The Insanely Stupid Idea Is Two Ticks Blue
Greens on a record 16 per cent, National and Labour stuck on 28 per cent and Luxon calls the overhang an ‘insanely stupid idea’. The stupid idea is sticking with two ticks blue while the polls sink.
Winston’s Right – Key’s Speech Was Suicidal
John Key told National voters splitting their vote was ‘the opposite of clever’. Winston Peters called it a suicidal speech. Run the numbers and Winston is the one who can count.
Chippy’s Minder
Trevor Mallard kept Owen Glenn away from Helen Clark in 2008. On Saturday he was stepping between Chris Hipkins and a heckler at Ōtara. Some people never change jobs.
Grandpa Hager’s Latest Work of Fiction
The denials and corrections are piling up. Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work is a work of fiction and a thin one at that.
Fifty Point Seven Million. Confidence For Now.
Fifty point seven million wasted on Immigration NZ biometrics. Contempt for misleading parliament. Offered to resign. Still employed. Confidence for now.
Hager Should’ve Called His Book ‘A Swing and a Miss’
Hundreds packed Unity for Hager’s Dirty Work. Election-week damp squib. The poll charts still say noise, and the day-after receipts say fiction – plus their best unpaid fundraiser.
Three Years Of Landlord Tax Cuts. Now He Keeps Them.
Hipkins spent three years calling interest deductibility a tax cut for landlords. Now he keeps it and sells a capital gains tax instead. The slogan was the policy. The policy just left the room.
Most Popular. Melting Numbers.
Hipkins still says he is the most popular politician in the country. Ani has the clip. Cam already cut the line. Stats NZ has GDP up 0.2 per cent and construction up 2.7 percent. Popularity is a feeling. The ledger is a receipt.
Wet Gallery. Dry History.
Hager drops a mystery book Tuesday. Gallery sells destiny. The poll charts from 2002 to 2020 say noise. Agitprop in a journalist costume.