Lookalikes
Saw this advertisement in today’s Sunday Star Times (still haven’t cancelled my subscription). I had wondered what Don Brash, ex leader of the National Party, was up to. Now I know.
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Labour and the ‘typical’ New Zealand family
Today I cleared the mail – nothing there except for a Labour Party pamphlet on “What the 2008 Budget means for you”. The main photo was of a very happy looking family, apparently very content with what Labour was offering – personal tax cuts; funding for teachers and more operations in hospitals; investing in rail […]
The political week in review
It’s been more than a week since I last posted…that sounds like a Catholic confession…and a lot has happened. Labour made a great and probably successful effort at losing the election via one small innocent act – four women MPs and a bad song to the tune of Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”. This has provided […]
Electoral Finance Act breach
Some readers of this blog will be happy to see me finally criticise Labour. It seems the party are the first offenders in breaching the Electoral Finance Act. They published a pamphlet called “We are making a difference” which outlined their policies and achievements – which is clearly electioneering – and neglected to add authorisation […]
Mortgage rates going through the roof?
I got such a hard time for my John Key comments by Johnny-Johnny at www.umami.co.nz that I promised him I’d try and find a more balanced argument to ‘reflect’ the other side. John kindly pointed out to me an NZ Herald article where Helen Clark appeared to be confused about whether mortgage rates were going […]
Prendergast takes mayoralty for last time
Here are the results of the election for Wellington mayor: Candidate Status Iteration Votes Kerry Prendergast elected 9 21,603 Ray Ahipene-Mercer not elected 9 10,700 Bryan Pepperell not elected 9 9,915 Helene Ritchie not elected 8 7,524 Jack Ruben not elected 7 5,290 Rob Goulden not elected 6 4,166 John McGrath not elected 5 3,431 […]