Who will be the next Labour leader?

[speights boy]

The Republicans made exactly the same mistake thinking that way in 2008.
Result......8 years in the wilderness and counting.

[NovInvestor]

The Republicans made exactly the same mistake thinking that way in 2008.
Result......8 years in the wilderness and counting.

Care to elaborate?

[speights boy]

By dismissing the unknown Senator from the Great State of Illinois as an unknown political lightweight.

[NovInvestor]

By dismissing the unknown Senator from the Great State of Illinois as an unknown political lightweight.

Well we will see what happens =)

I'm prepared if Labour brings down the property market in 2015.

[Perry]

Interesting times

What difference did the Tea Party (whatever that really was?) make in the USA?
In New Racialand, keep your eye on the goings on as the 1law4all people do what
they can to appeal to voters of all political persuasions.

I also noticed that there are march in the streets advocates out over the "you
can now legally spy on New Racialand citizens," along with the corporatocracy
rules provided by the gummint to the USA via the TPPA.

Hi, hi, to New Zealander spy
I drove my privacy to the front
but my rights were all shy.

The line that only those with something to hide have anything to fear does
not work in reverse, as the gummint is exempt, it seems.

The police state seems to be drawing slowly but inexorably closer. And the
so-called "information age" does seem to have helped. Maybe Orwell and
the Libertarians were / are on to something, after all?

[Bob Kane]

If they are smart they will give the leadership to Jacinta Ardern - she can learn the ropes as the Labour leader also get experience going through an Election etc and win the following one.

cheers,

Donna

I agree.
She's very photogenic and that's quite rare in the Labour Party!
She could almost topple Key.
If she tones down the left-wing stuff and goes inclusive/consultative then she could end up as Prime Minister.

[Perry]

Bob Kane t Resist

Great! Photogenically appealing is
all it takes to be a political leader.
Does that explain Shonkey, then?

Where's the puke emoticon?

[Bob Kane]

It's all about appearance - visual appeal.
That's how they select tv presenters, news readers, presidential candidates, CEOs etc.

[Perry]

Sadly, I suspect you're right.
Is that why New Zealand
is so far down the gurgler?

[Bob Kane]

So that's what Duncan Garner was on about?

Just dusted this off from 6 weeks ago:

9:30 AM Friday Jul 12, 2013
Radio host appeared more player than spectator in hinting Labour leadership coup was on the cards
Duncan Garner, in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell


Duncan Garner revealed his Achilles heel this week.
On Wednesday he waded into what was said to be a campaign to destabilise David Shearer and his leadership of the Labour party.
But on RadioLive and on Twitter he appeared to be a player in the political plot rather than a spectator.
The host of RadioLive Drivetime and TV3's 3rd Degree might turn out to be right about an emerging coup. And in commercial journalism it's always best to be first.

...
TV3 head of news and current affairs Mark Jennings said he had no view on Garner's comments but he believed they were well-sourced.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10896987

[eri]

The pork barrels have been rolled out in the Labour Party leadership battle, with Grant Robertson promising to introduce a "living wage" of more than $18 an hour for all government workers.

He told 350 party members and unionists in Levin yesterday that he would set a timeframe to phase in the living wage, which is currently set at $18.40 an hour for a family to live without suffering poverty.

He also pledged to lift the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour and repeal all of National's industrial relations laws.

Robertson later said he did not yet know the full cost of his promise, and that would determine how soon it could be introduced.

"It will have to happen over time because it will be costly."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11117623

Cunliffe declared he, too, would repeal employment relations laws, and introduce a Government-wide living wage over time.
"It will be a strong package of policies that will put unions back in the centre of the fight for equality."

[Perry]

. . . with Grant Robertson promising to introduce a "living wage" of more than $18 an hour for all government workers.

Tough if one works in the private sector, it seems.

Who - of course - provide the tax revenue to pay
certain economic parasites in the public sector.

[Bob Kane]

Anyone sick of the Labour leadership battle clogging up the news?
Seems like free publicity for two donkeys and a hyena and the media are pushing it along - pretending it's an important issue.
Does anyone care?

[eri]

nz media fighting hard

for emotional hooks

to keep their share

[speights boy]

Does anyone care?

16 posts including starting the thread?
It appears someone does.