Good first question. Re the second, there is an Environment Sector within Labour. Albeit small.
I used to comment a bit before TS turned septic in the last few years. I knocked on hundreds of doors for DC to be PM, called hundreds of potential voters too, across 6 electorates. You're right, I didn't feel the need to comment on the TS to win the ...
The PV in Wellington Central has declined at about the same rate as that nationally. As it did in New Lynn and New Plymouth. I would suggest the gap between the PV and the electorate vote in WC shows that people liked Grant, but they didn't like the Labour...
Where do you see the environment under your leadership? Do you agree with David Parker that the environment and climate change should not be a priority for Labour? (Ref: His stump speech where he says it should be secondary to the economy)
Hi Grant, What do you think differentiates you from the other candidates?
Karol, Cunliffe's supporters definitely did. I don't know what role he had. I like him as a person, but you can't tell me he didn't encourage or coordinate them. I was there in Conference 2012. His caucus backers were licking their lips at the prospect of ...
I agree with you AmaKiwi. SPC: the Right can never will under these leadership rules. Never. That's why you saw Shearer come out against the rules his tutelage shepherded in. Shearer and Cunliffe should go. We need to move on from this black spot in the ...
David Cunliffe is and has always been his own worst enemy. He made mistakes that other leaders have also not been forgiven for. If his ambition to be PM is dead, he should go. That was what he thought his destiny was. He'll be happy at nothing else. For ...
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Please refer to my response in the Andrew endorsement page. Your logic is flawed. Popular Grant+toxic Labour brand in left-wing electorate≠traitor.
CV, what has Louisa Wall ever done? And please don't mention the bill drafted by Charles Chauvel and put through by a coalition *in spite* of her destructive working style.
Read your history. Moore undermined the shit out of Palmer, and then Clark after he was rolled. Used to go around physically leaking to the gallery. He was no servant of the Labour Party, in ideas, deeds or conduct.
CV, would you have Labour take votes off the Greens, which is where our vote has gone? Don't forget over 2/3rd of Wellington Central voted Left. It's stupid to assume the electorate being more left than Labour is either Grant's fault, or a bad thing. ...
Voluntary student membership has destroyed the student movement that build leaders like Andrew and Grant. It was not unimportant for our movement or progressive civil society.
Karol, are you saying there should always be a leadership election, even when there is only one candidate caucus supports? I always thought there should be membership trigger, not just caucus. The NDP has one. Re: events immediately after the election. I ...
I was next to GR at that vote. He voted for democratisation. And that was only after a year of pushing the changes through caucus and keeping NZ Council and caucus talking on it. As KL says, the Cunliffe amendment that gave 40% of caucus the right to ...
Grant was 100% committed to the campaign and to electing DC Prime Minister. He was flying all over the country to campaign for the PV, forgoing campaigning his own neck of the woods in the process. In terms of being premature, DC called the leadership ...
You're right Ant, and I think the reason he got in trouble was because that speech came out of nowhere. It didn't match up with his record as Finance Spokesperson under Goff when he *was* neoliberal. Cunliffe become a born again socialist without a very ...
Hey Weka, no problem. My understanding is that he's acutely aware of the need for renewal. And how the membership feel about the Right. I expect he'll use his networks and history in the party machine to ensure new selections like Mt Roskill, Rongotai etc ...
Exactly. We're electing the next leader of the Labour Party.
Hi Weka, v important for me too. Grant is genuinely on the left of the Party. He always has been. He organised against Phil Goff's TPPA ram-through, spoke out against the Pagani Painter disgrace (at least privately to Shearer/others), and has been ...
Let's not forget as a minister Cunliffe also pushed public-private-partnerships and was seen very much on the right of cabinet. He was promoted because he kissed Helen's ass, and Helen liked sycophants. Legend is he was so scared of Michael Cullen he used ...
Let's not forget DC put Cosgrove high on the List. He wouldn't let Moderating Committee touch his top 20. Now we have right wing, Party-hating Cosgrove, and useless Moroney. We should have dumped Clayton and kept Maryan. Dumped Sue for Priyanca. Now we ...
Would you have Grant's campaign to attack the Greens and drive down the Green PV in WC? Labour lost votes to the Greens because we were not a credible alternative. Cunliffe completely fucked the oil exploration (deep sea) policy, twice. And never corrected...
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