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Dirty Politics in 2015
Written By: - Date published: 8:53 am, January 13th, 2015 - 81 comments
Political Scientists Bronwyn Hayward and Mark Boyd were interviewed on Radio New Zealand yesterday on New Zealand politics in 2014 and what happened during the election. They talked extensively on dirty politics, on the role of the media and how things can be improved in 2015.
Lone nutters and suicide by cop
Written By: - Date published: 8:27 am, December 16th, 2014 - 89 comments
As anticipated, the Sydney cafe siege was caused by a lone nutter with a dubious history. He committed suicide by cop apparently after killing a hostage. Meanwhile we have had opportunistic jerkoffs like National MP Mark Mitchell displaying their paranoid fantasies (probably as urine dribbles down their leg) to justify recent poorly written and rushed legislation.
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.
The line on Little…
Written By: - Date published: 8:49 am, December 15th, 2014 - 155 comments
The Nats have finished focus-grouping their attack line on Andrew Little and are moving in to deployment. As narrated by Twitter this morning…
Latest Roy Morgan Poll
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, December 13th, 2014 - 120 comments
The last Roy Morgan poll for the year provides Andrew Little and Labour with welcome news.
Organising to win
Written By: - Date published: 7:31 pm, December 9th, 2014 - 13 comments
Labor’s win in the recent Victorian state election was historic – the first time a one-term government had been turned out for more than 60 years. It was also a fantastic example of how organisation can win elections. Labor leader Daniel Andrews’ focus was on having 5500 active volunteers behind him.
Today’s DomPost cartoon
Written By: - Date published: 10:08 am, December 8th, 2014 - 27 comments
Andrew Little grows into his role as Labour leader.
Is John Key on the skids?
Written By: - Date published: 4:25 pm, December 3rd, 2014 - 85 comments
In the House today Megan Woods embarrassed John Key with some very simple yet direct questions about Jason Ede. Key’s attempts to joke away the issue was met with silence from his side of the house. Dirty Politics is clearly having an effect.
Andrew Little: the future of work
Written By: - Date published: 8:03 am, December 1st, 2014 - 98 comments
The text of a speech delivered by Andrew Little this morning
Polity: New Labour lineup: 8/10
Written By: - Date published: 12:53 pm, November 24th, 2014 - 21 comments
Rob Salmond has a look at the new Labour lineup. “…a consistent display of clarity and unity and being on New Zealanders’ side is what is needed from Labour right now”. Gives it an 8 out of 10
Little announces Labour’s new front bench
Written By: - Date published: 11:09 am, November 24th, 2014 - 170 comments
Andrew Little has announced Labour’s new lineup.
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…
A late run succeeds
Written By: - Date published: 7:08 pm, November 18th, 2014 - 46 comments
On October 4th Andrew Little was looking to see if he was even going to be in Parliament because he hadn’t achieved the near impossible task of winning New Plymouth. He was at the bottom of small list and only got back into parliament on special votes. But Andrew Little has a well deserved reputation is a organiser and a campaigner. It showed.
And the winner is …
Written By: - Date published: 1:45 pm, November 18th, 2014 - 487 comments
Vernon Small has tweeted that Andrew Little has been elected as the new leader of the Labour Party. Update: The result is confirmed.
Last chance to vote
Written By: - Date published: 11:36 am, November 17th, 2014 - 67 comments
The Labour leadership campaign is in the home straight. Various authors have declared their preference and why and I thought I should do the same.
Andrew Little: My vision for Labour
Written By: - Date published: 4:25 pm, November 15th, 2014 - 87 comments
There are choices that as a country we can make, and the choices we make are whether everybody gets to benefit, or just a few.
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.
Andrew Little’s plan for Labour
Written By: - Date published: 3:22 pm, November 9th, 2014 - 103 comments
One of the most important challenges we must confront is rebuilding our Party and our movement.
Andrew Little in Auckland on Sunday and virtual hustings
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, November 8th, 2014 - 31 comments
The Labour leadership race continues!
Labour leadership hustings video
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, November 3rd, 2014 - 12 comments
In case you haven’t been able to make it to any of the leadership hustings, here’s the speeches from the Nelson meeting last week.
Labour leadership events this weekend
Written By: - Date published: 5:54 pm, October 31st, 2014 - 19 comments
Meet the candidates.
Meet the Candidates.
Written By: - Date published: 11:49 am, October 30th, 2014 - 3 comments
For those interested, a pre-hustings catch up with Labour Party leader contenders in Dunedin today.
Leadership Election: Candidates Start Painting Themselves Into Corners
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, October 30th, 2014 - 74 comments
InsideOut has a look at the current state of the labour leadership campaigns. Predictably they plump down on the side of a particular candidate. But they do point to various issues with all of the campaigns.
Meet Nanaia and Andrew in West Auckland this weekend
Written By: - Date published: 11:44 pm, October 29th, 2014 - 40 comments
Labour West are hosting an event this weekend where you can meet two of the Labour leadership candidates.
Dairy Workers back Andrew Little
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 am, October 29th, 2014 - 35 comments
The Dairy Workers Union has officially endorsed Andrew Little’s bid for the Labour leadership.
All Things Being Equal…
Written By: - Date published: 1:46 pm, October 27th, 2014 - 173 comments
Assuming that all four contenders for leadership of Labour are equally worthy, there is a defining factor that ought to be considered…vulnerability to attack.
Andrew Little’s Palmerston North Speech
Written By: - Date published: 2:18 pm, October 26th, 2014 - 38 comments
Video and the transcript of Andrew Little’s speech at the Palmerston North Labour Leadership meeting
Have a coffee and a yarn with Andrew Little on Labour Day (Auckland)
Written By: - Date published: 3:48 pm, October 25th, 2014 - 17 comments
Servo Cafe, Te Atatu, 2:30 on Monday 27 October.
The first hustings
Written By: - Date published: 8:29 am, October 23rd, 2014 - 128 comments
The leadership contest has kicked off with a bang.
EPMU endorses Andrew Little for Labour leader
Written By: - Date published: 9:07 am, October 20th, 2014 - 67 comments
The EPMU have just announced they’re endorsing Andrew Little for Labour leader.
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