (Crosby Textor), reckon that the presence of a mate from Australia at a regional Labour Party meeting shows that Labour is "subject to foreign influence".

More on Crosby-Textor, mining, and the Nats

Guest post — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:53:01 +0000

We all know that long before John Key got into the gold and uranium mining industry, Crosby Textor Chairman, Robert J Champion de Crespigny was pushing the mining industry's cause in New Zealand. So, who is this CT man who has been called Australia's â€˜Mr Gold', a â€œmining magnateâ€, a â€œresource-sector heavyweightâ€ and â€œa legendâ€?

Who Said That?

Guest post — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:53:08 +0000

Who suggested that the mining industry in New Zealand needed to be reinvigorated and should put more emphasis on marketing its fundamentally strong geological resource, telling the NZ Herald that gold mining prospects in New Zealand were at least as good as anywhere in the world, a fact that needed to be exploited?

Key’s mining plan a pay-back for Crosby/Textor?

Eddie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:02:52 +0000

John Key is pushing ahead with his mining plan despite the backlash and the poor economics for NZ. Why? Is it simply pay-back time for Key's spin doctors in Crosby/Textor whose clients have significant mining interests? Either way Key must unveil the shroud of secrecy that surrounds his relationship with the company.

Brash emails hit headlines again…for the wrong reason

Michael Foxglove — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:41:42 +0000

The leaked emails which helped bring about the downfall of former Nat leader Don Brash hit the headlines again today, for all the wrong reasons. The story of who "stole" the emails was nothing more than a successful Tory decoy. Journalists have already forgotten the insidious tricks used by the top echelons of the National Party.

Bluehost have been a pain, but it is all over now.

lprent — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:59:14 +0000

Ok. The new server is up and running after a few painful days with the system being suspended, and then after moving it to a backup and having a partition run out of space (yesterdays problem). The ostensible reason that Bluehost were suspending my account was because the processing usage on their CPU’s was exceeding ...

Crosby – Posturing with little substance

lprent — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:20:05 +0000

Lynton Crosby of the political spinners Crosby/Textor, who ‘advised’ both John Key and Don Brash, has finally given up on trying to pursue a unwinnable defamation case against Nicky Hager and Radio NZ.The case appears to me to have been started largely as intimidation by the Crosby (and maybe the National party) to find out ...

I wish to complain…

lprent — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:42:13 +0000

It turns out that Phil Goff was aware of an allegation about Richard Worth weeks ago that may relate to the current investigation. Labour leader Phil Goff took an allegation of Richard Worth’s inappropriate behaviour towards a woman to Prime Minister John Key about a month ago, it emerged tonight. This was apparently not the ...

Crosby/Textor on repeat

Dancer — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:30:03 +0000

The topic of Crosby Textor has emerged again with a story in the NZ Herald. While it is unsurprising to read that Crosby Textor is “drumming up business after last week’s election by offering insights into the new Government and its personalities” there’s another aspect I think also deserves examination. How and why is this ...

Liable to suffer

IrishBill — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:08:05 +0000

When confronted by media, both Key and English immediately described the secret agenda recording as “Pathetic”, despite being doorstepped in different cities. They, or Crosby|Textor, have obviously previously constructed a line. Just in case. All very good but the origin of pathetic (and pathos) is not quite what a lot of people would think: [Origin: ...

Rochelle, that was pretty good.

lprent — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:32:24 +0000

Well it turns out my niece has been having fun and done an effective google bomb on John Key. I’ve just been watching her TV3 clip when I wrote this post. Rochelle shows her experience with the media in expressing her opinion. This is something that belongs in the Tips on campaigning. I’ve had something ...

Ashcroft’s donations a worry

John A — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:32:00 +0000

Lord Ashcroft is a worry. Not just to John Key, who had to admit that he didn’t know why Ascroft had met him at Key’s home: it just happened to be in his diary. According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, he is also a worry to many in the Conservative Party. Ashcroft “does ...

Excel magic

Dancer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:46:18 +0000

Insight into Mr Key costing his tax policy (lots of clever bits, best viewed in fullscreen) – hosted by 08wire