Grant Robertson is all over Key’s GCSB brain fade revelations – and the 6 reasons David Shearer isn’t fronting it are…
…Key is vulnerable to his ridiculously convenient brain fades and the leader of the Labour Party should be making deep inroads into this latest GCSB fiasco, but because of Shearer’s own home goal with his UN bank account, he is no where to be seen on this issue.
Grant Robertson is sucking up all the media oxygen, and he’s doing a great job of front footing it.
Watching the manner in which Key crucified Shearer in the house by reminding everyone of the his own UN bank account brain fade blunted Labour repeatedly in question time so Shearer has been taken off the attack, the problem is that it makes Shearer look flaccid and calls into question why he’s the leader when Grant is performing so well.
The Labour Party color coded coup watch is presently at blue, but give it another week of wall to wall Grant coverage and that must start ticking up to yellow.
If the next range of polls continue to show no dent in National’s stratospheric ratings, Grant could be checking what David Cunliffe’s phone number is.
– We seek a 50% reduction in New Zealand’s carbon-equivalent net emissions, as compared to 1990 levels, by 2050. 50 by 50. We will write the target into law.
– National Ltd™ will provide a consistent incentive for both biofuel and biodiesel by exempting them from excise tax or road user charges
– I didn’t know about The Bretheren election tactics
– If they came to us now with that proposal [re trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods regime], we will sign it
– 1981
– Tranzrail shares
– Lord Ashcroft
– National Ltd™ would have sent troops into Iraq
– Standard & Poors credit downgrade
– I didn’t say I want wages to drop
– the real figure of inflation is 3.3 percent.
– the tourism sector has not lost 7,000 jobs
– I won’t raise GST
– the purchase of farmland, by overseas buyers will be restricted to ten farms per purchase
– capping, not cutting the public service,
– north of $50 a week
– privatisation won’t significantly help the economy
– wave goodbye to higher taxes, not your loved ones
– I never offered Brash a diplomatic job in London
– Tariana Turia is “totally fine” with the Tuhoe Treaty Claim deal
– Kiwisaver
– National Ltd™ is not going to radically reorganise the structure of the public sector
– tax cuts won’t require additional borrowing
– 14,000 new apprentices will start training over the next five years, over and above the number previously forecast
– Our amendments to the ETS ensure we will continue to do our fair share internationally
– we are committed to honouring our Kyoto Protocol obligations
– any changes to the ETS will be fiscally neutral
– we [NZ} have grown for eight of the last nine quarters”
– National Ltd™ will tender out the government banking contract
– we will be back in surplus by 2014-15
– unemployment is starting to fall
– we have created 45,000 jobs
– we are likely to create 170,000 jobs in the next 4 years
– I don’t know if I own a vineyard
– the Isreali spy killed in the Christchurch quake had “only one” passport
– the Police will not need to make savings by losing jobs
– GCSB re Kim Dotcom x 3 (that we know about)
– I voted to keep the drinking age at 20
– New Zealand is 100% Pure
– I will resign if found to be lying
– I’ve been prime minister for four years, and it’s really 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year
– baseball in New Zealand is attracting more government support
– the public demanded that we change the labour laws for The Hobbit
– “The Hobbit” created 3000 new jobs
– we have delivered 1000 extra doctors in the public service
– I wasn’t working at Elders when the sham foreign exchange deals took place
– I was starting School Certificate exams in 1978
– cutting consent fees and times and opening up land to developers will create affordable housing
– Labour left the economy in poor shape
– forecasts show unemployment will fall
– our [NZ’s] terms of trade remain high
– the TPP is an example of democracy
– National Ltd™ will use the proceeds of state asset sales to invest in other public assets, like schools and hospitals
– New Zealand troops will be out of Afghanistan by September 2014
– overseas investment in New Zealand adds to what New Zealanders can invest on their own
– overseas investment in New Zealand creates jobs, boosts incomes, and helps the economy grow
– National Ltd™ will build 2000 houses over the next two years
– my officers had no correspondence, no discussion, and no involvement in this [SkyCity] matter
– SkyCity will only get “a few more” pokie machines at the margins
– Sky City has approached TVNZ about the purchase/use of government-owned land
– the Hobbit is going off shore unless we do something
– Solid Energy asked the government for a $1 billion capital investment
– Didn’t know how the purchase of the new ministerial car fleet yet had signed off & went for a test drive in one.
(list curtesy of BLiP)
Bloody brilliant.!!
The PM is calling a portion of the MSM knuckleheads; fantastic. Someone is finally doing their job properly, and hopefully they continue to do so. Why then hasn’t his performance so far been reflected in the polls? It’s a conundrum, but perhaps explained by his faithful supporters listening and viewing habits. For example:
http://www.farmingshow.com/player/ondemand/503271419-john-key–remembering-gcsb-and-tiwai-point
Something I noticed when listening to this was the mention of Rob Fyfe. Contrary to the PM’s assertion of being older than RF they were born in the same year, and Rob Fyfe is actually a few months older. I wonder why he’s trying to distance himself from him, or is it another off the cuff memory lapse?
” …he appears to be confused about who first suggested Fletcher for the job.
Asked why he didn’t tell the full story last week, Key said: “I’d forgotten that at that particular time.”
In Porirua this afternoon, Key was grilled about the sequence of events that saw Fletcher appointed as director of the GCSB in September 2011.
At first Key said: “Iain Rennie, state services commissioner recommended him to me… I rang [Fletcher] and said ‘look, you know, you might be interested.”
Asked again who first brought up Fletcher’s name, Key replied: “Iain Rennie put it to me.”
Later on, he was asked again who first mentioned Fletcher. “I would have mentioned it to him, I’m sure.”
When pressed to clarify if he first suggested the name to Rennie, he said: “I’m sure I probably would have.”
I’d like to see Shearer ask the questions, maybe picking a few extra salient points from Manbat’s list (above.) When Mr Key gets puerile and pathetic as his only response because he can’t face the truth, Shearer should yell out, “Shut the f_ _ _ up, and answer the questions.”
When the Speaker kicks him out for bringing the House into disrepute he should call as he goes, “Having a speaker with the wit and wisdom of a intellectually disabled axolotl brings this house into disrepute.”
That would be exciting. That would bring him some kudos. And the last part would be true.
Yep, Shearer shouldn’t be reeling against the ropes with Key’s ad hom come back, rather, Shearer should take one on the chin and come back with the orchestrated litany of John Key’s lies.
(Many thanks to Manbat for sharing the list of John Key’s lies. I was challenged on a couple of them and, as a result, have made a couple of changes and added DOX to the lot.)
– I promise to always be honest
– We’re not proposing to change the Employment Relations Act in a way that weakens unions
– we are not going to sack public servants, the attrition rate will reduce costs
– we are not going to cut working for families
– I firmly believe in climate change and always have
– We seek a 50% reduction in New Zealand’s carbon-equivalent net emissions, as compared to 1990 levels, by 2050. 50 by 50. We will write the target into law.
– National Ltd™ will provide a consistent incentive for both biofuel and biodiesel by exempting them from excise tax or road user charges
– I didn’t know about The Bretheren
election tactics
– If they came to us now with that proposal [re trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods regime], we will sign it
– I can’t remember my position on the 1981 Springbok Tour
– Tranzrail shares
– Lord Ashcroft
– National Ltd™ would have sent troops into Iraq
– Standard & Poors credit downgrade
– I did not mislead the House
– I didn’t say I want wages to drop
– the real rate of inflation is 3.3 percent.
– the tourism sector has not lost 7,000 jobs
– I won’t raise GST
– the purchase of farmland, by overseas buyers will be limited to ten farms per purchase
– capping, not cutting the public service
– raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will cost 6000 jobs
– north of $50 a week
– privatisation won’t significantly help the economy
– wave goodbye to higher taxes, not your loved ones
– I never offered Brash a diplomatic job in London
– Tariana Turia is “totally fine” with the Tuhoe Treaty Claim deal
– Kiwisaver
– National Ltd™ is not going to radically reorganise the structure of the public sector
– tax cuts won’t require additional borrowing
– New Zealand does not have a debt problem
– New Zealand troops in Afghanistan will only be involved in training, not fighting
– 14,000 new apprentices will start training over the next five years, over and above the
number previously forecast
– Our amendments to the ETS ensure we will continue to do our fair share internationally
– we are committed to honouring our Kyoto Protocol obligations
– any changes to the ETS will be fiscally neutral
– we [NZ] have grown for eight of the last nine quarters”
– National Ltd™ will tender out the government banking contract
– we will be back in surplus by 2014-15
– Nicky Hager’s book “Other People’s Wars” is a work of fiction
– unemployment is starting to fall
– we have created 45,000 jobs
– we are likely to create 170,000 jobs in the next 4 years
– I don’t know if I own a vineyard
– I did not mislead the House (again)
– the Isreali spy killed in the Christchurch quake had “only one” passport
– the Police will not need to make savings by losing jobs
– GCSB re Kim Dotcom x 3 (that we know about)
– I did not mislead the House (again)
– I voted to keep the drinking age at 20
– New Zealand is 100% Pure
– I’ve been prime minister for four years, and it’s really 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year
– baseball in New Zealand is attracting more government support
– I wasn’t told thatMinisterial Services, which I am in charge of, was going to buy brand new BMWs
– the public demanded that we change the labour laws for The Hobbit
– “The Hobbit” created 3000 new jobs
– we have delivered 1000 extra doctors in the public service
– I wasn’t working at Elders when the sham foreign exchange deals took place
– I was starting School Certificate exams in 1978
– I don’t know who arrived on the CIA jet to visit the spies I am responsible for
– reducing barriers to property developers will increase the availability of affordable
housing
– Labour left the economy in poor shape
– forecasts show unemployment will fall
– we have closed the wage gap with Australia by $27
– Ngati Porou and Whanau Apanui are not opposed to mining
– I have not had any meetings with Media Works
– our [NZ’s] terms of trade remain high
– the TPP is an example of democracy
– National Ltd™ will use the proceeds of state asset sales to invest in other public assets, like schools and hospitals
– New Zealand troops will be out of Afghanistan by April 2013
– overseas investment in New Zealand adds to what New Zealanders can invest on their own
– overseas investment in New Zealand creates jobs, boosts incomes, and helps the economy grow
– National Ltd™ will build 2000 houses over the next two years
– there are only 4 New Zealand SAS soldiers in Bamiyan and all working in the area of logistics and planning only
– selling state assets will give cash equity to those companies
– the Sky City deal doesn’t mean more pokies
– there was nothing improper about the Sky City deal
– my office has had no correspondence, no discussions, no involvement with the Sky City deal
– SkyCity will only get “a few more” pokie machines at the margins
– any changes to gambling regulations will be subject to a full public submission process,
– Sky City has approached TVNZ about the purchase/use of government-owned land
– the Auditor General has fully vindicated National over the Sky City deal
– there’s a 50/50 chance the Hobbit is going off shore unless we do something
– David Shearer has signed up for the purchase of shares in Mighty River
– Solid Energy asked the government for a $1 billion capital investment
– fracking has been going safely on in Taranaki for the past 30 years without any issues
– no front line positions will be lost at DoC
– Iain Rennie came to me and recommended Fletcher for the GCSB job
– I forgot that after I scrapped the shortlist for GCSB job I phoned a life-long friend to tell him to apply for the position
– I told Rennie I would contact Fletcher
Blip – this is a fantastic list and an amazing collation of research. I will print these out, along with the identified sources and background information, and carry them with me when campaigning. Thanks very much.! (do you work for the Labour research unit?)
Wait . . . there’s more ; )
Most of those aren’t lies. You just disagree with his position.
Hmmmm . . . time to start keeping a list on you too, I think.
wow blip, thats an incredible list. is there a way i can have that as html (so i can have all the hyperlinks) or something so i can add it to other blogs? would be very handy. not sure if its possible? otherwise i will go thru it all one by one & make my own html…thanks again for your amazing work of beauty.
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Sure – email me: camsew99@yahoo.com
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Actually – a better idea would be to go to “Page Source” and cut’n’paste from there.
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