Category: Politics
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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Wilful ignorance
Confession statement: I’m a frustrated political junkie – frustrated because, as a particular type of public servant, I’m not allowed to participate in democracy the way I would like… i.e. not openly.
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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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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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We were the good guys
I was raised under the Great Western Mythology. We are the good guys.
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#YesAllMen tl;dr
Hi there. So there’s been a lot of rage from men about David Cunliffe’s comments about apologising for being a man.
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Troll stroll 12 June 2014
So a few people have asked me to record my #trollstroll tweets here as a post so you can see them if you miss them.
Read MoreTroll Stroll: 4 June 2014
So a few people have asked me to record my #trollstroll tweets here as a post so you can see them if you miss them.
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A nice Politician with a capital P: My interview with Grant Robertson
Af-fable adj: Pleasant, friendly and easy to talk to; see: Robertson, Grant.
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National’s latest campaign ad
With the announcement of not one, but TWO former tobacco lobbyists as National’s electorate candidates, National has updated its advertising to reflect its priorities.
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