Posts by Hebe
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Tony Marryatt deal done.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9161271/Controversial-Marryatt-to-leave-council
(A legal minefield I would imagine: all release details will be part of the legal agreements. Lawyers crawling all over it.)
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Also adding: Cunlife is a good choice too! ABJ though.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie,
One of the things Robertson is very good at is a encyclopedic grasp of policy across government
A key skill for a would-be PM and effective leader of the largest opposition party. From what I have heard and seen, I think Robertson would be the best choice. But I don't get a vote in this leg.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to nzlemming,
Gower who has no form on inside gossip in the Bubble
My sense too; a prime target for jack-ups.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to BenWilson,
If he’s polarizing, it’s either a good thing, or a bad thing. :-)
Exactly; I don't know which one Cunliffe is. I'll leave that up to the party.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Deborah,
Don't be a dick" is a house rule around here, and has been used routinely by both men and women to ask people not to be sexist, or ageist, or ablist, or racist, or to in any way marginalise other people here.
+1
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Does that make it ok for me to say “Don’t be a cunt?”
No IT DOESN"T.
So Apology?.
Doubt it.Silly old troll.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Stephen Judd,
For something that purported to be a contest, it seemed oddly collaborative.
That's positive to read. I'd like all you Labourites to present me with a credible and organised alternative to National. That's all.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
why Cunliffe thinks Dyson would be good for earthquake recovery
Given Cunlffe doesn't seem to know much about about Christchurch and the earthquake recovery, I would be taking advice on that if I were him.
All the Chch Labour MPs have done outstanding work on that front: Dyson, Dalziel, Cosgrove, and when in Burns: I couldn't choose between them. They have all worked themselves ragged. How about whoever wins, asks the local party about what and who is best rather than more top-down Wellington control?
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My view of Shane Jones -- as a non-Labour member who party-votes Green but often votes for Labour electorate MPs -- is non-negotiable. He's a pig: either a calculating politician who has run the numbers and found an obnoxious centre in which to pitch his tent, or simply a pig. I suspect the former, which gives even less reason to respect him. He is either pitching for a Cabinet post or about to leave Labour and set up elsewhere. Whatever, this leadership contest for Jones is about Jones, not the Labour Party or the greater good of NZ.
BTW: Cunliffe polarises people; I don't know why. I have Labour (not politician) friends who love him and others who loathe him, no-one I know is moderate in their thoughts about the man. Could be a good thing, could be a bad thing.