Nicky Hager

[buggerit]

I think the Nats are digging themselves a really big hole.......we'll be able to start throwing the first shovels of dirt on their grave on the 16th of September.

Best when you find yourself in a hole stop digging.

[pritch]

Has anyone actually read the f**king book?

Yes thanks. Sorta sad though that so many feel qualified to comment on a book they haven't read. Like f'rinstance the Prime Minister?

[pritch]

Speaking of slander...
My understanding is that the Labour Party system wasn't hacked.
It was left open in error and the party had to apologise to those who had info on it.

Selective morality in full play here? :-)

It was accessible to be sure, but if you had left your door open and somebody walked in and took your wallet, is that not still theft? Or is that not theft in your book?

The apology was for not looking after the information better.

Please don't confuse me with a partisan political supporter, I despise the whole fucking lot of them. But I do try to keep both eyes open.

[MisterD]

It was accessible to be sure, but if you had left your door open and somebody walked in and took your wallet, is that not still theft? Or is that not theft in your book?

If you want to go with a wallet-based analogy, then the parallel would be me leaving it on a table by my front gate and someone having a look through, taking some photos of it and running around with them taking the piss out of me for my stupidity. No?

[pritch]

If you want to go with a wallet-based analogy, then the parallel would be me leaving it on a table by my front gate and someone having a look through, taking some photos of it and running around with them taking the piss out of me for my stupidity. No?

Not really.

[pete376403]

I'm really unsure what the significance of that letter is, given that it states that the PM was informed that Goof had already been informed, therefore the decision had already been made and not by the PM?

I see, amidst all the hoo-hah and attempting to find John Key's finger prints on this, it's now been realised that he was still on holiday in Hawaii, following a visit to the US.

Sure Key may have been in Hawaii on holiday but I can't believe that he wouldn't be getting at least one daily call keeping him advised of whats been happening. Taking a break from being PM is not quite the same as taking a break from a shop assistants job - he can't just walk away and hope the place keeps running in his absence. What the holiday gives Key is plausible deniability - pity no reporters actually asked him if he had had any calls from the PMs office while he was away

[Woodman]

I don't remember every email or memo or letter that crosses my desk, and you can bet JK gets a fuckload more.

[pete376403]

I don't remember every email or memo or letter that crosses my desk, and you can bet JK gets a fuckload more.

If you got a memo about putting a major competitor out of business - you'd probably remember that

[oldrider]

Sorta sad though that so many feel qualified to comment on a book they haven't read. Like f'rinstance the Prime Minister?

Not half as sad as the fact that he had to write it in the first place and even sadder is the fact that there was material there for him to play with!

Thats what opposition is all about though ... things would get right out of hand without guys like him having nothing better to do with their time!

Besides that he probably has kids to feed and a wife to support ... there used to be a lot of that when I was a kid .. The TRUTH and The STANDARD etc!

They used to be some of the left wing whatchdogs of the day ... I used to have to run and buy them for my old man to salivate over FFS! .. It will pass.

[mashman]

If you got a memo about putting a major competitor out of business - you'd probably remember that

He'll be trained to forget those

[oldrider]

Yep .... when all else fails say something ..... anything .............. and repeat repeat repeat .................. until the cows come home .... works every time!

[mashman]

Yep .... when all else fails say something ..... anything .............. and repeat repeat repeat .................. until the cows come home .... works every time!

You will vote for an R.B.E. at the next election... You will vote for an R.B.E. at the next election... You will vote for an R.B.E. at the next election... You will vote for an R.B.E. at the next election...



weeeeeeeell it's better than a hypnotic swirl of some form.

[Woodman]

He'll be trained to forget those

It depends on who asks.

[Oscar]

Selective morality in full play here? :-)

It was accessible to be sure, but if you had left your door open and somebody walked in and took your wallet, is that not still theft? Or is that not theft in your book?

The apology was for not looking after the information better.

Please don't confuse me with a partisan political supporter, I despise the whole fucking lot of them. But I do try to keep both eyes open.

There's lots of selective morality.
We're talking about a book that uses stolen emails to make accusations and innuendoes about, amongst other things, stolen emails.

[Oscar]

I seem to remember reading that the person who accessed the Labour party site expressed relief that he wasn't caught.

Sounds to me like he knew he shouldn't be doing it.

According to our medical friend, reading it would constitute recieving stolen goods.