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Rickards charged with alleged misconduct
Written By: - Date published: 10:07 am, September 22nd, 2007 - 1 comment
Last week John Key was calling on the government to force Rickards to go – interfer in an onoing employment matter and essentially require the payout of a large golden-handshake. At the time the PM refered to his comments as “reckless”. PRESENTER: Alright, what would you be doing right now, if you were the Prime […]
Is the world voting for.nothing?
Written By: - Date published: 10:23 pm, September 16th, 2007 - 1 comment
In a perceptive potshot at the perennial broadcasting gnome, Paul Holmes, Jane Bowron in her Dominion Post ‘Televiews’ piece of 13 September described the aforementioned wee fella’s return to TV One with Whatever happen to.? in unflattering terms. It seems that Bowron is unimpressed by Holmes parading a level of opportunism and shallowness, having returned […]
He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker
Written By: - 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 […]
A sudden end to the Schadenfreude
Written By: - Date published: 9:55 pm, August 31st, 2007 - 1 comment
From bFM yesterday – Mickey Havoc interviews John Key… Mickey Havoc: “But you wouldn’t compare her to Muldoon? That’s what I’m asking…” John Key: “No” Mickey Havoc: “Alright” powered by ODEO
Key: style over substance
Written By: - Date published: 6:58 pm, August 31st, 2007 - Comments Off on Key: style over substance
The Press ran a story today in which they claim that: Labour polling conducted by UMR Insight, excerpts of which were leaked to The Press, show that while National was ahead by a healthy margin, voters were increasingly critical of Key. Labour’s poll, which asked people their opinions of Key, showed 64 per cent of […]
John, I am your father
Written By: - Date published: 1:54 am, August 30th, 2007 - 3 comments
There’s been a bit of excitement round the traps today over this picture from Stuff.co.nz, which tries to merge Helen Clark’s face into Rob Muldoon’s. Naturally, National Party blogger David Farrar has been wallowing like a pig in shit over Mike Moore’s comments in the Herald comparing the two, and he seems to think the […]
Why does John Key want to sell Air NZ?
Written By: - Date published: 11:37 pm, August 28th, 2007 - 1 comment
This morning Air New Zealand announced an annual profit of $268 million. The New Zealand public owns 80% of the national carrier, which means a good chunk of that profit is ours to spend on things like health, education and family tax credits rather than filling the pockets of some overseas shareholder. So why then […]
If you can’t take the heat…
Written By: - Date published: 4:45 pm, August 27th, 2007 - 5 comments
The National Party have been complaining about the increasing scrutiny on John Key’s business dealings. First, his association with the “Earl of Auckland” property development firm that’s attempting to go into liquidation to avoid leaky building costs and second the nature of his involvement at Elders during the Equiticorp scandal of the 1980s – both […]
Hone “Sorting Hat” Harawira
Written By: - Date published: 12:29 pm, August 27th, 2007 - Comments Off on Hone “Sorting Hat” Harawira
Hone Harawira hits the nail on the head in this interview on ‘Sunday’: “Well, you know, the strange this is that everybody calls her Auntie Helen but I can’t see anybody calling that fella Uncle John. He’s a smiling snake. That’s how I see John Key. He smiles a lot. He’s charasmatic. But none of […]
Key’s missing compass
Written By: - Date published: 12:56 pm, August 26th, 2007 - 3 comments
In the Weekend Herald today, Fran O’Sullivan opines: “By drawing out his opponents before they even noticed Key was using the type of classic defensive move that would be natural to a high stakes foreign exchange trader”. If she’s right she may have identified a superficial strength gleaned from his many years in the money […]
Parselmouth under pressure
Written By: - Date published: 2:57 pm, August 25th, 2007 - Comments Off on Parselmouth under pressure
Has anyone else noticed John Key’s tendency to drift into Parseltongue when he’s under pressure? From his Radio New Zealand interview on the 24th: “Um, in terms of the things where the companies were registered, my lawyer actually does those things and you know, he will have just obviously you know… clearly had the wrong […]
The Earl of Auckland’s a drip
Written By: - Date published: 3:58 pm, August 23rd, 2007 - Comments Off on The Earl of Auckland’s a drip
One law for the National Party
Written By: - Date published: 1:29 pm, August 23rd, 2007 - Comments Off on One law for the National Party
John can’t seem to get his story straight (again). Since he claims to support the concept of ‘one law for all’ let’s start with that. Under the Electoral Act you can reside in one place only. Under the Companies Act you cannot make a statement that is knowingly false or misleading. In October 2002 Key […]
John Key is sick, just sick of eating pies
Written By: - Date published: 6:48 pm, August 20th, 2007 - Comments Off on John Key is sick, just sick of eating pies
Don’t ever underestimate a wounded National leader. John Key is smarting over his National Party Conference Speech. What’s his problem? To begin, he’s not happy that few people, even the party faithful at conference, didn’t buy into his rewriting of New Zealand’s political history. Here’s a sample: “Back in 1936, when Labour was concerned with […]
Trotter on the Key man
Written By: - Date published: 11:18 pm, August 19th, 2007 - Comments Off on Trotter on the Key man
Chris Trotter’s article last week in the Independent is worth a read & when I find a link I’ll provide it. Trotter says that John Key’s disastrous speech to the National Party Conference puts an end to Key’s honeymoon with the voters. It’s worse than that. The National Party strategy is based on keeping Key […]
More golf with John
Written By: - Date published: 5:48 pm, August 17th, 2007 - 1 comment
John Key is not a good golfer, at least not in my imaginings. Lovely practice swings, but very, very, poor execution. “Just a big showpony” muttered one of the playing party after just a short time on the course. Bill English, on the other hand is a good golfer, in an agricultural sort of way. […]
Key plays a Big Bertha off a par 3
Written By: - Date published: 5:17 pm, August 16th, 2007 - 3 comments
Use your imagination for a moment; John Key playing a round of golf with some new mates. Well, the first time we did this was on the lush fairways of the Helensville Golf Club. He introduced himself with a firm handshake and impressed everyone with his telegenic good-looks and eye-contact. The conversation quickly moved to […]
Get your story straight John
Written By: - Date published: 3:04 pm, August 15th, 2007 - 8 comments
“New Zealand troops should be alongside their British and United States allies as they continue their invasion of Iraq” … “Blood is thicker than water… we have to look to the future, and that isn’t with some Franco-German coalition” (Rodney Times, 2003) But then the flip-flop… Iraq is “too far away” to have an opinion […]
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