The great Labour Party leadership poll

This is your chance to vote in the great Labour Party leadership poll. We ask the questions the media are too afraid to ask. But do you dare? Vote now! Now! Hurry! Vote! Have you voted yet? Why not? Vote!

The Luminaries makes the Man Booker shortlist

Eleanor Catton’s book The Luminaries has made it onto the Man Booker Prize shortlist for 2013. It is a splendid achievement, but she faces fierce competition for the top prize, including a book about a boy wizard, and a novel set in the dying days of Middle Earth’s Third Age.

Hard left!

Bob Mittsky returns from Pyongyang with some timely advice for Labour leadership contender David Cunliffe. The winner of Best Columnist at the 2013 Air Koryo Media Awards knows exactly what Cunliffe needs to do to win the contest.

Abbott takes time out to bask in election victory

After a late election night, prime minister-elect of Australia, Tony Abbott, took time out on Sunday for a bike ride, to talk to Warringah locals, and to burn down a school.

So who’s to blame for Shearer’s failure? An Imperator Fish exclusive

David Shearer has appeared on TVNZ’s Q&A programme to explain what went wrong with his leadership of Labour. It is clear that someone is to blame for what went wrong, but who is it? In this Imperator Fish exclusive we can finally reveal the identity of the saboteur.

David Shearer: Labour’s future

As the Labour Party leadership contest continues, our expert pundit and strategist reveals that another person might be better suited for the top job. Dick Fritter’s insightful and detailed analysis will stun you.

Time to blow some shit up

The civil war in Syria is messy and bloody, but we cannot stand by and watch as a madman gasses his own people. So let’s blow some shit up.

A message from Sir Russell Coutts

Sir Russell Coutts explains why he is so dismayed by the international jury’s decision to dock Team Oracle points.

A new new hope

I will be relaunching this site soon. You will see that things look different. You will have to be patient, but it will be worth the wait. Have I ever lied to you?

Now it’s done…

In which I contemplate a return to my blogging break.