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October 9, 2019

Why David Shearer Should Give Up Acting: He’s Just No Good At It.

In her post yesterday first-class honours graduand in Political Studies, JC, explained the rules for next week’s confidence vote on the Labour Party leadership and for the selection process which will be automatically triggered if David Shearer fails to win 60% plus one (or 22 out of 34 Caucus members) support for his leadership. If... Read More

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October 9, 2019

Long Run Or Short Season For David Cunliffe?

When you’ve read this short post have a look at the interview below with David Cunliffe on last night’s Campbell Live . But first, if you haven’t done so already, please read my previous post on the ex Labour leader, titled “Some acting experience an advantage but not required”. To be absolutely fair to David Cunliffe, I should perhaps... Read More

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October 9, 2019

Could This Man Be Prime Minister Of New Zealand?

If you’re a regular follower of this blog, you’ll know that I have in the past written some pretty scathing posts on Labour’s Shane Jones. Not to put too fine a point on it, I’ve dismissed him not only as a future leader of the Party, but as a worthwhile Member Of Parliament and a... Read More

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October 9, 2019

Smart Looking Rapist – I Find Myself For Once Agreeing With Garth McVicar

I rarely find myself in agreement with Garth McVicar or his ‘Sensible Sentencing’ Trust. I’m a liberal in the area of law and order and not a great believer in the value of lengthy prison sentences. But on the issue of Judge Jocelyn Munro’s remark to the 16-year-old who attacked and raped a 5-year-old girl,... Read More

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October 9, 2019

Thoughts On The Recent Life Of An Embattled MP – An Invitation To Imagine

Imagine this. You’re a public figure. An accusation has been made against you, not of any criminal act, not even of breaching any rule, but of displaying an attitude of entitlement to the perks of office. Others have been as guilty as you, some more guilty. But the world seems largely uninterested in them. Its... Read More

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September 18, 2019

Worthless Apologies From Harawira And Hide

Hone Harawira has reportedly sent an email to the Maori Party apologising ‘unreservedly’ for any harm he had done to it in his ‘choice of words’ to former Waitangi Tribunal director Buddy Mikaere. The ‘choice of words’ included ‘white man bullshit’ and ‘white motherfuckers’. I was reminded by these events of my Northern Irish Protestant mother’s... Read More

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September 18, 2019

Garth McVicar: Tent Prisons And Chain Gangs

Now here’s my take on Western democracy. Once every three, four or five years, according to where you live, you get to vote for the political party you’d like to run the country. Unless you’re a closed-minded bigot, it’s likely that you won’t approve of absolutely everything the party you voted for believes or intends... Read More

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September 17, 2019

An Open Letter To Sir Douglas Graham

In more than 40 years observing New Zealand politics there have been few Ministers of the Crown I could say I truly admired, and fewer still in the National Party. You were one of those very few. Your comments, reported in this morning’s Herald, on the international travel subsidy granted in perpetuity to retired long-term members of parliament,... Read More

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September 17, 2019

I Do Not Care For Nigel Latta

Last night’s Close Up and Campbell Live both debated Social Welfare Minister Paula Bennett’s decision to publish details of the benefits received by two women who have gone public with their criticisms of the government’s cuts to the Training Incentive Allowance. There are two issues here: Was it appropriate for a Minister of the Crown to publish personal details relating... Read More

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Why David Shearer Should Give Up Acting: He’s Just No Good At It.

Long Run Or Short Season For David Cunliffe?

Could This Man Be Prime Minister Of New Zealand?

Smart Looking Rapist – I Find Myself For Once Agreeing With Garth McVicar

Thoughts On The Recent Life Of An Embattled MP – An Invitation To Imagine

Worthless Apologies From Harawira And Hide

Garth McVicar: Tent Prisons And Chain Gangs

An Open Letter To Sir Douglas Graham

I Do Not Care For Nigel Latta

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