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How does Dad end up getting the power to decide the cost of labour? I appreciate the point, but the analogy does rather fall down at that point. Now, if the Dad had clearly been democratically elected and had run on a policy of $3 an hour for mail services...
I can confirm I am not and have never been a member of the Labour party.
I'm from the Shore originally myself, so I tend to struggle to think beyond Kaipatiki when it comes to North Shore local body politics (I grew up in Glenfield) ;-) Will keep my eye out for any comment from Devonport/Takapuna types!
Anne - there are at least three from Kaipatiki off the top of my head - Richard Hills, Grant Gillon and John Gillon. It's a difficult time of year to get hold of Local Board members (myself included) - there has been a deliberate timetabling of light ...
How come DEAR LEADER gets a totally pathetic soft interview with Holmesy on Q and A ; then they make a concerted effort to go for the jugular with Guyon on Goff and Peters?! Biased much??? Was this the only way they could get PM to agree to front??? Hhmmm...
She'd probably be about the same size as me? I got a women's medium and it is a good fit, not tight. The quality is great actually, one of the best quality t-shirts I own I reckon!
UMM Fisiani - sorry- what debate are you aksully watching????
Fair call that I hadn't seen the convo down thread. TLDR indeed. However, I read your post once you _had_ altered it, in reaction to QoT calling you on it. And I still read it pretty much the same way as she and others originally did. You aren't v up with ...
I think the implication is supposed to be that labelling two men as women is somehow demeaning to them. When actually it demeans the original writer imho. As do the pointless cracks about knickers.
Thanks mickey, I've posted a response here: http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-lose-your-own-political-identity.html I can confirm I am not, and have never been, a member of the Labour party. I imagine I will join one day. Analysing the ...
What makes you think he's going to fire any of them? Particularly after the List announcement, I don't think he'll be doing any shuffling unless absolutely inescapable.
Resistance to change can definitely operate in a manner that is commensurate with sexism, I think that's a fair point. When the change that is being resisted is seeking to address sexism then the resistance becomes sexist I reckon. Interesting discussion, ...
I'm sitting here boggling at your ability to strip the sexism out of the kind of comments I mentioned. "You can't do that, you're just a girl" - maybe maybe could be ageist rather than (just) sexist. "You shouldn't stand, you've got young children" - when ...
Which would work except David wrote that "they have all made the same fatal mistake." I've pointed out that it's not credible for David to claim he didn't know about my analysis. So then the question is why didn't he acknowledge it? I can only assume ...
Oh I agree Pete. There are a range of barriers to women becoming MPs, but when you boil pretty much all of them down it comes back, sooner or later, to sexism. Why are women more concerned than men about criticism of their appearance? Because women are ...
And thank you Luxated for noticing :-) Women's voices aren't just marginalised in parliamentary politics it seems!
We are talking about FIFTEEN percentage points. Labour's clearly and deliberately aiming for 40% representation for women in their caucus, and increasing their proportion when opportunities arise, Greens have a clear process to promote representation for ...
I felt it was very dishonest of David not to mention that there was an analysis, on a blog he links to in the very few he links on his front-page blogroll, that did exactly as he said no one was doing except him, and clearly showed the lack of diversity in...
Hi Ross, while there has been some movement for individual women within the National list since 2008 this hasn't increased the overall percentage of women in the projected 2011 caucus, and the percentages in the ranking bands aren't that different from ...
This is a fantastic comment, thank you Puddleglum.
I'll be doing Mana and the Maori Party, and United Future and NZF, when they come out, never fear Kate. Just like in 2008. No reason to think it's only National getting scrutiny, I've already done Labour, the Greens and Act, as you know. The reason ...
He's just so helpless, isn't it adorable? /sarcasm
You sound like you have some inside info on when United Future will announce their list, feel free to share so I can block out some time in my diary! :-)
That's why I've looked specifically at the issue of likely caucus make-up post 2011 election. Feel free to pop over and have a look. Dean's graphs and points are still v useful for getting an overall picture, especially between Labour and National.
Electorate seat given up, Rodney. Was quite a kerfuffle about the selection. i suspect he'll retire mid-term and allow someone else in the on the list this way, rather than a by-election.
Well then Lathanide have I got a deal for you: http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/2011/09/womans-place-nationals-list-electorate.html I'm analysing each of the lists as they come out, and doing electorates as well for the parties where that is significant (...
Classic attempts to obfuscate the real issue, by focusing on other metrics Zaphod. I have lovingly reproduced your gender graphic on a post debunking Farrar's misleading analysis of the gender diversity, here: http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/2011/09/...
Speaking of demanding smarter spending on transport -- The Greens did a great job of writing up a detailed form submission on the Government Policy Statement on Transport Funding, which is being consulted on until 5 pm today. Take 30 seconds and you can ...
Thanks so much for this Thorny one, looking forward to reading part two, and engaging in the debate here if I get some time.
Not to mention effectively writing a blank check to shift a school that doesn't need to be shifted so that they can park cars closer to a new art gallery.
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