Sherlock Shearer?

In Parliament on Thursday during his Budget speech, John Key likened David Shearer and Dr Russel Norman to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the famous Conan-Doyle novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It seems that John Key is so impressed by David Shearer’s powers of deduction and razor-sharp mind, that he cannot help but…

Labour responds to "Devil-Beast" claim

Labour leader and diabolical master of puppets, David Shearer Labour Party MPs have rubbished claims by John Key during his Budget speech that Labour are the “Devil-Beast”.The Prime Minister made the comments during a fiery debate over Bill English’s budget. “It will be about National versus the Devil-Beast”, Mr Key said of the 2014 election. “I know…

The 2013 Budget: live updates

Tune in here for up-to-date coverage of the big event. I’ll be updating this page all afternoon. 1:32 pmThat was a pleasant enough lunch.1:57 pm  Tremendous excitement is building, as speculation mounts that Sean “Diddy” Coombs may be joining the cast of Downton Abbey. 1:59 pm I am scratching now. 2:07 pm Bill English is…

It’s that day

Today is a big day for our news media. They will be gearing up for a huge effort, so expect to hear only one major news story today.On this day the attention of the news media will be focused on the efforts of one person. What will that person reveal? What effect will it have…

A day in the life of Judith Collins

8:13 am I don’t like the MMP review. The review by the Electoral Commission was well-written and considered a lot of complex issues, but I just don’t like it. Maybe it’s their choice of font, or the paper they used. No, I can’t put my finger on the exact issue preventing me from implementing the…

Hello Mike?

Mike, I see you’ve been busy on Newstalk ZB’s website, applauding the SkyCity convention centre deal. The main question I have out of the convention centre announcement is should progress really be this hard?  The idea was first mooted back in 2003 and once National got into power and decided it was worth giving a…

The season for apologies

I’m sorry about my tweet last night calling for the murder of all black people. I have now deleted the offending tweet.It was just a joke, and anyone who knows me well would tell you I would never hurt a black person, unless he was walking towards me wearing a hoodie, because it’d be too…

Devil to take PM’s soul in convention centre deal

An artist’s impression of a soulless John Key John Key will sell his soul to the Devil, in a deal announced with SkyCity and Beelzebub this morning. Under the terms of the deal, SkyCity will spend approximately $402 million on the construction of a world-class convention centre. In return, SkyCity will be granted an extra…

The Sky City deal: analysing the benefits

Under the deal Judgement Day will be postponed until at least 2048, and those who enter Sky City Casino will be cleansed of all sin. I haven’t had time to analyse the Sky City deal in much detail, but it looks like a big win for taxpayers. Look at some of the benefits: The Auckland region…