My Politician Of The Year

It’s John Banks. For having the tenacity and courage to lie to the public again and again. Telling so many brazen untruths took a special sort of bravery. His efforts to depict himself as the wronged party were unflagging, even as all the evidence suggested he had engaged in activity that, if not outright unlawful, was certainly unethical…

An Unexpected Ordeal

The success of Peter Jackson has got me thinking. I’m clearly doing my blogging all wrong. I was going to write a succinct post setting out my predictions for 2013, but that would obviously have been a mistake.So instead I’m going to extend the magic a little. Here goes: In February 2013 David Shearer will… (to be…

New Zealand Cricket Recruits Fresh Talent

In an unexpected move, Dunedin South MP Clare Curran today confirmed she would quit politics to take up a new role at New Zealand Cricket. Curran said she would join New Zealand Cricket in April 2013 as Senior Communications Manager.Her new role will be to manage the organisation’s internal and external communications, and to provide mentoring and…

Ten Important Friday Questions

Has New Zealand Cricket been taking man-management lessons from the Labour Party? When can we start politicking over the Hobsonville tornado?If I admit that Garth McVicar deserves credit for helping someone immensely, will my head explode? Is repeated exposure to Feliz Navidad a defence to anything under the Crimes Act? Is there more than one…

Blogger Welcomes Lawful Evil Runner-up Award

Monday 3 December 2012 Press release: Imperator Fish Blogger welcomes Lawful Evil runner-up award Imperator Fish blogger Scott Yorke is pleased with his ranking as runner up in the Lawful Evil category in the Tumeke NZ Blogger Alignment Awards 2012.While disappointed to be beaten to the supreme award by Kiwiblog’s David Farrar, Mr Yorke said…

New Testing Regime For Party Pills

Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has announced a new testing regime for political party pills, after concerns were raised about the testing of animals. Mr Dunne said he will put a stop to the lethal dose (LD50) test, which involves dosing a test group of dogs with a drug until half the group dies. He…

Your Twitter Troubles Are Finally Over!

I know that many of my readers are active on Twitter. But if you’re like me then you probably have trouble finding the time to respond to all those tweets from other people.Sometimes it’s just hard to find the words to express what you want to say, and the 140 character limit doesn’t help either.…

What John Tamihere’s Return Means

The decision by Labour’s ruling council to allow John Tamihere to rejoin the party should be interpreted as one of the following: recognition by the party’s leadership that the reign of terror within the party led by the gays and frontbums is at an end; a sensible decision, because there are plenty of people within…

What Labour Needs To Do

… is round up all the bloggers and commentators on the left with an opinion on Labour’s woes, lock them all in the same small room for days on end until they are ankle deep in their own excrement and overwhelmed by the foetid stench; then drag them outside, wash them down, give them clean clothes, and…