Author: Lord Sutch
Hugely scientific twitter poll
So I’ve been running this on Twitter now, and thought this would be another good way to check.
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National’s success is bad for the right and consequently democracy
No, I haven’t suddenly turned into Martyn, I’m not going to perceive any bad news for the left as actually good news for the left. Just bear with me.
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The difference between Labour and National on tax (a short post because I don’t understand tax)
So in the debate between Key and Cunliffe the other night, there was a palaver over a very minor point about whether or not Cunliffe knew whether homes that one inherited from a dead relative would be subject to a Capital Gains Tax.
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The media, they’re our friends
Hello New Zealand, you seem a touch angry. We at the Ruminator tried to cheer you up by reminding you that New Zealand is pretty amazing
Read MoreAudience Interaction! Interact from the audience.
If you’re watching the debate tonight it’s important you tell people what you think INSTANTLY. Either do that on twitter or use the below which I am totally shilling for.
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Why I think Labour’s letter to the Police Commissioner may have legs
So David Parker has written to the Police commissioner arguing that he needs to start an investigation under the Crimes Act in to allegations against Judith Collins, Cameron Slater, Carrick Graham and Cathy Odgers et al.
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Matthew Hooton vs the World
Yesterday I covered an incredible radio programme between Matthew Hooton and Michelle Boag. Well the plot has thickened.
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Why Martyn Bradbury does not speak for the left
So perusing all the angry lefties today, I (stupidly) headed into the Daily Blog to see what Martyn had to say about the latest shenanigans.
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Is the Prime Minister’s office worse than we thought?
It’s Sunday afternoon and I shouldn’t be thinking about politics but there was a radio programme this morning on RadioLive that deserves some scrutiny.
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The four albums that have changed me
So hasn’t it been a joyous ol’ political time lately? In order to have a break from it because it’s exhausting me, I thought I’d sit and reflect on a subject that I love more than any. Me. I was in the car listening to my iPod when some music came on that features in my four most important albums.
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Election 2014: Policy Watch
So with all the hullabaloo around Nicky Hager’s book and this @Whaledump character drip-feeding us more and more information, a lot of people have been saying “oh this is all a sideshow” and that “Labour isn’t talking about policy because they have none”.
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Conspiracy theory of the day
If you’ve read this blog you’ll know that I’m a fan of Judith Collins personally. As a person, she’s always been very kind to me. I disagree with her politically and I disagree with a lot of her actions but again, she’s been decent to me.
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Disappointing politics
I’ve never seen anything like this. Danyl at the Dimpost has said the social media election has finally arrived and he could be right. But if what that means is we all get increasingly partisan and angrier then I don’t want our elections to be “social media elections.”
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The Official Information Act, Cam and me
So as I stated on Twitter I was asked to respond to an official information act request from Cam in 30 minutes please.
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A tribute to David Farrar: photos of Europe
This is probably only interesting for maybe, family? (Hi Mum!). Anyway, here’s a collection of some of the photos from the trip to Europe to date.
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