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John Key’s global humiliation

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 12:51 pm, October 4th, 2007 - 1 comment

Too late – John’s humiliation is now global. Here’s the UK Guardian’s blog. “New Zealand’s opposition leader, John Key, the head of the centre right National Party, has an interesting take on the Iraq war, one perhaps not seen since George Bush stood on the USS Abraham Lincoln with a Mission Accomplished banner behind him. […]

What’s with TV?

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 10:49 am, October 4th, 2007 - Comments Off on What’s with TV?

The major papers, radio and political blogs picked up John Key’s War is Over story but neither of the main TV channels ran with it last night. Why is that? A photo in the Herald this morning shows Key surrounded by a swarm of press gallery reporters and TV cameras and yet neither TVNZ nor […]

Nats start to pay off debt to Exclusive Brethren

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 8:51 am, October 2nd, 2007 - 2 comments

No wonder National’s education policy (what we know of it so far, anyway) includes more money for private schools. I know a staff member in an EB school (whose identity I have promised to protect) who said he had heard from high levels within the EB that National promised them that if it formed the […]

Cyber hypocrisy

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 7:02 pm, September 26th, 2007 - 14 comments

All the fuss created by one Rory English, son of National’s deputy leader Bill, exposes some very real and concerning issues. Firstly, just what standards do the English family think they are setting at the moment? Rory English’s posts to his now mysteriously deleted (well, not very mysterious actually!) pages on Bebo were truly offensive. […]

The more things change…

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 12:42 pm, September 26th, 2007 - 1 comment

Had to chuckle at Karl du Fresne in the Dom this morning who wrote, as if things were particularly different now, “Under the editorship of Charles Earle, who was to run the paper for 43 years, The Dominion pursued a consistently conservative editorial policy”. Happy 100th birthday anyway Dominion Post. Just for old time’s sake, […]

TradeMe talk turns political

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 11:52 am, September 19th, 2007 - 1 comment

A reader has just alerted us that there’s a political discussion raging on a thread over at the TradeMe message boards. Looks like users there aren’t so keen to trade Helen and Labour for John and the Nats.

He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 2:39 pm, September 5th, 2007 - Comments Off on He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker

John Key’s swallowed a lot of rats to make National look electable: nuclear free, war in Iraq, fighter jets, paid parental leave, climate change etc,etc. But you can always trust a Tory to stay true to type over the one thing that they care about more than anything – cutting workers’ pay and conditions. It’s […]

Cullen finally placed on grassy knoll?

Written By: Eddie - Date published: 2:55 pm, August 27th, 2007 - Comments Off on Cullen finally placed on grassy knoll?

Headline in today’s Dompost “Labour blamed for edgy market”. Yes, the perpetually grumpy business community are blaming Labour for the unsettling volatility of the economy, interest rate rises and the drop in the dollar. Seeing as Michael Cullen has been personally liable for the horrifically high dollar all these months it seems only natural that […]