Tag: Labour
Farrar vs polls vs spin
In a Kiwiblog post that seems to have been written by David mashing his fists against the keyboard, Farrar argues that Labour’s “week of headlines on blaming the Chinese for Auckland house prices has come to nought” (source).
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When are numbers racist?
By Morgan Godfery Some politicians seem to think that “data” exists in a privileged realm somewhere above politics and power relations. Data, according to Phil Twyford and others, enjoys the authority of objectivity.
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Orewa 3: The Orewa-ing
On Saturday morning I was rung by a friend who is a huge political nerd. He is also right wing. He was excited.
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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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No bullshit: Andrew Little
Andrew Little is straight up and down. He’s a man of no bullshit. What you see is what you get. He’ll give you answers that are honest and thoughtful. That’s the narrative that he wants to build.
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Chin up kids, it’ll be ok
So the election of Andrew Little was met with a wailing of teeth from my Twitter feed.
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Baby, baby, where did our love go?
So that was a pretty brutal massacre wasn’t it? There’s an awful lot of reflection happening around the country as the left wing comes to terms with just what the hell actually happened.
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A reader writes: an endorsement
A long time reader has written the following. It’s interesting.
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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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Confidence: An ode to Bryce Edwards
Confidence. It’s the jewel in the crown of human behaviour isn’t it?
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Free political advice: Labour Party
So it’s election year. And I’m a thoughtful, intelligent, relatively non-partisan kind of guy. So I thought I’d do some thinking about what each party should do in the run-up to the election.
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How’s yer nation?
So we’ve had three states of the nation in the last week. Three. And really they weren’t states of the nation were they?
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David Cunliffe: Them’s fighting words
Disclaimer: In no way do we endorse any of the things said here. Once again it’s just us providing a platform to MPs to say what they like. David Cunliffe responds with his own tongue in cheek blog post to a post by Judith Collins.
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Judith Collins: Dance of the Desperates
By Hon Judith Collins I grew up Labour – in the days of Norm Kirk and the more forgettable Bill Rowling. I knew David Lange – having chosen to intern in his Mangere Electorate Office while at Law School.
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Bring it back: Labour Party
Boy. Things are getting serious. As an American living in Australia, I feel arrogant enough to tell you the NZ Labour Party is over. Finito. Long gone are the Frasers and Kirks and Clarks.
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