“Not The Labour Party We Once Knew.”
THIRTY YEARS AFTER he quit the party in disgust, a man called Mark has re-joined Labour. That’s remarkable. It’s also a tribute to the power of Jacinda Ardern, and to the strength of the hopes she has kindled.
Year: 2019
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Political Caption Competition
I’m not sure Young Labour should be promoting themselves as ‘Party Animals’ after the Summer School Booze Sex ‘Assault’ Festival. How about ‘Young Labour 2020 – Chaste Vanilla’, or ‘Young Labour 2020 – Home by 8pm with Chaperones present at all times’ or ‘Young Labour 2020 – Always triggered’?
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday – 3rd December 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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LATEST TVNZ POLL: National + ACT are the Government – but but but Bryce Edwards said Labour Conference was amazing?!?
Let’s be clear, personally I think National winning would be disastrous, and Labour must gain a second term. but Labour are not helping themselves with their politics of kindness inclusion glacial consensus making stuff because it means change is incredibly slow.
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Great – just what paranoid gun owners need, a massive Police privacy breach – this will get ACT 3%
Stuart Nash needs to serve that audience a sacrificial head or else the conspiracy theories will take over and crazy extremist elements will dominate.
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Labour’s half billion on education is great but not transformative
I want Labour to have a second term, but I fear they’re lack of dynamism and executive foresight to cauterise problems means they are still a 50-50 chance of being one term Government.
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GUEST BLOG: Geoff Simmons – TOP Takes on The Banks
Over the weekend TOP volunteers began a guerilla campaign against New Zealand’s Australian-owned banks, stickering hundreds of ATMs in our main centres.
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The political demise of Benjamin Netanyahu?
Supporters of Palestinian self-determination and many Jews in Israel and around the world have rejoiced the decision to charge interim Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and bribery.
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GUEST BLOG: Christine Dann – Foster-ing climate change, Wellington style
When Andy Foster was unexpectedly elected mayor of Wellington in October (albeit by an extremely narrow margin, and fifth time lucky) questions were raised about the considerable support he had received from local movie mogul Sir Peter Jackson.
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Govt should cancel Westpac contract
The contract with Westpac bank to provide all the government’s transactional banking services should be cancelled following the revelations of…