2008

Greetings once again for perhaps the final time this year.
On Saturday I fly off for my summer holidays with my gorgeous wife. We are spending our summer holidays in winter this year – most notably in Scotland, although sometime will be spent in Ulster and Lancaster. In any case, it better be a white Christmas, [...]

New Zealand has Spoken

Last night New Zealand lurched a little to the right. Lurch is probably a bit to strong to describe what actually happened, as we shall see.
As the United States of America rejected the last 8 years of right wing autocracy led by one George W Bush and the Halliburton-Cheney alliance, our little country said yes. [...]

Vote for ME!

Hello again and welcome to election week. 130 million or more are expected to vote today in the US presidential election. There they have a choice between a cranky old man and a jive brother – I know which one I’d choose. Personally I’d like to see Obama take the pledge next year dressed in [...]

Liar, Liar! Pants on Fire!!

Is it just me, or are all politicians liars…?
To prove my point: John McCain pledging to ‘cease his campaign’ until the US financial crisis is over and the very next day appearing in a debate with brother Obama. Isn’t that campaigning?????
Although not making quite as many ripples on the international stage as the US elections, [...]

What a Joke

Following all the fantastic spending and rank nonsense of the US presidential election (and considering it’s only been people from the same party battling each other up until this point, that’s pretty good really) the New Zealand electoral process is beginning to get underway. Oh god, what a difference. Where the United States of America [...]