Because I’m Lazy Part VI

Another day of doing not much, so here’s another retread from 2012. Dick Fritter’s Salute to John Key It was another masterful display in the House yesterday, as the Prime Minister ran rings around the Opposition yet again.First up was a question about the handling of the economy. John Key batted the question away by…

Dick Fritter: More Diversionary Tactics

I’m all about the love, is me. I don’t mean the sort I have to pay for, though at least that way I get to choose what I want and how I want it done, and get to skip that tedious period before the action starts trying to warm her engine, so to speak. No,…

Dick Fritter’s Salute to John Key

It was another masterful display in the House yesterday, as the Prime Minister ran rings around the Opposition yet again. First up was a question about the handling of the economy. John Key batted the question away by describing the handling of his car. Key then walked over to Winston Peters, grabbed his cheeks and…

Dick Fritter’s Top 2011 Calls

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…

Dick Fritter: It’s All In The Pastry

Political strategist Dick Fritter has seen it all. 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 sniff out any scandal and manage any crisis.” His most…