Posts by Jackie Clark
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Speaker: Doing the right thing on retirement, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Come now. You were beyond fantastic with Ruby. Yes, she's a dog. But dogs are people too!
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Muse: Thirteen Ways of Looking at A…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I have no idea who Wallace Stevens even is. As far as I'm concerned. it's an original work of art.
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Oh sweetheart. Lyrical and prosaic, all at once. Love it.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Richard Grevers,
I heard Goff say that on the telly thing. Very good analogy, I thought.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Islander,
That's my dream. It really is. Can't tell you how much. It would be shaming.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Islander,
Your mother sounds like the mother I wish I had had growing up. (Not that there's anything wrong with mine.) I'm always searching for people to adopt me - what would I have to do to get into your mum's good books?
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Islander,
I was labelled as intransigent. My father was furious. At me!
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to James Littlewood*,
Of course. Although, I must say, that as per usual, my upbringing does deviate from the norm. My father always voted National - except for once, because he hated Muldoon so much (I believe they may have had dealings) - and my mother, and older siblings, were all Labour voters. Political discussions, or shouting as we used to call it, were a large part of my growing up. Maybe that's why I shy away from them these days?
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Of course, not, my love. But things were better. They really were. This government reminds me of Muldoon's era. It really does. But that's just me, I am sure.
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I just am minded, with this campaign but really with all of National's work to date, of another time in our history. A more miserable time. An unhappy time. A poor time. The rhetoric sounds the same. And the politicians look the same. I like Labour's approach very much, and I think the Greens' approach is entirely reasonable. I doubt, however, that election campaigns are how a large portion of the nation makes up their minds on who to vote for. Which is more the pity.