I don't know the author. I do know his current writing. It's often pro-authoritarian and anti-democratic and where there are links, they are often to right wing conspiracy websites. What elected posts the author held in the past are irrelevant to what he ...
"If they were a little more happier we wouldn't actually have people looking so sad all the time." An unintended insight into the mood in the National Party caucus room?
Hi, Observer. A couple of things. The Standard is not a democratic blog. It's privately owned, via a trust. Nobody gets a vote other than the owners. Secondly, the current active authors here run the gamut from left to right. The author of this post has ...
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 6:46 pm, July 28th, 2020 - 40 comments
Categories: act, David Farrar, Dirty Politics, election 2020, greens, labour, Politics, same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: judith collins, national party, political polls
Radio NZ's Jo Moir has tweeted the polling results be-grudgingly given to the National Party caucus this afternoon after significant rancour in the ranks. The results were presented by David Farrar, the Tory's pollster, ironically meaning that the caucus …
Gerry Brownlee agrees! He's put out a media release saying that the poll wasn’t close to National’s internal polls.
Yep! You'd think an experienced lawyer like Winston would have got his ducks in a row before proceeding. Or done the parliamentary privilege expose before going to court and seeing what came of it.
Lame? It worked a treat! You looked like a possum in the headlights, Pete. However, as I believe I said at the time, you at least had the courage of your convictions and put yourself forward for election. That's very much to your credit.
Peters has said many times he knew who the leaker was, Hanswurst. He has now named them.
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 4:44 pm, July 22nd, 2020 - 87 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, act, class war, david seymour, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, election 2020, national/act government, Politics, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, winston peters, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: David Seymour, leak, rachel morton, superannuation, winston peters
In an extraordinary moment in the house, Winston Peters has named the person he says leaked his superannuation details. The NZ First leader, using Parliamentary privilege, has claimed that former National Party press secretary Rachel Morton was the source….
"Like other right wingers I am quite happy to disclose my actual address not just my e-mail ...". Total honesty about your personal details is not what you're best remembered for David. Just sayin'.
Yep. Moyle did nothing wrong, morally or legally. Muldoon, on the other hand ...
Thanks for commenting, David. You'd know better than most how Iain Lees Galloway feels today. There's no censorship here at TS, but there is a close eye being kept on unsubstantiated gossip and anything that crosses the line will be deleted.
You are correct to say you have zero knowledge of ILG's personal life. It's probably best left at that. Any MP having an affair is showing poor judgement. The Minister responsible for NZ workplaces should know better than anyone what the boundaries are ...
He's married to a lovely person, who is going to be doing it tough this morning.
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 11:02 am, July 22nd, 2020 - 110 comments
Categories: accountability, Deep stuff, election 2020, iain lees galloway, labour, Media, Politics
Tags: Iain Lees-Galloway, labour, resignation
It appears that the Immigration Minister Iain Lees Galloway has resigned. This follows Judith Collins' indiscreet leaking to the media this morning of a claim that a Labour Party Minister had been accused of inappropriate behaviour. More as it comes … …
Ha! Reminds me of Aussie polly Bill Hayden. Hayden was rolled by Bob Hawke and responded by saying that "a drover's dog could lead the Labor Party to victory, the way the country is".
Jeez, Ad, that's such patronising crap. Jo Luxton fought hard for the seat last election and she picked up over 13,000 votes, a 50% rise on the previous Labour candidate's result. Even better, in a blue ribbon, comfortably safe Nat seat, she and her ...
There are all sorts of obvious questions about the phone story. For starters, if it's true, why is he quitting? More practically, how did his mates unlock the phone? How did they get the young person's phone number? Was the offensive pic already on the ...
To be fair, Herodotus, it was accurate at the time of writing. As they say, an hour is a long time in National Party politics. If other authors don't beat me to it, I'll be writing a new post in the morning, covering the bullshit 'my mates did it' excuse ...
So some mates grab his phone at a pissup, locate a dick pic and send it to a young woman? I have questions. Many, many questions.
Agreed. All I've heard suggests Kaye was not a typical Nat in that respect. However, the exception does not prove the rule.
Hmmm, that reply misses the central point of the post, Sacha, which is that electorate MP's matter. And they matter particularly to the poor and downtrodden, who, as lefties, should be front and central in our thinking. Nikki Kaye, a National Party ...
It appears that was an incident last Friday, Robert. No point speculating on what occurred, but clearly it was significant enough for Falloon to realise he needed help more than he needed the job.
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 2:52 pm, July 20th, 2020 - 205 comments
Categories: class war, crosby textor, Deep stuff, democratic participation, Politics, same old national, workers' rights
Tags: andrew falloon, national party
One term Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon has quit politics, with the National Party saying he is dealing with "significant mental health issues". Falloon says he will not run in September's election, citing concern for his "own health and well being". He's …
I know, I know. Poor Julian, it's not like he consented to be violated in that way.
I mentioned in the Wellington central post that Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury appeared to have a tendency toward misogyny. He's promptly confirmed that he genuinely despises women in a childishly immature post on the Daily Blog. In this case, the primary object...
Yep, there's never a spare sarc tag lying around when I need one, Anne ;)
Cheers, Incognito!
Well, historically, I'm known here at TS for my sweet disposition and zen like calm, Aaron. However, I do call it as I see it. Bomber, in particular, for describing the outstanding Labour candidate Helen White as "wallpaper" and a "nobody" needs to take a ...
Indeed. Like asking Saudi Arabia's Muḥammad bin Salmān if he knows a good butcher.
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 2:12 pm, July 19th, 2020 - 47 comments
Categories: articles, class war, Deep stuff, democratic participation, election 2020, grant robertson, greens, james shaw, labour, national, Politics, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
Tags: election 2020, grant robertson, james shaw, wellington central
I posted last week on why it would be in the best interests of the citizens of the Auckland Central electorate for the Green candidate to stand aside to allow the Labour candidate to win. In short, I wrote that the Greens had no chance of winning the seat …
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