A few weeks ago someone gave me a copy of this interview with John Key. Now the first thing to note is that the article was published by Gaynz.com. Gaynz.com are not a terribly reliable media outlet, and Madeleine would say that they are beneath the term “media outlet”. Hence, much of what is written [...]
Entries Tagged as 'John Key'
John Key on Religion and Public Life
September 30th, 2008 21 Comments
Tags: GayNZ.com · Homosexual Conduct · John Key · National Party · Religion in Public Life · Sexual Morality
Key Savage?
February 13th, 2007 No Comments
From this morning’s ODT, a letter to the editor from Paul Tulloch of Roslyn: “I was visiting a family of 23 in a small south Dunedin state house last Saturday, a family whose members had lived there since 1953. As I arrived at the door, I heard the sound of dull thuds against the wall [...]
Tags: Humour · John Key · Mickey Savage
Key a PC Socialist?
December 2nd, 2006 5 Comments
Murray certainly thinks so and I am inclined to agree from what I have heard so far from the man. Of course it could all be the way the media are reporting things but Key does appear to be pulling National more centrist and last time National were over there it was disastrous for them. [...]
Tags: John Key · National Party
Nuclear Freedom
December 1st, 2006 1 Comment
John Key’s statements that National has no plan to lift the nuclear free policy of New Zealand are very disapointing. While David Farrar has a good point about it being “one less stick to be beaten with,” New Zealand’s nuclear free policy is stupid. No I am not advocating that New Zealand enters the arms [...]
Tags: John Key · National Party · Nuclear Power
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