The fact that Gaddafi, bin Laden and Krazy Kim bit the dust, and that we finally won that stupid piece of silverware (despite doing our best not to), can scarcely compensate for the shit year the people of Christchurch had. Other disappointments were the election result (I fully acknowledge that whether that result was a…
(Because my blog output is currently limited, here’s another blogpost from earlier in the year) Oh I Say! 11 April 2011 More observations from touring British Conservative MP Sir Giles Fortescue-Snoot. I say the chaps on the West Coast of the South Island are a queer lot. And I don’t mean queer like cousin Bertie…
A National Party MP’s colleagues have become increasingly concerned about his wellbeing, after he failed for two consecutive days to make a fool of himself on Twitter. Concerns were raised when colleagues of Tau Henare realised that they had not noticed a single social media brainfart from the list MP for over 48 hours. With…
(I’m still in “can’t be bothered” territory with blogging, so here’s another post from earlier in the year.) People With Arsehole Syndrome Need To Be Understood, Not Judged 13 March 2011 If you read Michael Laws’ latest column in the Sunday Star Times today you may have concluded that Laws is a revolting human being.…
(I’m still in “can’t be bothered” territory with blogging, so here’s another post from earlier in the year. It’s a good reminder that someone should not publicly mock a political party only a couple of months before joining it. Oh well…) Labour Looks To The Dead 29 March 2011 Labour leader Phil Goff was under…
(Because I’m on holiday and am too lazy to blog properly, I may for a while be content just to repost some of the stuff I wrote earlier in the year. Bad luck, old chap) The Leaked Welfare Working Group Recommendations 21 February 2011 Dear John and Bill We’ve finished our work and the report…
(Because I’m on holiday and am too lazy to blog properly, I may for a while be content just to repost some of the stuff I wrote earlier in the year. Bad luck, old chap) John Key: Lover, Art Collector, Kitten Strangler 5 February 2011 If you fancy a man who drowns kittens and gets…
Former political strategist and now full-time pundit Dick Fritter returns to this blog after a long break. A self-proclaimed politics tragic, he has worked with just about everyone, from Rob Muldoon to Osama bin Laden. Fritter’s biographer, Michael Bassett, has described the master strategist as a “hard drinking, hard living, hard loving man who can…
2011 may have been a lousy year for a lot of people, but it was also the year some of the worst people on the planet left it. Gaddafi, bin Laden and Kim were perhaps the three nastiest pieces of work going around, and now they are no more. Thanks Santa!
A fierce row has broken out between a Wellington restaurateur and United Future Party leader Peter Dunne, over a table booking for one of the city’s most in-demand eateries. The trouble began when Mr Dunne attempted to book a table at Wellington’s Acropolis Cafe for his caucus’ annual Christmas lunch. According to Mr Dunne the…
Imperator Fish 
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