Tag: politics
The 4th Estate and Dirty Politics.
By Scott Milne There has been quite a bit of discussion about the role of the press, and some on the left – me included – perhaps a bit critical of the role that the press has played in Dirty Politics.
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I was a Mormon, then I wasn’t: Jacinda Ardern
She’s pretty much everyone’s favourite Labour MP. Despite all the in-fighting and muck-raking and general ickiness that has beset the Labour party
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Labour in Vain
By Colin Jackson It’s now 24 hours since the election result, a victory for the National Party giving John Key his third term. This, after the strangest election campaign I’ve ever seen, where jousting over policy seemed to take second place to juvenile sneering – and that’s just the protagonists.
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Pundity punditing
So I made some predictions and based on the provisional results this is how I did:
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Media media media
I have to disagree with my mate Rumi. I don’t think the media are our friends and I’d rather they weren’t.
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National’s success is bad for the right and consequently democracy
No, I haven’t suddenly turned into Martyn, I’m not going to perceive any bad news for the left as actually good news for the left. Just bear with me.
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Wilful ignorance
Confession statement: I’m a frustrated political junkie – frustrated because, as a particular type of public servant, I’m not allowed to participate in democracy the way I would like… i.e. not openly.
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Election 2014: Policy Watch
So with all the hullabaloo around Nicky Hager’s book and this @Whaledump character drip-feeding us more and more information, a lot of people have been saying “oh this is all a sideshow” and that “Labour isn’t talking about policy because they have none”.
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Conspiracy theory of the day
If you’ve read this blog you’ll know that I’m a fan of Judith Collins personally. As a person, she’s always been very kind to me. I disagree with her politically and I disagree with a lot of her actions but again, she’s been decent to me.
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Disappointing politics
I’ve never seen anything like this. Danyl at the Dimpost has said the social media election has finally arrived and he could be right. But if what that means is we all get increasingly partisan and angrier then I don’t want our elections to be “social media elections.”
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Foreign observations
So I’m in Europe as I’ve been bragging and I thought I’d do a brief post just so you didn’t worry about me.
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A nice Politician with a capital P: My interview with Grant Robertson
Af-fable adj: Pleasant, friendly and easy to talk to; see: Robertson, Grant.
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Comedy Fest review: Ben Crellin in …err…Benjamin Crellin
Ben Crellin is a confrontational comic. He’s possibly not the sort of comedian you’d bring your grandparents to.
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We talked about Kevin
It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was blowing, rain was pouring and I was going to see Kevin Hague.
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Hey MSD, stopped being dicks
**UPDATE 2** After my gentle provision of another chance for them to reconsider, MSD has decided that they will play nice.
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Me and Ms Collins
We’re a big fan of Minister Collins. She was the first MP to support us. She wrote the first MP’s guest post for us (get one, get them all!) and though we don’t agree with her politically, she’s always been ready to engage online.
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