Everyone seems flustered by the pasturing out of Michael Cullen to the Deputy Chair of NZ Post. AdamSmith1922 at the Inquiring Mind has the agitation well-documented here. Personally, I am puzzled as to what all the fuss is about. I long ago decided that, no matter how strange and naive John Key acts, the chances are that [...]

There has been a lot of activity in the blogosphere about ACC recently. Much has been written about the apparent “blowout” in ACC accounts (as if this is something new). Some right-wing bloggers have suggested legal proceedings against Michael Cullen for not revealing the extent of the current deficit, but, while he deserves some scorn [...]

It is rare for the Greens and Act to see eye to eye on anything, but it seems they agree on the stupidity of borrowing to pay into the Cullen fund. No normal person would borrow money in order to place it in a savings fund that is losing money. Even borrowing money to place [...]

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 [...]