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Where the f*ck is Simon Bridges?

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 9:37 am, May 29th, 2018 - 18 comments

An ongoing series.

Pollwatch: Colmar Brunton 28/5/2018

Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 7:38 pm, May 28th, 2018 - 59 comments

A chart of the expected outcome from this poll. Greens: 6, Labour: 55, National: 58, ACT: 1.

Hot on the heels of Reid Research, TVNZ has also been doing post-budget polling, and this one paints a bit of a different picture.

Comrade Simon supports Nurses Strike

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:52 pm, May 28th, 2018 - 21 comments

For the first time possibly ever a National leader has supported the right of the rank and file to engage in industrial action to improve their living conditions.

Bridges copies Bill Clinton on abortion

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:54 am, May 28th, 2018 - 51 comments

Simon Bridges has appropriated phrasing used by Bill Clinton in describing his position on abortion but made his personal view even more restrictive.

Where the f*ck is Simon Bridges?

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:00 am, May 28th, 2018 - 9 comments

An ongoing series.

Pollwatch: Reid Research, 27/05/2018

Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 8:32 pm, May 27th, 2018 - 88 comments

The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out, and it continues to be less than stellar news for the opposition, but also for New Zealand First.

Doofus of the week – May 27, 2018

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:54 am, May 27th, 2018 - 28 comments

Lots of competition this week with Katie Hopkins preferring to be called a racist to being described as being on drugs, Judith Collins for fronting the most naff scandals in the last decade, and Simon Bridges for going on tour to strange places. But the real contest was between Paula Bennett and Gerry Brownlee …

Where the f*ck is Simon Bridges?

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:00 am, May 27th, 2018 - 29 comments

An ongoing series.

A belated congratulations

Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 3:54 pm, May 26th, 2018 - 22 comments

Post Immigration New Zealand Spreadsheet debacle, Ministers Curran and Shaw announce a stocktake and review of all government algorithms.

#twyfordaccusations

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:53 pm, May 26th, 2018 - 52 comments

The Twitter hashtag #twyfordaccusations has been set up to allow people to speculate on what other nefarious allegations will be made against Phil Twyford by Judith Collins.

New Zealand’s Energy Future

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:00 am, May 25th, 2018 - 53 comments

New Zealand has a low carbon energy future plan. What is the strategy to achieve this?

National loses the plot in Parliament

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 4:40 pm, May 24th, 2018 - 91 comments

National’s show down with Trevor Mallard today did not go as well as they hoped.

Deep Trawling.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 9:14 am, May 24th, 2018 - 21 comments

Is NZ’s fishing industry just a domestic version of the tobacco companies? And how much would that really matter?

Paula’s petulant parliamentary outburst

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:41 am, May 24th, 2018 - 247 comments

Paula Bennett stormed out of Parliament yesterday after Trevor Mallard correctly applied the standing orders and ruled out a question containing an unparliamentary term. And National has responded by questioning if Jacinda Ardern was actually described as a “silly little girl” but has refused to question its MPs.

New Zealand trade negotiations with Europe

Written By: advantage - Date published: 11:00 am, May 23rd, 2018 - 7 comments

On Thursday 31 May at the University of Auckland, the Fabians are hosting Max Harris on the topic “Is it time for an independent foreign policy?” What would be the costs of a really independent foreign policy, over the benefits of salving our conscience with greater national independence? And where does Trade fit in?

Trouble within National’s ranks?

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 3:43 pm, May 22nd, 2018 - 126 comments

It looks like the National collective has doubts about Simon Bridges’ pulling power.

What’s happening inside UK Labour.

Written By: nickkelly - Date published: 11:19 am, May 22nd, 2018 - 4 comments

Factional infighting within UK Labour.

David Seymour blows the dog whistle, hard

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:56 am, May 22nd, 2018 - 34 comments

David Seymour has hit a new low by drumming up public opposition to a small social housing development planned by Housiung Corporation in Epsom by claiming some of the potential tenants may have mental health problems.

The law and order debate and the grade one tosser

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:43 am, May 22nd, 2018 - 36 comments

The Government has announced it will not proceed with the Waikeria mega prison as part of its policy to decrease the prison muster by 30%. And the called for public debate starts off with one of the major players using a study the author of which subsequently retracted because the data he relied on was wrong.

National is all over the place on the budget

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:21 am, May 21st, 2018 - 131 comments

National has made a meal of its first critique of Labour’s budget with a poor performance by Simon Bridges and with four claims about the budget that are clearly wrong but which National keep repeating.

Marama Davidson – This is what a real Government looks like

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:00 am, May 20th, 2018 - 103 comments

Marama Davidson’s speech to Parliament during the Budget debate.

Fudget for Austerity

Written By: Bill - Date published: 12:31 pm, May 19th, 2018 - 71 comments

Some proposals on why we just got the budget we did.

Shouty Simon’s strange budget claim

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:00 am, May 19th, 2018 - 64 comments

National’s claims about Labour’s health spend suffer from the not insignificant problem that they do not make any sense when analysed.

The Budget

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:09 pm, May 17th, 2018 - 168 comments

An evolving post to cover budget announcements.

No class National

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 5:39 pm, May 15th, 2018 - 97 comments

National MPs are refusing to own up to who used a sexist comment in Parliament against Jacinda Ardern.

Bridges believes in trickle down

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:58 am, May 14th, 2018 - 199 comments

Simon Bridges has committed the twin political sins of not only believing in trickle down but in publicly confirming his belief.

Squeeze

Written By: advantage - Date published: 9:17 am, May 13th, 2018 - 40 comments

This is as good a year as it is going to get to squeeze your employer for a fair wage.

Doofus of the week May 12, 2018

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:00 pm, May 12th, 2018 - 62 comments

There was intense competition this week. Paula Bennett with her attack on Jacinda’s Spotify playlist almost won but Northcote candidate Dan Bidois succeeded for managing to talk out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and only confusing his tongue.