Tag Archives: Dirty Politics

The first poll to test voter reaction to last week’s publication of the “Dirty Politics” book shows the government maintaining its lead over the Labour Party, rising 2 percentage points to 48 percent, while Labour has dropped 2.5 percent to 27.5 percent.Political party support again suggests that New Zealand First will be in a “king-maker” position after the election, but only …

A member of Prime Minister John Key’s press office, Jason Ede, hacked into Labour Party computers and stole donor and membership information, according to a new book by political journalist and activist Nicky Hager.  Ede then bragged to right-wing Auckland blogger Cameron Slater, known as “Whaleoil”, about using transient internet addresses to hide his tracks, it says.  Hager’s book, “Dirty Politics”, is at …