Embarrassing for National

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Economy, John Key, National Party | No Comments »

It's a bit embarrassing for National that they haven't asked a single question of the Finance Minister since he delivered his Budget last week. John Key and Bill English want to be PM and Minister of Finance this time next ...

Shrinking the State - National’s True Agenda

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy, John Key, National Party, Tax, Videos | No Comments »

My good friend and Labour Party candidate for Hunua Jordan Carter has written an excellent post on the National Party's tax cutting agenda. Jordan takes issue with the assertion that Labour should have cut taxes while the going was good. ...

Train buy-back great, but what would National do?

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in John Key, Labour's Achievements, Public Transport | No Comments »

I'm really pleased that Helen Clark and Michael Cullen have announced today that the government is buying back the trains from Aussie operator Toll Holdings. The National government made a huge mistake when they sold off this vital infrastructure and ...

April 1st no joke for Kiwi families

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Helen Clark, John Key, Labour's Achievements | No Comments »

It's the first of April, a day normally associated with practical jokes and pranks. However the great news for Kiwi families coming from the government today is no joke.It's no joke that around 2,400 families will be better off, as ...

“Slippery John” changes position on tax cuts

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in John Key, National Party, Tax | 1 Comment »

The Sunday Star Times has an interesting story today on tax cuts that illustrates once again how John Key's strategy of making it up as he goes along is starting to fail badly. There is a trend here. First, Key makes ...

Key’s speech on the public sector

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in John Key, National Party, Public Service | No Comments »

Last week John Key made a speech promising to put a halt to public sector growth should National form the next government. As Helen Clark has pointed out, Key conveniently overlooks the fact that the vast majority of the additional ...