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Comrade Simon supports Nurses Strike

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:52 pm, May 28th, 2018 - 21 comments

For the first time possibly ever a National leader has supported the right of the rank and file to engage in industrial action to improve their living conditions.

Bridges copies Bill Clinton on abortion

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:54 am, May 28th, 2018 - 51 comments

Simon Bridges has appropriated phrasing used by Bill Clinton in describing his position on abortion but made his personal view even more restrictive.

Where the f*ck is Simon Bridges?

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:00 am, May 28th, 2018 - 9 comments

An ongoing series.

Pollwatch: Reid Research, 27/05/2018

Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 8:32 pm, May 27th, 2018 - 88 comments

The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out, and it continues to be less than stellar news for the opposition, but also for New Zealand First.

Doofus of the week – May 27, 2018

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:54 am, May 27th, 2018 - 28 comments

Lots of competition this week with Katie Hopkins preferring to be called a racist to being described as being on drugs, Judith Collins for fronting the most naff scandals in the last decade, and Simon Bridges for going on tour to strange places. But the real contest was between Paula Bennett and Gerry Brownlee …

Where the f*ck is Simon Bridges?

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:00 am, May 27th, 2018 - 29 comments

An ongoing series.

#twyfordaccusations

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:53 pm, May 26th, 2018 - 52 comments

The Twitter hashtag #twyfordaccusations has been set up to allow people to speculate on what other nefarious allegations will be made against Phil Twyford by Judith Collins.

National loses the plot in Parliament

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 4:40 pm, May 24th, 2018 - 91 comments

National’s show down with Trevor Mallard today did not go as well as they hoped.

Trouble within National’s ranks?

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 3:43 pm, May 22nd, 2018 - 126 comments

It looks like the National collective has doubts about Simon Bridges’ pulling power.

The law and order debate and the grade one tosser

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:43 am, May 22nd, 2018 - 36 comments

The Government has announced it will not proceed with the Waikeria mega prison as part of its policy to decrease the prison muster by 30%. And the called for public debate starts off with one of the major players using a study the author of which subsequently retracted because the data he relied on was wrong.

National is all over the place on the budget

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:21 am, May 21st, 2018 - 131 comments

National has made a meal of its first critique of Labour’s budget with a poor performance by Simon Bridges and with four claims about the budget that are clearly wrong but which National keep repeating.

Shouty Simon’s strange budget claim

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:00 am, May 19th, 2018 - 64 comments

National’s claims about Labour’s health spend suffer from the not insignificant problem that they do not make any sense when analysed.

No class National

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 5:39 pm, May 15th, 2018 - 97 comments

National MPs are refusing to own up to who used a sexist comment in Parliament against Jacinda Ardern.

Bridges believes in trickle down

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:58 am, May 14th, 2018 - 199 comments

Simon Bridges has committed the twin political sins of not only believing in trickle down but in publicly confirming his belief.

Doofus of the week May 12, 2018

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:00 pm, May 12th, 2018 - 62 comments

There was intense competition this week. Paula Bennett with her attack on Jacinda’s Spotify playlist almost won but Northcote candidate Dan Bidois succeeded for managing to talk out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and only confusing his tongue.

Carmel Sepuloni respect

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 4:09 pm, May 9th, 2018 - 17 comments

It is great that we have a Minister of Social Development who actually has empathy for poor New Zealanders, as shown by her treatment of dog whistle questions in Parliament today.

Should MPs also be subject to sanctions when they don’t do their job?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:55 am, May 8th, 2018 - 59 comments

National MPs have without notice refused to turn up to the House Committee of Parliament. Should they have their pay docked?

The strange and unusual National Campaign Launch for the Northcote by election

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:36 am, May 7th, 2018 - 52 comments

Dan Bidois has formally launched his campaign by blaming Auckland Council for the last Government’s shortcomings, and opposing the regional fuel tax while at the same time insisting that if there is intensification then it needs to be paid for.

The election year party donations returns

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:12 am, May 6th, 2018 - 40 comments

The election year donation returns have been released and show a surge of donations for Labour but National still well ahead.

Everyone applauds Labour’s homelessness plan … except National

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:56 am, May 5th, 2018 - 133 comments

Labour’s announcement of $100 million spending on homelessness has attracted praise from everyone, except National.

So there was sewage leaking into Middlemore hospital’s walls

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:21 am, May 4th, 2018 - 87 comments

In further horror news about our health system the leaks of sewage into the walls of Middlemore Hospital has been confirmed and its discovery occurred in 2010. And in 2015 the chair of cash strapped Canterbury DHB signed a Ministry of Health drafted letter saying it did not need further funding despite an urgent need for further funds.

National wants to add to Auckland’s gridlock

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 4:11 pm, May 2nd, 2018 - 16 comments

National has promised to overturn Auckland’s Regional Fuel Tax. But has no proposal for how the funding will be replaced.

National is yeah nah on climate change

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:21 am, April 30th, 2018 - 34 comments

National’s Blue Green conference on the weekend suggests that the party has moved on from outright denial that cliamte change exists to grudging acceptance that it is a phenomenon but “balance” requires that it is tolerated.

National’s fiscal ineptitude over Auckland transport

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:03 am, April 29th, 2018 - 32 comments

National has responded to Labour’s ATAP proposal by refusing to accept there is a problem, drumming up anti Auckland resentment in the rest of the country and claiming they would have done the same thing.

Doofus of the week – April 28, 2018

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:30 am, April 28th, 2018 - 23 comments

This week’s winner is a National MP who has perfected the ability of cutting and pasteing but has no idea about the dark art of social media.

Guest Post: How many working groups did the last National Government create?

Written By: Guest post - Date published: 7:50 am, April 26th, 2018 - 38 comments

A Guest Post from Luke C where he analyses National’s creation of working groups in the last Goverment and comes up with a surprising conclusion.

Jacinda Ardern is just like Donald Trump

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:15 am, April 22nd, 2018 - 77 comments

In a gross example of click bait journalism a senior political commentator at a major media outlet has claimed that Jacinda Ardern and Donald Trump are similar.

Pollwatch: Colmar Brunton, 16/4/18

Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 4:00 pm, April 18th, 2018 - 78 comments

An arc chart of seats in the latest Colmar Brunton poll: Greens 7, Labour 53, New Zealand First 6, National 54, ACT 1.

In this third edition of Pollwatch, we note Simon Bridges’ leap out of the gate to a hiss and fizzle, and with Roy Morgan still on an unexplained hiatus, our second poll of the year has arrived from Colmar Brunton, with the government’s support down very slightly, but its support partners both in a much more stable position.