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  1. The Monkeywrench

    Written By:  Bill -  Date published: 2:01 pm, September 29th, 2014 -  75 comments
    Categories: democracy under attack, democratic participation, election 2014, labour
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    Some thoughts from a different angle on ‘what went wrong’, or maybe just saying stuff along the lines of what plenty of other people are thinking

  2. What will Kim Dotcom do next?

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 9:34 am, September 27th, 2014 -  173 comments
    Categories: election 2014, internet party, mana-party, Media
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    Nice to see one Journalist speaking up about National’s vicious personal attacks on Kim Dotcom. What will Dotcom do next? My guess is that he will stay out of NZ politics from now on.

  3. Key rorts system

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:48 am, September 26th, 2014 -  52 comments
    Categories: act, john key, national, national/act government, peter dunne, united future
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    There is a rort being negotiated in Parliament that will cost the thick edge of $1 million a year. Where is the Taxpayer’s union on this?

  4. Psephology-o-rama: Hangover nerdery edition

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:51 pm, September 21st, 2014 -  23 comments
    Categories: election 2014
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    Now that the battle for election night ratings is over for another three years, here is a table for your entrail-reading pleasure showing the three biggest parties’ vote shares in a few different geographic / demographic segments.

  5. Looking Ahead

    Written By:  Bryan Gould -  Date published: 12:26 pm, September 21st, 2014 -  145 comments
    Categories: john key, labour, Left, national, Politics
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    Win or lose, there are never any final battles in politics. A defeat simply means the firing of the starting gun for the next round in a never-ending struggle. And, especially for the left, it is the struggle that matters. Without that struggle and the effort that has gone into it, the values of fairness, […]

  6. Jackal: A conspiracy theory too far

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 8:15 am, September 17th, 2014 -  114 comments
    Categories: election 2014, internet mana party, john key, national, same old national, Spying
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    Over the last month John Key has been displaying behaviour of being  a raving right wing conspiracy theorist. Over the weekend megalomaniacal John Key even said that he wants the governor general to stage a coup to allow him to remain in power. The Jackal summarises recent nutty right wing conspiracy theories from the PM and others.

  7. Popcorn time: how craven is Slater?

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:36 pm, September 12th, 2014 -  34 comments
    Categories: law, suppression orders
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    A nice decision by Justice Asher. We are now sort of journalists. But it left Cameron Slater naked in front of the clipping shears of Matthew Blomfield’s defamation case.

  8. A clear Cunliffe win

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 10:31 pm, September 10th, 2014 -  141 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, john key, labour, Media, national, tv, uncategorized
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    David Cunliffe’s performance in tonight’s head-to-head with John Key was exactly what I wanted to see from the next Labour Prime Minister of NZ.

  9. Perceptions of National’s government

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 12:57 pm, September 6th, 2014 -  114 comments
    Categories: election 2014, john key, national, same old national, slippery
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    There is how John Key and a few of his acolytes like to think of his government. Then there is how everyone else now does. The many ministers who have been abusing their position, were caught and ‘resigned’.  Now we can see the true nature than lurks beneath. A vote for National is a vote for Cameron Slater.

  10. Two weeks to go …

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 11:05 am, September 6th, 2014 -  139 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, john key, labour, Media, national, newspapers, same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Two weeks to go and polls suggest that National’s slide in the poll may be arrested.  But for how long?

  11. National’s campaign train wreck

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:33 am, September 3rd, 2014 -  243 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, john key, labour, national, same old national
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    So far National’s election campaign has been a train wreck.  What was meant to be a leisurely walk to the finish line has turned into a limp.  David Cunliffe is more than holding his own against John Key.  And dirty politics is having a gradual corrosive effect on National’s support.

  12. Black ops – blogger in the House

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 11:15 am, September 1st, 2014 -  12 comments
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    John Key dropped Winston Peters’ visits to DotCom into an answer to a question in the Houseof Parliament on February 12 2014. Today when pressed by Guyon Espiner whether the information had come to him from Cameron Slater he ducked and dived all over the place but finally had to admit Slater was the source. This episode confirms that Key was part of the black ops campaign, not just his office.

  13. Peters v Collins

    Written By:  Natwatch -  Date published: 1:53 pm, August 29th, 2014 -  69 comments
    Categories: Judith Collins, scoundrels, winston peters
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    Peters is standing by his claim that camp Collins approached him about working with her as PM.  Peters says he will “swear an affidavit”, strong language indeed, and Collins has every reason to lie.  Why is she still a Minister anyway?

  14. Does Key want it?

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 12:07 pm, August 29th, 2014 -  66 comments
    Categories: john key
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    Last night there was one participant in the debate who looked disinterested and unhappy to be there: John Key. Has he had enough?

  15. Careering to the right

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 2:23 pm, August 27th, 2014 -  65 comments
    Categories: national
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    “Dirty Politics” and “The Hollow Men” have revealed the extent of the National party’s nasty internal war over the past decade. Cameron Slater is merely one of the noisier but dumber sock puppet weapons in use against National’s centre and moderates. Looking at the actions of Simon Lusk using his sock puppet is more revealing…

  16. Polity: Herald on Labour

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:08 am, August 27th, 2014 -  69 comments
    Categories: Economy, labour, Politics
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    The NZ Herald has been notable for the blind stupidity of their editorials since its formation in the 1860s and its enthusiastic fostering of the New Zealand civil war for short-term profit. Today’s editorial continues that long tradition of blind stupid ignorance by being surprised (yet again) at Labour’s long tradition of fiscal responsibility.

  17. They eat their own

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 8:59 pm, August 26th, 2014 -  14 comments
    Categories: national
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    Brent Robinson is rightly peeved. He was at the end of an internal smear campaign orchestrated by Slater and Lusk, and had the media (following Whaleoil’s every word) hounding him at his door. Now I may not agree with Robinson’s politics, but he deserved a fair race, and his was a skewed selection. Slater may […]

  18. Tax cut cynicism

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 6:20 pm, August 25th, 2014 -  52 comments
    Categories: bill english, election 2014, john key, same old national, tax
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    According to the PM, Bill English saying there won’t be tax cuts was both true and untrue at the same time, like a fiscal Schroedinger’s Cat.

  19. Parker nails English on economic policy

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 2:25 pm, August 25th, 2014 -  32 comments
    Categories: bill english, capital gains, david parker, Economy, exports, labour, manufacturing, minimum wage, monetary policy, national, wages
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    Labour has the bold set of policies to take New Zealand forward into the 21st century – National’s “same old same old” tinkering will see the Kiwi skiff swamped. That was the clear conclusion from the debate between David Parker and Bill English on National Radio this morning.

  20. Timeline: Key responsible for SIS release

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:16 am, August 25th, 2014 -  30 comments
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    [Reposted] Key is responsible for the release of SIS briefing notes to Cameron Slater – one of the main issues summarised in Dirty Politics. Here’s the timeline in detail.

    Update: Hooton and Williams on Nine to Noon – Key not credible

  21. The Greens & Dirty Politics

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 7:25 am, August 24th, 2014 -  20 comments
    Categories: greens
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    The NZ Herald poll made a certain amount of sense.  Sure they’ve probably over-estimated National’s current support as they always do (see DimPost’s poll work), but National down more than 5% and Labour not making traction in the wake of Dirty Politics shouldn’t be surprising. The media script is as always: Labour do something wrong, […]

  22. Timeline: Key responsible for SIS release

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 9:54 am, August 23rd, 2014 -  73 comments
    Categories: accountability, john key, Media
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    Key is responsible for the release of SIS briefing notes to Cameron Slater – one of the main issues summarised in Dirty Politics. Here’s the timeline in detail.

  23. Mr Clean talks Dirty Politics: Key standup transcript pt2

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 1:30 pm, August 20th, 2014 -  12 comments
    Categories: blogs, brand key, election 2014, john key, Left, slippery, spin, The Standard, tv
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    In this part of the transcript of John Key’s Aug 14  standup, Key repeats dubious spin lines, & tries to maintain his Mr Clean image. Topics include Jason Ede, Judith Collins, Bronwyn Pullar. Key tries to implicate left wing blogs, naming The Standard

  24. How Dirty Politics hurt low-paid workers

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 6:00 pm, August 18th, 2014 -  28 comments
    Categories: wages, workers' rights
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    While the right tries to distract and deflect from Dirty Politics, it pays to take a look at who got hurt by Cameron Slater and his buddies.

  25. Muddying the waters: transcript Key on RNZ

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 9:31 am, August 18th, 2014 -  81 comments
    Categories: accountability, brand key, democracy under attack, election 2014, john key, national, radio, slippery
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    Guyon Espiner’s interview on Radio NZ today, exposes the moral failings of John Key’s leadership -as Key attempts to divert, & justify the dirty game that NZ politics has become under his watch.  Partial transcript of the interview: to be continued  Updated: Transcript completed

  26. Some confirmation about Collins and Slater

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 12:27 pm, August 16th, 2014 -  31 comments
    Categories: Judith Collins
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    Over at The Ruminator there is a post corroborates the Judith Collins and Cameron Slater mutual back-scratching in private vendettas. It appears to me that there has been rather a lot of fiddling of the OIAs in recent years. In particular I’m thinking about the OIA requests on Liu for TV3.

     

  27. Shadow play: Key’s 2-track politics

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 11:31 am, August 16th, 2014 -  40 comments
    Categories: accountability, blogs, brand key, class war, crosby textor, democracy under attack, election 2014, john key, news, same old national, slippery, spin, Spying
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    Nicky Hager’s Dirty Politics tells of the “two track strategy” of John Key’s leadership of the National Party & the country: a smiley nice front, & vicious, covert black ops behind the scenes.  Key has overseen one of the darkest, nastiest periods in NZ politics. Vote Left for necessary, democratic change, for people-centred governance.

  28. The Credibility Stakes: John Key vs Nicky Hager

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 2:12 pm, August 15th, 2014 -  58 comments
    Categories: john key
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    BLip comments on John Armstrong’s article yesterday. Then he updates his “Honest Man” list about John Key and his limited understanding of the truth.

  29. Typical misrepresentation from Farrar

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 12:21 pm, August 12th, 2014 -  97 comments
    Categories: David Farrar, dpf, making shit up, spin
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    Sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert takes everybody’s favourite right-wing spinster to task for misrepresentation and spin on gangs.

  30. The right’s lack of diversity

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 12:00 pm, August 12th, 2014 -  46 comments
    Categories: act, conservative party, election 2014, national, nz first, united future
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    On the right there’s one big party who have the lion’s share of the vote, and a smattering of odd little parties at the kids’ table fighting for scraps and key electorates. It’s one of the reasons National continues to poll so highly: if you’re a rightwing voter, you don’t have any other viable options.

  31. Labour – “Ready to Win”

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 3:10 pm, August 10th, 2014 -  135 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, labour
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    David Cunliffe’s campaign launch speech.

    Added a video of the speech.

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