At a stroke, her ill-disciplined and (presumably) unsanctioned outburst has undermined the positive perceptions created by the joint Labour/Green state-of-the-nation event of 29 January. All of those “good vibrations” (to quote TV3’s Patrick Gower) have been drowned out by the high-pitched screeching of identity politics.
In any case, while there are good and solid reasons for Labour to put Jackson forward as a candidate, many of these seem to have been lost recently amidst the rush-to-recondemn from some on the left.
Following my announcement today that I intend to re-enter politics, there have been questions about some of my previous public comments, particularly at the time of the Roast Busters case.
On 27 January this year, the NZ Holocaust Centre issued a Press Release on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance…
The governments and corporate lobbies that champion these deals are in a state of denial and desperately trying to rescue their bankrupt model. This year we begin work with others internationally to set a new agenda for international economic agreements that really work for people as part of a new economic paradigm.
It’s time the rest of the New Zealand voting public understood just how harsh the neoliberal welfare state is.
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