Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: The epitome of reason, in reply to llew40,
the need for Labour to do a better job of appealing beyond those they already appeal to
IMHO Labour is not even very appealing to those it should appeal to. The parliamentary wing lacks a solid ideological platform from which to message, which is odd as some branches I know personally are very clear about what's needed. Somehow, the message gets lost as it goes up the ranks. What we see, from the outside, is the roiling factionalism in the parliamentary wing where you've still got the Goffs and Kings that Rogernomics left behind when it jumped to ACT, as well as every other minority group arguing that their special issue should be given precedence instead of finding the things that they all agree on and working from there. Plus every other bumptious git reckons they could be a better head prefect than whoever's in the job this week.
National won the last election because Labour **lost* it, and Labour lost it because they didn't give people anything to vote for except "we're not as bad as the other lot". Dissing the Greens didn't help either.
(disclaimer: I'm not nor ever have been a member of any party)
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Hard News: Mediaworks: The only horizon…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Van Beynen’s also taken to referring to himself as a public intellectual, again without a hint of irony.
Yeah, I've lost what little respect I had for him over the last couple of years. Too much reading his own press releases.
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Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to BenWilson,
…<until you reach the sludge>
Quite.
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As long as they stay off my grass, there's room for everyone ;-)
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Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to Bart Janssen,
The above is a bizarre batshit crazy scenario, but honestly is it more bizarre than using Slater to tar your opponents?
I don't think it's that batshit crazy at all.
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Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to Penny Ashton,
I just want to say I am disappointed in these comments. Nothing but polite, erudite, intelligent discussion. What the fuck is the internet coming to.
Kiwibog is thataway >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to Patrick Xavier,
George Bernard Shaw said words to the effect “Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it” – The World , 15 November 1893.
He was right. I'd rather us be the best country we can be, than the "best in the world".
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So, basically, we're the Uriah Heep of nations, yeah?
Which is better than being Metallica, I spose...
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Hard News: #GE2015: Proper Mad, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
In short, you can blame as many dirty diggers as you like, Labour just got the basics wrong and have been for a very long time.
Which is pretty much the same for the NZ Labour party. I look at them lately and think "Would Fraser, Savage, Nash or Kirk be members of this party? Would they even vote for them?"
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I feel so very sorry for Britain.