Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Hebe,
He made the same slip on Saturday. Guess he'd just claim his office has read it.
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However, more OIA shennanigans emerge:
Judith Collins' office processed an Official Information Act request in just two days to release an email embarrassing then Serious Fraud Office head Adam Feeley in 2011.
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Key took action against Collins so he could say this sort of tosh:
Prime Minister John Key has tried to distance himself from claims Mark Hotchin was paying bloggers to undermine the Serious Fraud Office, saying he does not know about the arrangement and it is not a matter for the National Party.
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Mr Key said it was nothing to do with the Government beyond Ms Collin's possible involvement which would be subject to an inquiry. She was the minister in charge of the SFO at the time.Mr Key said Labour leader David Cunliffe's statements that it amounted to potential corruption were "trying to create a political smear for his own benefit".
The PM even gets to utter the word "Accountability" and have the Herald obediently use it as their headline.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Lilith __,
She wants a narrow, tame inquiry like the one McCully set up into the Malaysian diplomat. The PM will oblige her tomorrow.
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Hear Boag spinning like a top and Hooten having a real go at her on Radio Live (embedded audio clip).
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Despite desperate spinning by Boag and other apologists that Dirty Politics is just a fantasy, the core implication of the SFO email is pretty straightforward for Collins.
Collins was Minister of Justice. As part of her role, she was the Minister in charge of the SFO. And in that role, she had a conversation with a blogger who informed her that he was about to undertake a campaign to torpedo the head of the SFO. Rather than telling the blogger that such a course of action is entirely inappropriate, she instead gives him a green light to go for it. After all, when you tell someone that you’ll pass their material on to the State Services Commissioner, and you don’t tell them to then pull their head in, that’s a green light.
So if Slater wasn’t lying in his email, that’s the best case for Collins, and that, to my mind, is resignation material on its own. And if the true situation is less than best case? Well, Collins won’t ever be returning as a Minister.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
legislation to make finance company directors retrospectively accountable
There already is. The problem seems to be getting sufficient evidence to prosecute them.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to izogi,
I'll believe that it's going to significantly affect National's support when I see that actually happen.
Apparently National's own internal polling conducted by Mr Farrar put the willies up them enough to push the button on Collins. The lag into public polling might take a few weeks..
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to The Ruminator,
link away, I say. We're used to reading stuff and coming back to discuss it.
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hawt
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