David Shearer: Thank you Mr Speaker, my question now to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises: Has the Government met the five criteria the Prime Minister laid out for proceeding with asset sales? Tony Ryall: Blue cheese.Shearer: Point of order, Mr Speaker. What kind of answer was that? Mr Speaker: The minister answered the question.…
Last week’s parliamentary vote was a huge boost for the marriage equality movement, but a new group has been formed to protect traditional family values. Named HAME (Hipsters Against Marriage Equality), the group plans a campaign of opposition against Louisa Wall’s bill before parliament.“Marriage equality is just old,” said the group’s spokesperson Thom Moretti. “Many…
Labour Party leader David Shearer has moved quickly to discipline one of his MPs for failing to declare a pecuniary interest. “I expect high standards from my MPs” said Shearer, as he announced that MP David Shearer would be stood down from all duties. The suspension arose after the MP today admitted failing to declare…
Did you know that I now have a Facebook page? No? That must be why your life is really terrible right now. But it’s not too late to turn things around. Go to my page and push “like” and get hard-hitting commentary like this: Enjoy as I eviscerate politicians and public figures alike: Or maybe you’re…
The newly elected pope, Francis I, has demanded an immediate crusade to liberate the Falkland Islands from Britain. Speaking to a crowd in St Peter’s Basilica today, Pope Francis called for the men of Christendom to become “soldiers of God” and to “cleanse the Malvinas of the British impiety.” The Pope said he had been…
Well, Scott, that was a tight contest, and commiserations on your defeat. What do you think was the difference in the end? Yeah, nah, thanks Smithie. It was a tight race, and I still feel like I could have won it at the end, but Francis was just too tough. His superior experience told in…
A meeting, somewhere in Wellington: David Shearer: People, we have a problem. We have been banging the “no asset sales” drum for the better part of two years, and still the polls are flat. Why don’t they like us?David Cunliffe: Speak for yourself. Grant Robertson: Forget the polls. Everything that happened before now has been a prelude…
9:04 am People keep criticising the management of Solid Energy as if we did something wrong. But I’m very proud of my time as CEO of the company, and I have no regrets about anything. When most of your product sits under the surface the only realistic option you have is to run the business…
A new delivery company has been launched, and its founder Janice Grenville says it will “change the relationship most Kiwis have with their Number Twos”. Grenville has joined forces with serial entrepreneur and celebrity arsonist Hans de Groen to create the company My Lavatory Bag.My Lavatory Bag is designed to take the pain out of…
I have been thinking for a while about writing a post on the Marriage Equality Bill. I’m sure you have heard all the arguments for and against the bill, but I thought it would be great if someone without a vested interest in the outcome spent some time doing a bit of solid research on…
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