National and United Future’s confidence and supply agreement is out. Portfolios outside Cabinet:Peter Dunne gets Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister of Health. Policy Concessions Include: Maintain the policy, research and advocacy role of the Families Commission whilst seeking to achieve administrative efficiencies between the operations of the Families Commission and the Office of the […]
Entries Tagged as 'National Party'
And United Future’s Baubles Are…
November 16th, 2008 4 Comments
Tags: Elections · National Party · NZ Government · United Future Party
And the Maori Party gets…
November 16th, 2008 Comments Off on And the Maori Party gets…
National and the Maori Party’s confidence and supply agreement is out. Two Maori Party MP’s get portfolios outside Cabinet:Dr Sharples gets Maori Affairs Minister, Associate Education Minister and Associate Corrections Minister.Tariana Turia gets Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Associate Health Minister and Associate Social Development Minister. Policy Concessions Include: National offered a review […]
Tags: Elections · Maori Party · National Party · NZ Government
Sometimes the Left are Right: The Right-Wing 5 Headed Monster
November 14th, 2008 Comments Off on Sometimes the Left are Right: The Right-Wing 5 Headed Monster
One of the things I am loving about not being affiliated to any party is that I can criticise my own ‘side’. It is a liberating thing. I stumbled accross this on The Standard and I have to say I agreed with it. Well, most of it. Definately did not agree with the last line… […]
Tags: John Key · National Party · NZ Government · The Standard
The Voting is Over
November 8th, 2008 4 Comments
Curiablog‘s final results: National 59 (46.8%)Labour 44 (34.6%)Green 10 (8.1%)ACT 3 (2.6%)Maori 4 (2.4%)United Future 1 (0.5%)Progressive 1 (0.2%) There will be an overhang so the magic number to chase is a majority of 122 seats. Most likely formulae are: National+ACT+United Future = 63 seatsLabour+Prog+Greens = 55 seats Other possibilities could happen. The next days […]
Tags: Elections · John Key · National Party · NZ Government
A Voting Guide
November 7th, 2008 13 Comments
How to choose who to vote for tomorrow, from Glenn (once again – what can we say? he is brilliant and we ran out of time *ahem*) Extract from: So who AM I voting for? (the election blog, part 3) Basic Human rights/freedomsThere are some bottom line human rights and liberties that should always be […]
Tags: ACT Party · Christian Parties · Due Process · Elections · Glenn Peoples · National Party · Rights and Freedoms · Role of the State · Welfare
Fisking Grant Robertson
November 7th, 2008 25 Comments
Supporters of Labour Candidate for Wellington Central, Grant Robertson, have published this video to provide evidence that Stephen Franks, the National Candidate for the same electorate, is “homophobic.” I remain unconvinced; in fact, I suggest that a careful analysis of the contents show that, if anything, Robertson is the bigoted ideologue. Unlike Robertson’s supporters, I […]
Tags: Elections · Grant Robertson · Homosexual Conduct · National Party · Stephen Franks
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
So What if She Wore the Same Jacket Twice?
November 23rd, 2008 6 Comments
When I first read reports on the blogosphere about the NZ Herald commenting on Bronagh Key’s wearing the same jacket twice, I thought that the article everyone was linking to must have been related to John Key’s swearing in, where she wore the offending jacket the second time and the fashion comments had to be […]
Tags: Bronagh Key · Feminism · John Key · National Party