I find it quite depressing to read all the utter drivel from Labour and it’s left wing crony blogs, harping on about how the tax cuts to “rich” people (those earning over 70,000, apparently) are worth more that the tax cuts to the poor. Are these people stupid or something? Of course the cuts for [...]

I see the thrill of Phil is fading fast. The latest Colmar Brunton poll sees him sliding down four points to 5%. That’s barely above the margin of error. I don’t think I recall even Bill English ever dipping below double figures in a Colmar Brunton poll. And Labour is now on 31%, which is [...]

If ever there was a good illustration of the parochial nature of New Zealand’s media, it is the furor over Bill English’s government limo parking on a dotted yellow line. In the grand scheme of things, I would rate this as a 0.5/10 – right up there with “cat gets stuck in tree” (Daring Rescue [...]

Well, Parliamentary services has opened the books and the week has been filled with people acting shocked because (gasps of horror!) MP get a load of perks. Sir Roger Douglas has not done himself any favours by spelling out the unpalatable fact MPs are entitled to these perks (apparently given by Labour in lieu of [...]

The only thing in Bill’s budget that seems to be raising any excitement anywhere is the suspension of Cullen fund contributions until the Government is in surplus again. As this looks to be a decade away, this is making Phil Goff very excited indeed. I presume this is because he can stir up masses of [...]

Hey, Bill! Still looking for government departments to slash? Here’s one – the health select committee. Any committee in the health sector that is concerned about toilet paper and pen usage instead of the provision of health does not deserve to live. Kill it now, Bill. Or get Tony to do it.  You know you want [...]

The media is making much of the apparent contradiction between Bill English’s take on the economy and John Key’s. I think that the differences between them are much more perceived than real, and that there is a strong element of talking cross purposes here.  What appears to be happening is that Key is talking about [...]

Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article. (MacDoctor definition) Here is a sample of politically biased spam. While I consider this a spam article because it contains only political innuendo, I concede that some left wingers may consider it actual fact.  But it’s not my fault you [...]

There’s a plague scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail that starts with a cart full of dead bodies and the driver shouting “bring out your dead”. A bloke dumps an old man on to the cart who promptly wakes up and cries out “but I’m not dead!”.”I can’t take him,” The driver points [...]

Audrey Young blogs that Bill English has been forced into being positive about Michael Cullen’s stewardship: In the midst of the horrible outlook and depressing uncertainty about how bad it might get, English was forced to change his message about his inheritance from Labour because it was more important to inject some sense of positivity [...]