Teapot tales

What a surprise that the John Key tape has been leaked to the internet. Looks to me like the media always had their nose out of joint on this one. This is just another example of where they really sit on the gutter-journalism meter. It's one (small) step away from hacking phone messages.

The conversation was private and was always intended to be private.

You can bet the media-pack will keep the one-sided reporting going on this one until they convince one or two of us that it was fair and ethical...

Brown's in Town #1

Anyone else happy that Len Brown didn't break into song at the premiere of Sione 2?...

The key to Success?

Wandered into the Success Cafe in Coromandel over the Christmas break. OK, I was feeling slightly under the weather so the menu wasn't doing it for me - I asked (nicely) if they could whip me up a bacon and egg sarnie to go with my coffee; not an outrageous request at 10.30 a.m. I would have thought.

The response? "No, the menu's there (point); if I make one for you everyone will want one".

.....at least the coffee was good(ish)

Any Port in a Storm?

Looks like the Maritime Union have seriously missed the mark this time round....twice as expensive to load a container in Auckland compared to Tauranga. Could be quite some time before their flash reception area gets a make-over at the Union Head Office.

And maybe it's just me, but I'm not convinced the main drag to St Heliers is the best place to canvass support for a picket-line....

Still, at least I got to watch Len squirm in front of the media. He only has himself to blame; what was he thinking getting himself involved in this dispute? Shades of the Helen Clark / Owen Glen snub when it came to Len backing one of his campaign supporters.