Today, the prime minister says that. “prima facie” there is something to the allegations about John Key’s housing arrangements that he should be required to answer – so the press gallery should take them seriously.

So which is it, prime minister? Or are you just a pathological liar who will say anything on the day?

And, also, she has tried to make something of the links between the sacking of Philida Bunkle and John Key’s situation. She forgets to mention that Bunkle was fired FOR STEALING MONEY THROUGH FALSE DECLARATIONS FOR HIGHER ALLOWANCES.

Again, Clark will know this – she sacked her after all. She will just be lying to make a point.

“Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Questions for Oral Answer
Questions to Ministers
Environment, Minister—Confidence

2. JOHN KEY (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister for the Environment; if so, why?
Rt Hon HELEN CLARK (Prime Minister): Yes; because he is a hard-working and conscientious Minister.”

“I didn’t know how fat we were going, I was doing paperwork”

“Signing the painting doesn’t mean I painted it!”

“It is the convention in this house that we accept a minister at his word!”

At present I am just happy to put the champagne on ice pending the imploding of this desperate and angry bunch of worn out socialists.

Helen, I think you’ve gone past the point now where anyone believes a single thing you say.

Craig, the worm does seem to be stirring, if not quite turning yet. Dear Leader won’t be at all happy that there have been several features, opinion pieces and editorials having a crack at her and her colleagues over the last week. I’m sure she won’t have enjoyed Nicky Hagar telly Mikey Havoc that the EFB was like something you’d expect from the Nazis, , and she defintely won’t be inviting John Armstrong, Audrey Young and Fran O’Sullivan to her Christmas drinkies. Give it a couple more bad polls for Labour, and the radio & TV guys will realise that the love affair with Labour is over – then it could get VERY interesting!

Pascal, thank you for taking my earlier post the way it was intended. I knew someone would cry foul over it, but I notice there was no actual arguement about it’s accuracy.

What is it about the PM that makes reporters/radio hosts shake in their boots? She would be the easiest target in the country to tackle on honesty & hypocrisy issues.

Are RNZ concerned that she will boycott them if someone challenges her? Let her. That would be a major headline story.

Given her desperate need to stay in the public eye, she would never walk away from them, so FFS, someone grow a pair.

1) Clark doesn’t know about the smear attacks against John Key – if that is the case, she has become a useless and incompetent Leader, and has no control over her Cabinet & Caucus. She should resign forthwith.

2) Clark does know about the smear attacks against John Key – if that is the case, she is not only an arrogant bully, a fool, and a very frightened, paranoid leader, but also a blatant liar. She should resign forthwith.

Sorry, I’m being unkind. But it would seem that the recent rantings by this government show they are too concerned about continuing to govern to actually govern, which at the end of the day is what we expect from them.

The crisis within our health system is only exacerbated in the eyes of the voting public when the publically elected official charged with fixing it seems more concerned with self preservation than the welfare of those disadvantaged by this crisis.

“To be brutally honest, Labours largest support base resides amongst our poorest, least educated and most government dependant members of society. They will believe whatever “labour” says, because Labour is the poor peoples party and National supports the enemy, being big business.

National need to reach these poor deluded souls, least they be blind forever.”

Born to rule, eh, CraigM. And you wonder why national has been sitting on the wrong side of the house for the past nine years.