Alliance leader Jim Anderton says it is clear from the news conference Frank Grover held today that his pledge to the people of New Zealand at the last election has been broken.

"Agreements between him and the Alliance since that time have also been betrayed," Jim Anderton said.

"The implications of Mr Grover's actions are being considered carefully by the Alliance. We have been unable to determine all of the facts involved this afternoon.

"Issues to be resolved include the way Frank Grover will vote; the implications for resources and staff already contracted; the process by which the Speaker was informed; the role of the Christian Heritage Party in all these matters and the implications for Parliamentary representation of the decision on funding forced through Parliamentary Services Commission by National and Act.

"The Alliance will make a detailed response on these issues early next week as soon as all the facts are in our possession," Jim Anderton said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>