Do politicians take the hypocritic oath when they are sworn in? Phil (Walking in Her Footsteps) Goff reached new heights of hypocrisy as he baited John Key today with readings from the ministerial manual: Opposition leader Phil Goff used the rules of the Cabinet Manual to attack Mr Key in the House yesterday about his [...]

Is it my imagination, or have the latest run of left wing protests been both shrill and rather hypocritical? Today Mike Lee and Andrew Williams are bleating about the horrors of the Auckland Supercity. The Herald dutifully repeats their complaints without once pointing out that both complainers are destined to be out of work when [...]

I know I am showing my age a bit here, but I can remember the days when newspapers used to report actual news. This is in direct contrast to this morning’s Herald (it certainly is “the weak-end” Herald). We have the mercurial Hone Harawira admitting to skipping official meetings (the ones we paid for him [...]

Don’t you just love Phil Goff’s pronouncements? Today he is telling the world that, if he was prime minister (which, thank the Lord, he is not), he would have stripped Richard Worth of his portfolio because he failed to manage a conflict of interest properly. Now, I agree this was a dumb thing to do. Worth [...]