Posts by Jan Farr
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Some of us - who were young and virile at the time - will be in care by then!
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They have agreed on the concrete goal of closing the income gap with Australia by 2025.
The irony of this is that it was Roger Douglas who dealt to productivity in the late 80's promising gain from pain and the Nats who dealt to wages with Employment Contracts Act promising more gain from pain. Whose incomes are they talking about? Most probably not the workers'. And isn't 2025 rather a long time to wait for all those painful gains?
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As proven by the fact that companies and government organisations, including political parties, spend vast amounts of money advertising to achieve that very result.
And as evidenced by the fact that 'time for a change' with few facts about what the change would be, was enough for a great many people. Time for a new hat, really.
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if you wanted to campaign pre-EFA, you had to say who you were and where you got your mail).
As I recall the Brethren hid behind a person's name and a box number. If you had to name yourself and your organisation, maybe a box number would do. I agree that it's tough to expect one person in an organisation to make themselves vulnerable.
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True - but I wasn't blogging then
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Oh dear, another outbreak of Clinton-Palin Syndrome, whose symptoms include opportunistic and fatuous cries of "sexist" and "mysoginist" when faced with uncomfortable scrutiny. It doesn't only insult the intelligence, but it also trivialises the real challenges women face in public life. Read the Tale of The Little Shepherd Who Cried Wolf three times a day, before meals, and don't call me if symptoms persist.
When I see the reputation of John Key, Bill English, Phil Goff or any other politician not of the female gender approached in the same disingenuous way I promise you, Craig, I will rush to their defence.
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The Onehunga house story reminds me of the scorched earth Prebble's Act-olytes left in Auckland Central in 1992, after Prebble was defeated there.
We lived in Grey Lynn when Richard Prebble held Auckland Central. In 1984 we held our Labour Party election night party at the Trade Union Centre on Gt Nth Rd. Next door is Trades Hall. Several hundred people attended the election night party at the TUC. But where was our MP? By chance someone lifted the sheets of brown paper we used for recording results and there - just a sheet of glass away - in a small room in Trades Hall sat Richard Prebble and beside him his ever present minder, Gene Leckey and perhaps two others, or even three. Perhaps they were sipping tea. Perhaps they sat around a cardboard flagon of wine. I leave it to your imagination. The people's advocate - distanced, as ever, from his people while also proposing the winding down of the party branch structure and recommending instead that the party pay consultants to do the electioneering.
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Eleanor - some more help with your 'research'.
Cheers.
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Then as Police Minister blamed the moon on an increase in violent crime (during summer when naturally there are fewer moonlight hours), plus the "Guerillas" in the misty Uruweras saga,.....
Ah - Helen's gone, Judith's gone - is Annette the next sacrificial woman? Most of us - and nearly all politicians - have said stupid things - I suppose they get tired. But if you're really looking for substance, why would you focus on the the trivia - or are we all just getting into the habit now? In my experience (17 years in her electorate) she was a good constituent MP - intelligent, decisive, inclusive and well organised. She maintained an efficient, effective and loyal team around her - and that takes some doing - you should try it some time. As for her record as a minister I think that in all of her posts she's been hard working, consciencious, well-informed and gutsy.
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Or are you one of the unconditional, accepting masses?
No.