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Banks & Peters
Written By: - Date published: 4:34 pm, November 11th, 2011 - 46 comments
So the meeting has taken place, and Epsom has been asked to hold its nose and vote for failed Nat retread John Banks, and with him on his coat tails failed Nat retread Don Brash. Nice one. In other news, Winston Peters is riding a boost in the polls all the way to the televised minor parties leaders’ debate. The Nats will be spitting.
A cup of tea and a lie down
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, November 11th, 2011 - 34 comments
hattip: the jackal
The greatest threat to Banks: Brash (& that story)
Written By: - Date published: 10:50 am, November 10th, 2011 - 39 comments
John Banks says the brand he is campaigning for in Epsom is ‘Brand Key’, not ACT. Epsomites don’t want three-time loser Don Brash but it’s unavoidably true that a vote for Banks is a vote for Brash. This is leading to a further unattractive debacle as Banks tries to distance himself from his leader, who he’s trying to get into parliament.
“Stable” ACT
Written By: - Date published: 1:37 pm, November 8th, 2011 - 39 comments
Key seems to want ACT to beg even more for his endorsement in Epsom. No wonder their hard working supporter is getting a bit tetchy. But as for ACT being “very stable” – WTF?
More opening addresses
Written By: - Date published: 5:41 pm, October 29th, 2011 - 42 comments
Opening addresses from the remaining parties screen on TV1 starting at 7:30pm. Should be good fun for political junkies, make sure you tune in…
Death cab for Banksie
Written By: - Date published: 9:43 pm, October 20th, 2011 - 170 comments
Another Epsom poll has ACT’ stuffed. Goldsmith: 37%; Banks: 24%; Parker: 17%. However, it also says the blue-rinsers will obediently tick Banks if Key explicitly tells them to. But will he? Will the chance of saving 2% ACT be worth the nationwide loss of votes from linking Key’s brand to that mess of a party? His equivocating suggests the Nats haven’t decided.
micky savage: Is it Phil Goff’s time?
Written By: - Date published: 10:14 am, October 16th, 2011 - 88 comments
Two weeks ago I thought that Goff and Labour did not have a chance in this election. National’s lead in the polls seemed too big, the country still seemed to be in love with John Key and Goff just was not getting the media cut through necessary to change hearts and minds. Then something happened. The wheels started to fall off National’s well honed machine.
ACT Policy finally makes sense!
Written By: - Date published: 2:07 pm, October 13th, 2011 - 15 comments
Check out ACT’s policy page. It’s the most sense that they’ve ever made.
Update: They’ve fixed it. So it’s back to their usual nonsense now.
Average Joe: Don Brash withdraws from Treaty debate…why?
Written By: - Date published: 12:46 pm, October 11th, 2011 - 51 comments
Dr. Don Brash has pulled out of a debate on Treaty issues to be held on TV3’s ‘The Nation’. Which is curious considering Act’s ‘one law for all’ policy is directly concerned with treaty issues. Average Joe points out his take on why Act isn’t there. Plaudits to The Nation for having the debate, brickbats to Act for avoiding the debate – at least send along the person who knows the policy….
Chart o’ the day: failed gambit
Written By: - Date published: 11:54 am, October 9th, 2011 - 38 comments
Farrar poll sounds ACT’s death knell
Written By: - Date published: 12:09 pm, October 8th, 2011 - 40 comments
National Party pollster David Farrar has been polling in Epsom and the results are not good for the Right. Epsomites are pissed off with their seats being used as a backdoor for ACT into Parliament. They don’t like the gall of the Nats taking out Hide, slotting in Banks and expecting nothing to change. They don’t like dopey Brash.
Wedge issue
Written By: - Date published: 10:07 am, October 2nd, 2011 - 14 comments
Don Brash has weaved his magic again. He’s going to have a minder now and everything he says will be vetted. But it’s too late. His cannabis speech brilliantly highlighted the disjunction between ACT’s values and those of the man they need to win Epsom. A major ACT donor calls John Banks a twerp, while Don Nicolson has, surprisingly, sided with Brash.
Not the ACT party list
Written By: - Date published: 1:24 pm, August 29th, 2011 - 38 comments
I was going to do a post on the ACT party list. But then I realised that I just don’t care.
Equal opportunity employer
Written By: - Date published: 9:40 am, July 14th, 2011 - 9 comments
So, Don Brash is having trouble getting any Maori candidates for ACT. Apparently, he identified 3 possibles – 2 turned out to be “unsuitable” (not old white reactionaries?) and one wasn’t interested. My question, however, is this. If Brash does manage to headhunt a token Maori and give them a winnable list place, isn’t that race-based privilege?
Is Nicolson right for ACT?
Written By: - Date published: 10:41 am, July 13th, 2011 - 24 comments
There are murmurings in ACT today over their new ‘high profile’ candidate, ex-farming guy who’s on the telly sometimes ranting about climate change Don Nicolson. The party’s current policy priorities are lower wages for young people, weakening student unions, and beating up on Maori and there’s concern Nicolson isn’t the right face for the job.
Implosion-watch
Written By: - Date published: 6:49 am, July 12th, 2011 - 79 comments
Last night, two ministers went head to head calling each other racists but it looked more like two old hobos fighting over a tin of beans. Pathetic, really. Meanwhile, Key has sided with Brash and dismissed the offense many Kiwis feel over the ads by saying he doesn’t “give a toss” about ACT’s racist ads.
When will Key rule out working with Brash?
Written By: - Date published: 7:44 am, July 11th, 2011 - 73 comments
ACT adman John Ansell has resigned in the fallout from the race-baiting ad he designed for ACT, which Brash proudly endorsed. The Maori Party has effectively ruled out working with ACT. Isn’t it time for John Key to do the same? He cannot avoid responsibility. ACT lives or dies at his word. If National doesn’t try to win Epsom, that is an endorsement of Brash’s racism.
Exit, stage right
Written By: - Date published: 4:16 pm, July 9th, 2011 - 136 comments
It’s a big call, I know, but I’m pretty sure we’re seeing the end of the ACT party happening right before our eyes.
Herald shows gap narrowing
Written By: - Date published: 12:05 pm, July 1st, 2011 - 58 comments
The latest Herald poll shows Labour + Greens at 42.7%, with National + ACT at 53.1% – the gap is down to 10.4% from 16.9% in May. That confirms the trend we’re seeing in the Roy Morgans as well. Interesting to note that the gap is 17% this point before the last election. Continued progress and focus on the big issues will see victory for the Left.
Brash jumps the shark
Written By: - Date published: 6:58 pm, June 30th, 2011 - 54 comments
For anyone who had any faint remaining doubt, confirmation that Don Brash has completely lost it.
Actoids defend “get raped” comment
Written By: - Date published: 11:08 am, June 29th, 2011 - 38 comments
Some uni political hacks arguing, calling each other names, on Facebook is nothing new. The Actoid telling the Greenie to “get raped” was beyond the Pale. Don’t think we’ve ever had to delete a comment that bad here. But the response from ACT on Campus’s leadership has made it worse. Confirms the far Right’s fundamental misogyny.
On the crotch-clutcher Bob Clarkson
Written By: - Date published: 4:26 pm, June 1st, 2011 - 33 comments
Bob Clarkson is back into public politics. This time generously helping the Act Party. Long may this continue!
A Right Jackup
Written By: - Date published: 4:02 pm, May 30th, 2011 - 18 comments
So it appears that John Banks will get to face his mayoral campaign manager, Aaron Bhatnagar, as National candidate for Epsom. National will continue to ensure Act’s survival, as latest polls keep Act at about 2%.
Will ACT vote against the Budget?
Written By: - Date published: 8:46 am, May 16th, 2011 - 42 comments
Reading Don Brash’s letter to John Key and watching Roger Douglas on Q+A, I wonder if the Nats behind the takeover of ACT realised what they were unleashing. I’ve heard some talk that ACT won’t vote for Key’s Budget. Where would that leave Rodney Hide? Where would that leave the Maori Party? Could we see a snap election?
But you’ll distort the price signal!
Written By: - Date published: 11:50 am, May 10th, 2011 - 31 comments
ACT on Campus is giving away KFC Double Downs today. I love that ACToids are always complaining that interest-free student loans are a bad idea because they encourage wasteful, inefficient spending but think that giving out free heart-attack makers is perfectly sensible.By the way, isn’t this treating?
Dog eat dog on the extreme Right
Written By: - Date published: 12:57 pm, May 8th, 2011 - 46 comments
There’s a strange story in the Sunday Star-Times today. The premise is rumours that Don Brash has a love child but that seems to be baseless. The real point of the story is the Brash-ists trying to kill off Rodney Hide now, rather than wait until the election. I wouldn’t be surprised they’re behind the love-child story.
Helen Clark calling the shots
Written By: - Date published: 9:14 am, May 4th, 2011 - 19 comments
After a turbulent fortnight in politics, Helen Clark’s new look Green Party is now in place.
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