There's a Goldsmith billboard on a private site on the corner of Balmoral and Mt Eden.
That's right. Me an Farrar get together and discuss the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy... Rest assured, Lynn wouldn't have given me an account if he thought I was anything but some shade of red. [lprent: Or greenish, or anarchist, or something in the diversity...
Ardent left political commentator? Should I be flattered or offended? This is The Standard... :P
Yeah, I'm not a fan of term limits.
Not at all - my grevance is with candidates who don't run Party Vote campaigns (or run bare minimum party vote campaigns) who then slide in on the list. Cosgrove de-branded at the last elections - his hoardings didn't even mention Labour. Yet, he benefited...
It was Davis that highlighted Mallard standing aside on Checkpoint last night, which is why I've highlighted him here. I don't actually think Mallard will run a de-branded campaign - that would suggest that he thinks he's going to lose to Bishop (which he ...
Case in point is Clayton Cosgrove: ran almost no Party Vote campaign in his seat, and when he lost his seat had the gall to take a list spot. I feel sorry for all those Labour candidates who slogged their guts out campaigning for the party vote in safe-...
I can't see Labour winning Napier, Waimakariri, or Tamaki Makaurau, but I imagine they'll pick up Christchurch Central. The other effect of this is that it gives Mallard et al a license to run re-branded electorate-only campaigns. Fuck the party vote, ...
Written By: Rojo - Date published: 10:31 pm, June 23rd, 2014 - 36 comments
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Before we get too carried away patting those Labour MPs on the back for withdrawing from the list process in order to 'give way' to fresh talent, someone should take a closer look at clause 356 of the Labour Party constitution: The Moderating Committee …
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