Maybe an unspoken understanding is closer to truth. Just because they're both more subtle than the ghastly rightists! Anyway well done to both of them and Willow Jean. Good to see Andrew with his candidate after the result, unlike the poor loser with the ...
NRT, couldn't have put it better, precisely. What a load of jingoistic, manipulative, claptrap!
Clear contrast to the PM this am. Straightforward message and clear values from Little. More squirming and equivocating from Key on the latest scandal within the national party. Good to see Little addressing inequality as a vicious cycle.
Nothing wrong with anger when it is in response to the low life tactics of Key. Anger totally appropriate, feel free to get angry Andrew Little. Apathetic and slimy as in Brewer, Slater, Carrick Graham et al, repulsive bunch of emotionless bean counters. ...
Tom Scott! Well said, but what was Kim Hill's argument, that if you get a grant from NZ on Air you cannot then criticise the Government? Best RNZ interview by mistake. Not the violence, that is just immature, but that the working class got done over by the...
His brain is shrinking back from his nose. Oh no! Division on the Right, who would have thought it. Whose back bench is full of misery and discontent now Mr Key?
Dirty Politics fallout perfect setting to show the contrast between Labour's new leader and Key. The honest straight shooter versus the slippery striptease artist.
Forget the royal Commision too slow and open to corruption. Key is a lame duck now, he needs pushing hard by Little. He will make a mistake under pressure and forget which of his cover ups he is onto. Resign now Key and take Rennie and Kibblewhite with you...
Did John Key mislead Parliament about this?
Seeing as we are onto John's principles, I read on Scoop that JK has been elected as Leader of the International Democratic Union (hope I remembered what the Abbrv. Means). You know the right wing group that David Farrar attended to learn about using ...
How about funding Secondary Schools adequately instead of attacking them, demolishing perfectly good classrooms, sinking lid policies etc.....probably designed to set up a shortage for the future. Then later when invaded by thousands of Britspouring down ...
Jock Anderson wrote one line on Judith Collins, regarding Feeley, and was pressured by the Enquiry, or is that the Inquisition, to reply rapidly with details of his information and sources under threat of legal prosecution if he didn't. RNZ 31st on Mora's ...
Little reminds me of a friendly nicer version of Barry Crump, he seems an archetypal kiwi male on one level. Next generation though as he seems smart and happy in himself.. I really like Nanaia too. She is earnest, I like that.
Ian, which media war is Slater winning? Only the one in his dreary gossip rag. Not media in any sense, as Judd noted, just a combination of tittle tattle, nastiness and exaggeration. And as regards the Labour Party, you may not have noticed but Labour ...
John Key the empty signifier, the archetypal Hollow Man, or is that Hollow Lizard.
Interesting to read the latest article on The Intercept about Nicky Hager. Thought provoking about possible motivations other than "rawshark hunting" for trawling through Nicky's work. This combination of Brave New World-like tranquilliser/propaganda with ...
Slater should begin a new career as a fiction writer as this appears to be his only talent. He appears to exist in his own private reality. Fortunately we still have a Justice System and thanks to Nicky one which is now minus the dishonourable ex Minister ...
Kathryn Ryan is going to report on Nicky's situation though. RNZ changed fundamentally when the changes of staff were made. Though Espiner is sometimes doing a good job there is now an overwhelming bias towards the govt line during Morning Report and ...
Also D'Esterre, that people are leaving NZ who have left wing leanings as it is so unpleasant here under the current regime. Interesting that Key described the swing in the specials as "odd" implying that only odd people dare to question his " there is no ...
Outrageous, hypocritical control freaks! Mike, Nicky has exposed Labours secrets in the past. Why don't you inform yourself before making dumb comments.
Seymour could turn out to be a useful Achilles heel. He has already contradicted John Key and his mantra of Textor speak" on message, collegial, disciplined " has all the originality and charm of a really poorly written script. He also gets angry quite ...
The neo liberal theory on education is integral to re-programming and depoliticising the future workers/consumers. Education that makes people good critical thinkers is now another endangered species. This Election is up with the top ten worst experiences ...
I am almost looking forward to the howls of betrayal when the dear father substitute turns into the rapacious cold eyed figure standing behind the nice smiley chap. National voters, there was a reason they announced no policies except the freindly sounding...
Capital gains along with raised age of super was electoral suicide. I heard that from many middle income now ex labour voters. Forget the idealism it alienated half the vote. Everyone in Media ignores this and pretends it was Cunliffe. These policies were ...
John Armstrong must finally be worried about the thousands of comments he has been getting on his own column about his obvious bias. Thanks John but too late to save your reputation. After the Liu smear campaign you have reached joke status.
Interesting to see Jason Ede was getting into practice for his later roles. What exactly were/are those roles though?
Agree about Guyon, Bryan; the bosses are probably rueing the day they hired him as he was supposedly right wing, but he is definitely one of the few professional journalists in the small Nz pond. Reading the Sydney papers report on the "Moment...." was a ...
Yes agree Cl. I have decided to do just that even though I support Green policies more. Cunliffe impresses a lot of people as soon as he is not filtered through the vicious claptrap of a caged media. Good on Lisa Owen, Wallace Chapman and recently Paddy ...
100+ Weka, added to that it also means the soil stops being a carbon sink as it is a sterile system. The misreporting on nitrates is infuriating. Cow pee is blamed for the nitrogen in the rivers but this is dishonest, cows are fed on nitrogen fertilised ...
Thanks for that lprent. Already noticed you are strict as a moderator. I guess the actions of journalists in being biased are their choice, they are not forced to be. Hopefully this ruling adds status, not added controls, to blogs that are not defamatory.
This is good timing. What implications does this ruling have for ths blog and others though? In terms of breaking news that the MSM won't touch. It would be dreadful if this ruling stopped posts such as Frank's one on Dirty Politics Part 2 onDaily Blog for...
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