Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:38 am, February 12th, 2019 - 44 comments
Categories: david parker, national, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, trade, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: matthew hooton, murray mccully, sheepgate
… the plug on the Saudi Sheepgate deal. I have followed the… and scholars the tale of Sheepgate will stand out. In future…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:00 am, April 6th, 2018 - 43 comments
Categories: brand key, capitalism, climate change, disaster, Environment, global warming, john key, national, poverty, Privatisation, same old national, sustainability, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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… Sky City Fiasco? Ponytail pulling? Sheepgate? Overseeing the pollution of our…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:57 am, September 15th, 2017 - 26 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, corruption, john key, making shit up, national, Politics, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: murray mccully, sheepgate
… and scholars the tale of Sheepgate will stand out. In future…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:27 pm, December 15th, 2016 - 26 comments
Categories: national, national/act government, Politics, same old national
Tags: matthew hooten, murray mccully, sheepgate
What started as a trickle is now becoming a torrent of resignations as Murray McCully has also announced that he will be leaving politics at the next election. He announced earlier this year that he would no longer seek the East Coast Bays nomination and …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:45 am, November 7th, 2016 - 66 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, corruption, john key
Tags: corruption, incompetence, matthew hooton, murray mccully, sheepgate, tim watkin
… O'Sullivan was late to the sheepgate party, but had an interesting…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:53 am, November 5th, 2016 - 149 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, john key, labour, national, Politics, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
Tags: political polls, Roy Morgan poll
… extraordinary circumstances relating to the Sheepgate saga there is no free…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:15 am, November 3rd, 2016 - 90 comments
Categories: accountability, Ethics, national
Tags: ethics, higher standards, morally flexible, post truth, sheepgate, truth
… doesn't matter enough. The McCully / Sheepgate thing is just the latest…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 6:01 pm, November 2nd, 2016 - 58 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, david parker, national, national/act government, Politics, same old national
Tags: auditor-general, murray mccully, sheepgate
The report is out. The Government will try and spin it to be a vindication of Mr McCully but if this is a vindication then we are in big trouble. Because the report highlights a number of problems in the handling of the Saudi Sheep deal. Murray McCully …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:00 am, August 27th, 2016 - 17 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: matthew hooton, murray mccully, sheepgate
… at Murray McCully's antics around sheepgate. Hooton was the person who… the Auditor General's report about Sheepgate gets closer to being released…
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 9:08 am, August 12th, 2016 - 41 comments
Categories: accountability, International, john key
Tags: coverup, lies, murray mccully, sheepgate
… (paywalled) summed up the "sheepgate" scandal – Govt sheepgate story a shameful coverup…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:10 am, July 5th, 2016 - 21 comments
Categories: corruption, journalism, national
Tags: Media, murray mccully, sheepgate
Interesting discussion: Drinnan remains on the case today: Where have all the journalists gone?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:22 am, July 4th, 2016 - 27 comments
Categories: john key, national, same old national, trade
Tags: matthew hooton, murray mccully, saudi arabia, sheepgate
… been doing some digging into #Sheepgate and last weekend broadcast the… lot of attention. Just search sheepgate to see how the controversy…
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 12:26 pm, January 30th, 2016 - 30 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: bribe, murray mccully, saudi arabia
… chapter in the Saudi Arabia Sheepgate bribe controversy. In case you've…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:39 am, December 4th, 2015 - 28 comments
Categories: farming, national, same old national, Steven Joyce
Tags: murray mccully, sheepgate
As if flying heavily pregnant sheep to a farm situated in the middle of a Saudi desert and paying $4 million dollars to settle a legal dispute that did not exist was not enough. Now the Government is gifting a $2.6 million kit set abattoir to the Saudi …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:03 am, September 20th, 2015 - 103 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, crosby textor, election 2014, greens, john key, labour, Minister for Photo-ops, national, privatisation, same old national, slippery
Tags: dirty politics, mike sabin, serco, sheepgate
… cause major damage to National. #Sheepgate. Setting up a sheep station…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:16 am, September 7th, 2015 - 73 comments
Categories: aid, australian politics, International, spin, Syria
Tags: refugee crisis, refugees
…, less than half spent on #sheepgate. Is it enough for Labour…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:30 am, September 3rd, 2015 - 54 comments
Categories: aid, International, iraq, john key, national, Syria
Tags: amnesty international, brian rudman, flag referendum, sheepgate
The devastating news from Europe and the Middle East and the refusal of John Key to even contemplate increasing our refugee quota made me wonder, how much do we spend on resettling refugees and how much would it cost to resettle more? As to the first …
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:34 pm, August 18th, 2015 - 23 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, farming
Tags: auditor-general, sheepgate
In breaking news: Inquiry to be held into Saudi sheep deal The controversial deal that saw $11.5 million of taxpayer money on a Saudi farm is to be examined by the Auditor-General. Lyn Provost has announced she will carry out an inquiry into the …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:57 am, August 12th, 2015 - 96 comments
Categories: farming, john key, national, same old national, slippery
Tags: murray mccully, sheepgate
Jonathan Freeland in the Guardian recently offered an opinion on why Labour lost the UK election earlier this year. He said this: Long before Labour lost the election, it lost the war of metaphor. The origins of the defeat go back at least to the long …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:20 am, August 9th, 2015 - 114 comments
Categories: Economy, Globalisation, Hekia parata, john key, national, same old national, slippery, Steven Joyce
Tags: cycle way, murray mccully, novopay, Rio Tinto, serco, sheepgate, TPPA, warner bros
(Graphic from Lamia) We are well into this National Government's third term and the weaknesses are now very clear. John Key's reputation as a formidable wheeler dealer deal maker is clearly mythological rather than real. And a series of deals have been …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:06 am, August 7th, 2015 - 62 comments
Categories: john key, national, national/act government, same old national, trade, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: murray mccully, sheepgate
… no one is talking about sheepgate I disagree. Every time I…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:52 am, August 5th, 2015 - 97 comments
Categories: david parker, john key, national, same old national, slippery, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: murray mccully, sheepgate
… National is in trouble over Sheepgate. Parliament is not sitting, McCully…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:04 pm, June 25th, 2015 - 22 comments
Categories: david parker, john key, national
Tags: murray mccully, sheepgate
… concerning the scandal known as sheepgate are occurring. And so many…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:36 am, June 24th, 2015 - 42 comments
Categories: david parker, Economy, farming, john key, national, national/act government, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: murray mccully, saudi arabia, sheepgate
… un-redacted version of the Sheepgate Cabinet papers but this was…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:36 pm, June 21st, 2015 - 54 comments
Categories: accountability, john key
Tags: lies, saudi arabia, sheepgate
From I/S at No Right Turn: Self-serving redactions When Labour released the sheep files on Wednesday, John Key desperately tried to continue his Muldoonist smear by claiming information showing he was right had had to be redacted. But according to …
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 6:57 pm, June 18th, 2015 - 52 comments
Categories: same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: murray mccully, Nathan Guy, sheepgate
… wool over our eyes about sheepgate. Baa humbug! Exit, light Enter…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:26 am, June 18th, 2015 - 18 comments
Categories: john key, national
Tags: murray mccully, nick smith, sheepgate
… housing crisis or Murray McCully's Sheepgate fiasco. Both issues refuse to…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 1:51 pm, June 11th, 2015 - 48 comments
Categories: farming, john key, national, national/act government, Politics, same old national, slippery
Tags: john carter, murray mccully, sheepgate
National would have us believe that our Government paid over $11.5 million to a Saudi sheep farmer in the hope and expectation that he would not sue us for $30 million based on a cause of action that has still not been identified. The more likely …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:51 am, June 4th, 2015 - 43 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, Annette King, john key, national, phil goff, same old national
Tags: dirty politics, fran o'sullivan, murray mccully, sheepgate
… in Parliament answer questions about Sheepgate. The video is below. Key…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:33 am, June 3rd, 2015 - 20 comments
Categories: Globalisation, International, john key, national, national/act government, newspapers, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
Tags: dominion post, fran o'sullivan, murray mccully, nz herald, sheepgate
… surviving the mess known as Sheepgate. With every further detail…thoughts on the merits of Sheepgate. Like Fran O'Sullivan. Agree…where the ethics of the sheepgate deal were questioned: The … to be an inquiry into sheepgate. And McCully's ministerial days…
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