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Little’s leadership
Written By: - Date published: 11:09 am, February 1st, 2015 - 97 comments
Two positive pieces in The Herald today on Andrew Little’s leadership.
Andrew Little’s adjournment speech
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 am, December 15th, 2014 - 6 comments
Well worth a look. A straight talker, with a sense of humour, freshness and vigour.
Andrew Little should…
Written By: - Date published: 8:48 am, November 20th, 2014 - 217 comments
All the usual suspects are lining up to give advice to new Labor leader Andrew Little. Why shouldn’t we have a go?
Labour and the unions
Written By: - Date published: 8:26 am, November 19th, 2014 - 109 comments
In which I ponder my 2c on the leadership race, and the path ahead for Labour and the unions…
Standard questions: David Parker
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, November 14th, 2014 - 59 comments
A couple of weeks ago we asked readers to suggest questions for written answers from the candidates. We chose / edited six questions, and sent them to the four campaigns. Here are David Parker’s answers.
Standard questions: Andrew Little
Written By: - Date published: 10:50 am, November 13th, 2014 - 64 comments
A couple of weeks ago we asked readers to suggest questions for written answers from the candidates. We chose / edited six questions, and sent them to the four campaigns. Here are Andrew Little’s answers.
Standard questions: Grant Robertson
Written By: - Date published: 10:11 am, November 10th, 2014 - 82 comments
A couple of weeks ago we asked readers to suggest questions for written answers from the candidates. We chose / edited six questions, and sent them to the four campaigns. Here are Grant Robertson’s answers.
Leadership carnage! Crisis! Farce! Civil war!
Written By: - Date published: 7:29 am, October 31st, 2014 - 112 comments
Last night I attended the Dunedin meeting of the Labour leadership traveling roadshow. Carnage! Crisis! Farce! Civil war!
Questions for the candidates
Written By: - Date published: 10:28 am, October 28th, 2014 - 120 comments
The live Q&A sessions have been great, but we would like to put some written questions to each of the Labour leadership candidates, so that more detailed answers can be compared. Suggestions please…
The first hustings
Written By: - Date published: 8:29 am, October 23rd, 2014 - 128 comments
The leadership contest has kicked off with a bang.
Cullen endorses Robertson
Written By: - Date published: 6:50 am, October 23rd, 2014 - 137 comments
Grant Robertson picked up a heavyweight endorsement yesterday.
Parker on cults and colours
Written By: - Date published: 8:31 am, October 22nd, 2014 - 152 comments
David Parker is reported in The Herald this morning with some comments which seem likely to provoke a strong response! His email pitch to party members also arrived today…
Gough 1916-2014
Written By: - Date published: 11:49 am, October 21st, 2014 - 46 comments
When Gough Whitlam was PM of Austrialia, it was a time when people were looking forward to a more inclusive, caring, and egalitarian society: a time of hope. His PM-ship ended in controversy.
Responding to our greatest threat
Written By: - Date published: 8:02 am, October 17th, 2014 - 23 comments
Why I’m voting for Andrew Little
Written By: - Date published: 10:41 pm, October 15th, 2014 - 231 comments
Andrew has a lower public profile than some of the other candidates seeking the Labour leadership so here’s some info on him and why I’ll be voting for him.
The final field
Written By: - Date published: 8:18 am, October 15th, 2014 - 61 comments
Well, the list of Labour leadership contenders has defied the predictions of the pundits (myself included). Here’s my 2c on the final field.
Mediawatch on the media orgy
Written By: - Date published: 10:51 am, October 6th, 2014 - 12 comments
RNZ’s Mediawatch is a bright spot in the media wilderness! This weekend’s episode examined the media’s orgy of hyperbole and spin on the Labour leadership contest. Well worth a listen.
Parker as interim leader
Written By: - Date published: 1:43 pm, September 30th, 2014 - 80 comments
According to early reports (Twitter) David Parker is interim leader of the Labour Party, with Annette King as deputy.
Grooming Bennett
Written By: - Date published: 7:20 am, September 30th, 2014 - 85 comments
Key is grooming Bennett for a finance role and eventual succession. No point in Nat members making a fuss, they don’t get a say in who leads them.
Labour – a rock and a hard place
Written By: - Date published: 7:50 am, September 29th, 2014 - 93 comments
Labour is being criticised for leadership divisions. If the party had not examined its leadership it would be being criticised for ignoring the message of the voters. So never mind the media frenzy, concentrate on running (like last time) a positive and constructive selection process and review.
Labour has a leadership contest
Written By: - Date published: 3:58 pm, September 27th, 2014 - 196 comments
David Cunliffe has announced that he has resigned as leader of the Labour Party but will stand again to seek a mandate for change.
Cunliffe’s statement
Written By: - Date published: 1:12 pm, September 27th, 2014 - 280 comments
Labour’s Council is currently meeting. David Cunliffe is expected to make a statement today at 2:30. It will be covered live by RNZ, 3 News and other outlets. Update: David Cunliffe has announced his resignation from the leader’s position but will contest the vacant leadership. Get ready for a leadership contest …
Some brief musings on unity
Written By: - Date published: 11:21 am, September 24th, 2014 - 287 comments
It’s up to all of us.
English to lead the National Party?
Written By: - Date published: 8:54 am, August 22nd, 2014 - 67 comments
Bill English was the first senior Nat to distance himself from Key’s dirty politics. Now, according to one of our commenters (Tracey) who was called, the Nats’ polling company is sounding out English as a possible party leader.
Gutless!
Written By: - Date published: 3:43 pm, August 19th, 2014 - 114 comments
Key’s giving Collins a “last last” chance! After she’s outed an innocent public servant to an amoral blogger! Duncan Garner said it six months ago about Oravida: “John Key won’t like this, but by Helen Clark’s standards he looks weak.” That’s too generous – by anybody’s standards he looks weak, as well as unprincipled. He’s no leader. Update: Email here – name, job title and phone numbers including mobile
Compulsory voting and an explicit “none of the above”
Written By: - Date published: 10:31 am, May 25th, 2014 - 171 comments
I was listening to Wallace Chapman interviewing Professor David Farrell, from University College, Dublin this morning on Radio New Zealand on compulsory voting which he was strongly in favour of. At one point the discussion veered on to the issue of “none of the above”. I think that this is the key to compulsory voting. Add “none of the above” and “I don’t know”
At home with David Cunliffe
Written By: - Date published: 10:38 pm, May 12th, 2014 - 117 comments
A really nice piece from Campbell Live tonight. It’s useful to see the leaders of political parties at home. It gives a better sense of who they are than the stage-managed set pieces and soundbites we usually see them though.
Officials’ dinners off in China
Written By: - Date published: 4:50 am, March 16th, 2014 - 36 comments
Fran O’Sullivan thinks that the only reason why Collins is still a Minister was Key’s need to save face in his impending visit to China. I think Key may have got a better reception from Xi Jinping if he had followed the Chinese leader’s example of taking a hard line on dinner-table corruption and sacked Collins.
What the Waitakere Myth says about pundits’ attitudes to the working class
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 pm, November 13th, 2013 - 99 comments
I finally found the words, in a comment at The Standard, to explain something I’ve been feeling for years about the Waitakere Man thesis: I keep thinking about how to express this exact idea: that the whole Waitakere Man myth says way more about Chris Trotter and Josie Pagani’s attitudes towards the working class than […]
It’s not just about cyber-culture, Judith
Written By: - Date published: 7:59 pm, November 4th, 2013 - 310 comments
The reports of the Roast Busters are chilling. Watching 3 News tonight was very upsetting. Reported responses by the police, John Key and Judith Collins are inadequate. Key & Collins seem to be shifting the focus to cyber-bullying and away from the brutality of the physical acts. [Update: Scuba Nurse – positive steps to make a difference]
Clean and neat
Written By: - Date published: 7:41 am, September 18th, 2013 - 87 comments
Paddy Gower’s gleeful predictions of ‘blood on the floor’ of caucus didn’t happen. Tracy Watkins’ unrealistic demand that Grant Robertson (whom she incorrectly thought would win the leadership race) be retained as deputy was never going to happen. What we saw was a neat, least moves action that puts the economy front and centre of Labour’s brand.
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