It’s been a tough week. Had my big speech in Parliament on Tuesday. Managed to say not much, and didn’t commit to doing anything, which left me very pleased. Sat down after the speech feeling pretty good about myself, only for the other lot to start tearing strips off me. Who do they think they…
Dear Mr Key I know I’ve been making fun of you lately, and I’m sorry about that. But you have been make it easy for me. Anyway, I wanted to write to you because there’s something I want to say. You see, it’s about your government’s economic policies and your speech this week to Parliament.…
A guest post by Justice Minister Simon Power I am often asked as Justice Minister what my position on evidence is. Because I get asked this question a lot, I have decided to spell out my position and the position of the government I am a member of, so as to leave no doubt about…
So the teachers want a fight, do they? All because they say National Standards won’t work and will create league tables (so what? why shouldn’t I know how the Warriors are getting on?), and have been shown to be a miserable failure everywhere they’ve been tried. I’ve always said we can’t take too much from…
If you follow the Stuff website or read Fairfax newspapers you may have concluded that they must have an Unworldly Spectres Department. There has been a series of ghost stories involving strange images caught on film. Everything from a cat to a dead woman gazing over the fence. Today’s instalment is brought to you by…
Top ten John Key excuses why unemployment has risen: “Unemployed” is such a pejorative term. Let’s instead use the term “recreationally enabled”. IT’S ALL LABOUR’S FAULT!! Volcanoes. I like cute animals. Can we talk about them instead? Flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag… still here? flag flag flag flag…
Dear Diary Saw Bill’s girl on the telly last night. She got 99% in an international exam. That’s much better than the 21% Bill got in his 2002 test. LOL! I just read about a Northland girl auctioning off her virginity for $45K. That’s a tidy sum to get for auctioning off your principles and…
The Sunday Star Times reports that a new book out by academic Malcolm Mulholland is controversial, because it advocates that we find a new flag, a new national anthem and a new name for our country. I don’t find any of those things particularly controversial. Take our anthem. It sucks. I’ve said so before. I…
You probably know by now that Clint Eastwood has made a film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup. And, naturally, we all know who wins. But, having seen the film, I can tell you there is a lot more to it than a simple rugby game. The film, Invictus, tells the story of one great…
Dear Diary Wow, what a busy couple of days! I just had to write! Had to take one of Anne’s jobs off her the other day. I told her she should focus on getting national standards for literacy and numeracy sorted out. I told the media this wasn’t a demotion. Hopefully they didn’t see the…
Imperator Fish 
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