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If anyone has ten minutes to spare, I strongly recommend this interview with Sean Hughes. It has been largely overlooked by other media, perhaps because he is so restrained and measured instead of confrontational - but it's compelling evidence.
In short, the head of the FMA says he quit, in part because of the attacks on him and his office. All because he was doing his public duty of oversight and investigation (and no, Prime Minister, he's not a "screaming left-winger", at all).
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/20147910(sorry, not sure how to embed link)
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Sean Hughes of the Financial Markets Authority was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan. He came across as a conscientious public servant, who had been hounded out of his job. It made me more angry than anything else I've heard in this whole business.
Destroying is easy, building up institutions - and the spirit of those who staff them - is a longer and harder road.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Watch the first part of the debate, Craig. "Incoherent" would be kind.
No, I don't think he was drunk, but if he was stone-cold sober, that's kinda worse.
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Speaking of our leaders displaying dignity:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10451707/Judith-Collins-Cunliffe-is-a-moron
The full article is quite funny, in a head-shaking kind of way.
Warning: may give you a Jilted John earworm (old person music reference ...)
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I WATCHED IT AND I LEARNED HOW TO DEBATE.
I WIN THIS THREAD. WHATEVER.
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Here's Key's problem:
Collins can be sacked from Cabinet. But not from Twitter.
https://twitter.com/JudithCollinsMP/status/506301025041408000
Oh dear.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Hebe,
Key appeared to slip up on Morning Report and detail some of his dispute with the Dirty Politics book. But he hasn't read it, has he?
Yes, he's said in several interviews: "If you go and have a look at the book ...". Still waiting for an interviewer to pick him up on it.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Euan Mason,
What happens next will be a test of our democracy.
I'd amend that to: "What happens eventually will be a test of our democracy".
There are two very different timetables: the political, and the judicial (including quasi-judicial inquiries). Sadly, horse-race journalism is so entrenched that it's almost obligatory for our media to pretend that the story ends on September 20. It won't.
Pollsters asking voters every five minutes "Well, have you changed your mind yet? Well, have you?" doesn't help. Human nature doesn't work like that.
It's entirely possible (even probable) that Key will be PM after election day, and assorted commentators will declare 'He got away with it" or "He's been vindicated", depending on their leanings.
To repeat an earlier post: Nixon's vote, over 60%. After Watergate. But before the consequences.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to izogi,
I’m still having difficulty seeing who the Prime Minister is actually accountable to, in a way that's actually effective
Cathy Odgers, apparently. She runs the left wing conspiracy now.
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TV3 carries a live press conference with John Key, on Collins' resignation.
This replaces the scheduled programme ... ' Would I lie to you? '.