Showing posts with label Winston Peter's scandal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winston Peter's scandal. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Winston's Big Black shame

So Winston Peters has been milking the taxpayer to the last minute over his ministerial self-drive car, so what else is new, he has been stealing from the taxpayer for his whole political career.


...it was proving a rather useful shopping trolley for his partner. Jan Trotman, with whom he lives in Auckland, used the Ford Territory to get to coffee dates and the post shop... NZ Herald

In 2008 he got away with numerous thefts, misappropriations, bribes and payola scandals related to just the last 5 years or so.

He is still to pay back $158,000.00 stolen from the taxpayer to fight the 2005 election.

At least he is consistent.

Pass the banana.


c Political Animal 2009

Monday, October 27, 2008

Winston Peters VS Kiwis

I haven't revisited the Winston Peters payola saga, because quite frankly the amount of time and energy put into it has been wasted. 


Nothing anyone has done has been able to put Peters where he belongs. Behind the bars of a prison.

Most of us know he is a crook and wouldn't spit at him if his fancy taxpayer suit caught on fire but there are those that are so deluded and bitter with the world that they will vote for him in spite of us all. 

They have a right to be stupid.

The Serious Fraud Office failure to go after him for secret donations from the Vela Family and Sir Robert Jones is merely another gap in law that allows politician from all hues to get away with breaking such laws because of technicalities and time restricted legislation.

Peters is as guilty as they come, morally and legally and in another jurisdiction would be doing time with petty crims, rapists and murderers but our light fisted legal and justice system has let him off.

Forget that he also stole $158,000 of taxpayer money before the 2005 Election and has so far refused to pay it back. Forget that he took money from a billionaire, lied about it in tandem with his lawyer, then continued to lie to try and squirm his way out.

Forget that money paid to him from the Velas was reciprocated by Peters pouring millions of taxpayer dollars into the racing industry. Forget also that he lied about the Sir Robert Jones donation, how much it was and who solicited it.

Forget that he continues to lie to this day about every part of his political funding process.

Just remember before you vote this November 8.

Winston Peters has lied, cheated and bought his way through 30 years of his Parliamentary career and while that might be a perfect CV for a politician he simply should have no place in politics representing New Zealanders.


c Political Animal 2008

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Blood Brother unwilling to give in Glenn donation saga

D day has come for Winston Peters and the details over his donation from Owen Glenn, made to him or his party or his lawyer-the story is different whoever you talk to and what time of day it is.


The Privileges Committee sits this afternoon where Owen Glenn will give his version of events, which haven't differed in all his accounts.

Glenn has said he is there to "clear his name" whatever the consequences for the players and I don't blame him for his bluntness. He is a busy man.

The missing link in all of this though appears to be Peter's lawyer Brian Henry, Peter's "blood brother".

Henry is "overseas" and it is unclear as to whether he will be giving evidence in Peters defence tomorrow when the Privileges Committee sits again with Winnie giving his newest version of events, again.

I cant understand why a person that is supposedly at the centre of this whole scandal-Peters and Henry contend it was Henry that was the bag man, while Glenn has given affidavits that it was Peters-and a self confessed "blood brother" of Peters wouldn't be there in Winnies hour of need.

I'm guessing he isn't because his testimony would be deleterious to Peters than it already has been.

c Political Animal 2008


Thursday, August 28, 2008

Peters/Clark/Glenn payola story wrap

NZ First facing 'serious and complex fraud' inquiry-NZ Herald


NZ First facing 'serious and complex fraud' inquiry: Helen Clark (left) and Director of the SFO Grant Liddell (right) both want answers from Winston Peters. Photos / Mark Mitchell / Glenn Jeffrey / HOS

Helen Clark (left) and Director of the SFO Grant Liddell (right) both want answers from Winston Peters. Photos / Mark Mitchell / Glenn Jeffrey / HOS

Winston Peters has called a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into NZ First "ridiculous in the extreme". The SFO announced this evening it will use its powers to find out whether donations from Sir Robert Jones and the Vela brothers reached…More-NZ Herald

SFO to investigate NZ First donations - Stuff.co.nz

Peters tells SFO to charge him or go away
By TRACY WATKINS and TIM DONOGHUE - The Dominion Post

Winston Peters has vowed to meet the Serious Fraud Office's inquiry into donations to his NZ First party "head on" and labelled the investigation "ridiculous". Continued


Clark knew about Peters' donation
Peters says charge me or go away
Audio: Question time in Parliament
Blog: Should Clark have spoken up earlier?


Assorted related video

Serious Fraud Office
The noose has tightened even further around the political neck of Winston Peters with the Serious Fraud office announcing it will investigate donations made to New Zealand First... more

Nigel Roberts on the SFO donations probe (4:42) TV ONE
Close Up: The Confession (9:10) TV ONE
Guyon's politics: NZ First donation affair (5:23) TV ONE



ACT Party leader Rodney Hide has been on the attack in Parliament again. This time he has alleged TVNZ obstructed the course of justice by ordering the destruction of a taped interview and transcripts.

Helen Clark uses the Nuclear Option -Political Animal Blog

"I am not a crook"

Richard Nixon 1973


I don't slow down and gawk when passing a car wreck and look away at carnage on news footage.
I will make an exception for the Winston Peters/Helen Clark/ Owen Glenn Payola scandal because it is highly satisfactory to me to see the train wreck of a Labour Government crumble before my very eyes.

Labour say they don't want nuclear power in New Zealand but the nuclear option was used on the public today when she revealed that she is donkey deep, smack in the middle of the Peters/Glenn donation scandal. Continued

Clarks credibility now see-through
John Key says Clark "has alot of explaining to do"
Winnie flame grills another Whopper

c Political Animal 2008