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Two guilty approaches after Dirty Politics

Written By: lprent - Date published: 7:21 am, November 28th, 2014 - 43 comments

There are two approaches to being a star of dirty politics and not wanting to answer questions about it. Both were displayed on Campbell Live last night by Jason Ede and Cameron Slater. And Andrea Vance has details on taxpayers paying for Slaters legal bills.

Two lies in 20 seconds

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:07 am, November 28th, 2014 - 50 comments

Contrary to Key’s claim he was directly asked about the Inspector General’s (Gwyn) inquiry. Contrary to Key’s claim the questions were asked in perfect silence. Updated with video

Textses

Written By: Bunji - Date published: 8:53 am, November 27th, 2014 - 35 comments

rOb somewhat scooped me, but here’s my twitter round-up of the reaction to the PM’s office releasing the texts last night.

ImperatorFish: A statement from John Key

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:17 am, November 27th, 2014 - 14 comments

Apologise? What for? I’m not sorry for anything. I have done nothing wrong. It’s Phil Goff who should be apologising. It’s Phil Goff who should resign.

Key’s repeated reflexive lies (and giving back double)

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 2:15 am, November 27th, 2014 - 162 comments

It is now clear that Key lies repeatedly and reflexively. It is all catching up with him. From the confusion of emails and texts that emerged last night it also looks like the Collins / Slater faction is back, and giving back double.

Cut the crap

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:28 pm, November 26th, 2014 - 182 comments

Andrew Little invokes the phrase that is going to forever haunt our lying, denying and obfuscating PM.

Updated: Question time video of Little added, followed by John Key “lying, denying and obfuscating”.

Updated: General video of Little added – better in the house than expected. PM’s staff writing blogs for Cameron Slater

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A Breakdown.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:44 am, November 26th, 2014 - 25 comments

There’s a lot of smash flying around concerning the SIS, the PM’s office, OIA requests, Judith Collin’s and what not. So here’s a simple, stripped back, breakdown

Only on Planet Key

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:07 am, November 26th, 2014 - 16 comments

John Key thinks that the finding by Cheryl Gwyn that his office helped Cameron Slater with his OIA request is “contested”. Who should we believe? Updated: Key will be asked this question this afternoon in Parliament.

Armstrong: Key’s Cynical Politics

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:50 am, November 26th, 2014 - 29 comments

Herald: The Key administration has plumbed new depths of arrogance and contempt for the notion of politicians being accountable for their actions, writes John Armstrong. Also: Andrea Vance

John Key vs the truth

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 6:51 am, November 26th, 2014 - 100 comments

Trying to dodge the fallout from the Gwyn report Key simply lies and refuses to accept the facts. He can’t get away with it. Can he?

Key: I’m Lazy, Incompetent

Written By: Bunji - Date published: 8:16 pm, November 25th, 2014 - 9 comments

Q&A with our fearless leader on his many reports.

Calls for Key to resign

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:13 pm, November 25th, 2014 - 161 comments

Calls for Key to resign, so far from Goff, Norman, and Plunket.

Gwyn report

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:19 am, November 25th, 2014 - 66 comments

The Gwyn report finds that the SIS failed to maintain political neutrality.

What did Key know and when did he know it?

Key will apologise to Slater but not Billingsley or Vance

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:30 am, November 25th, 2014 - 21 comments

John Key has apologised to Cameron Slater for releasing an email which details a campaign against a senior Public Servant.

Gwyn Report to confirm dirty politics

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 6:32 pm, November 24th, 2014 - 203 comments

What did Key know and when did he know it?

Key in for the long term?

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 10:33 pm, November 22nd, 2014 - 38 comments

John Key’s election as chair of the International Democratic Union is significant. Key succeeds John Howard who has led the IDU for the past 12 years. Key’s acceptance signals that like four-time winner Howard, Key plans a long career as Prime Minister of New Zealand. This news should be a wake-up call for the Labour Party’s review of its election organisation and party structure.

#JohnKeyHistory

Written By: Bunji - Date published: 12:47 pm, November 20th, 2014 - 99 comments

Apparently the New Zealand Wars were just another Rugby analogy to John Key.

In defence of John Key

Written By: Ben Clark - Date published: 9:09 am, November 18th, 2014 - 158 comments

Click-bait, moi?

John Key and the Fart Tax

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 3:16 pm, November 17th, 2014 - 35 comments

Momentum is building for action on climate change – but Key reckons it’s all just too hard for little old NZ. If only the Nats hadn’t killed of funding for research into the reduction of agricultural emissions…

Why does the right control the English speaking world?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:31 am, November 16th, 2014 - 116 comments

Jason Wilson in the Guardian has asked a very relevant question. Why is the right currently dominant in the English speaking Western World and what does the left have to do to change this?

The casualisation of work

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:00 am, November 14th, 2014 - 147 comments

Zero hour contracts, where an employee’s work hours are determined solely at the whim of the employer, are becoming increasingly common. The implications for the fight against poverty are dire.

Key apology not genuine

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:39 am, November 12th, 2014 - 219 comments

Key’s apology isn’t genuine, he is still playing the political weasel. Key didn’t “misinterpret the question”, he was just displaying the same level of empathy as his favourite blogger.

Not a great headline for Key

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 1:45 pm, November 11th, 2014 - 169 comments

killer-pedophile-joke

Vance on terrorism scare tactics

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:29 am, November 10th, 2014 - 33 comments

An excellent piece by Andrea Vance in the weekend, on Key’s terrorism dog and pony show.

NRT: Betrayal at Pike River

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 4:09 pm, November 6th, 2014 - 80 comments

I/S at No Right Turn on the Pike River decision.

NRT: Wealth transfer

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:49 am, November 5th, 2014 - 11 comments

John Key’s latest answer to the housing crisis: bigger subsidies for private landlords! Subsidies to private landlords simply result in rent increases. It doesn’t increase the housing supply. But ole JK just likes screwing over young first home buyers..

About climate change …

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 1:11 pm, November 3rd, 2014 - 162 comments

The IPCC has released a further report refining previous research and announcing with practical certainty that climate change is happening because of the production of greenhouse gasses. It proposes that we stop burning fossil fuels, and change the electricity generation system so that by 2050 the vast bulk of the world’s power is produced by renewable means. The diagnosis is clear as are the remedies. And meanwhile Tim Groser thinks the Greens are to blame for the recent drop in the milk price …