Saturday 26 November 2011 – The Labour Party, led by Phil Goff, tonight completed a crushing victory over the National Party in the General Election. With over 98% of the votes counted, Labour were ahead of National in the party vote by over 22%, and were set to capture around 54% of the vote. Prime…
John Key will be reeling after the events of this past weekend. They will be a blow to his government’s re-election chances. I am not referring to the Te Tai Tokerau byelection, even if the humiliation of Key’s Maori Party ally hasn’t helped the cause. But that is just a minor blow compared to the…
What a truly astounding speech. I wish I could have been there, because to feel the atmosphere would have sent a shiver down the spine and left me mute with astonishment. But I had to watch the speech on the television, just like most other people. It would have been something else to be there,…
Prime Minister John Key is seeking to trade mark a number of the comedy phrases and slogans that have made him famous. Mr Key’s patent attorney James Baldpark last week filed a number of trade mark applications with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office. Key’s move came only a day after news broke that US…
If you fancy a man who drowns kittens and gets in the mood by wearing Nazi regalia, then John Key may just be the one for you. But if you think that’s hot, he is also cultured. Key is an antiquities buff and has a stunning collection of treasures originally looted from Iraqi museums during…
So on the same day that Egyptian President Mubarak announces his plans not to seek re-election later this year, we learn that John Key has announced an election date in November 2011. These two events could, of course, be entirely coincidental. After all, both leaders are quite different. One has gone to extremes to foster…
So the economy is shot to hell, and our political leaders don’t seem to know or care how to fix it. Let’s instead focus on the important things. Like the cricket. Prime Minister John Key was leading from the front today. He may have dropped the ball on the Pike River issue (Phil Goff has…
An Imperator Fish exclusive He’s a fan of German philosophy and Voltaire, but doesn’t like the historical legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Prime Minister John Key took a couple of hours out of his busy schedule today to talk exclusively with Imperator Fish readers. Key mixed talk of policy with some personal observations during his…
Check out this hagiography of our Prime Minister from Bloomberg, published in the Herald. (Warning: not suitable if you’ve just eaten)
The decision by Prime Minister John Key to stay on as part of an overseas trade mission, rather than attend the funerals of three Air Force servicemen, has been criticised as “callous and insensitive”. The comments were made by Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugo Pomfrey-Brown, who was one of many servicemen to attend the funerals.…
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