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Today the candidates are off to the spiritual home of the Labour Party, Blackball on the West Coast. It was here in 1908 that the local Miners Union struck for better wages and conditions. This was the first strike since the passing of the Industrial…
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Just a few days of hustings to go, and next Monday we'll have a new Labour leader. David Cunliffe looks home and hosed: the polls show he's favoured by Labour supporters and, importantly, the wider public; the only unions to declare a preference have backed…
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Four of the six labour affiliates have now come out in favour of David Cunliffe. Between them they represent a little under nine percent of the total vote. There has also been a second proper poll showing substantial support for Cunliffe both from the public,…
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My semi-regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week: 7 links.…
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Shane Jones has called on Grant Robertson supporters to back him after a surprise poll result had him in second place behind David Cunliffe. Of course the poll wasn't of Labour members or leadership voters, so is somewhat tangential to what the actual result might…
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Australia heads to the polling booths today. The polls suggest that a change in Government is not only inevitable but that many Labor MPs may lose their seats. There is even the suggestion that Kevin Rudd may not make it back into Parliament. Late polls suggests…
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First off, I’d like to thank the Standard for the opportunity to communicate directly to the many members of our movement who read this blog. You play an important role in providing a platform and forum for the left in New Zealand. I will lead…
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The Labour Leadership Tour is entering the home straight. There are two meetings scheduled today for Nelson and Wellington, then one in Dunedin on Sunday. Two more meetings after that and the public meeting marathon will be finished. TV3 released a poll last night suggesting…
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I’ve just spent the last week on the road with David Cunliffe and his wife Karen. Campaigns are a handy litmus test to see people as they really are when under pressure and performing to grueling schedules. As a general rule I’m prepared to like…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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The Big thing this week that wasn't widely covered was the 3rd anniversary of the first Christchurch earthquake. 3 years on, and John Key's still mucking people around, and thousands still have unsettled major insurance claims. That's thousands of lives on hold while the government…
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The need for more jobs and improvements in pay and workers' rights have got a lot of airing in the current Labour leadership contest. There has been a lesser focus on the need to end the latest Key government rounds of beneficiary bashing. Only pressure…
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From the start of the Labour leadership contest, Cunliffe has been the man to beat. In the one scientific poll, he was favoured to lead by 30% of the population, Jones by 11%, Robertson by 10%. He's been seen as having the strongest member and…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike... (sorry about our patchy record getting these up since r0b took a…
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There's been some recent speculation on the affiliate vote. Some of it's trolling some of it's just plain misinformed. That said, it's an interesting issue, and one that I've a few thoughts on myself. As far as I can tell the EPMU is probably likely…
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The concept of UBI has a long history in New Zealand. Of course, we already have a UBI for those over 65. Which has been extremely successful at eliminating poverty amongst the elderly, at a very moderate cost by international standards. "In fact super has…
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Yesterday morning at about 09:20, within minutes of each other, I saw two press releases from TVNZ corporate. One lauding the "transformation opportunity" from selling the land on Hobson street to Skycity for $10.6 million. The other was lauding their "only just" achievement of their…
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The candidates are half way through their whirlwind tour of the country. They have a meeting in Hamilton tonight and then tomorrow they will have what I am sure will be a welcome day off before they move to Wellington and the South. Last night…
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I’d like to thank Lynn and the authors of the Standard for this opportunity to contribute a post here, where Labour members and the broader left come together online. The Standard is certainly one of the most respected political blogs and I am a regular…
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Day five and the campaign heads off to Tauranga, Simon Bridges company. The Radio New Zealand report of last night's meeting in Napier says there were 250 in attendance. This is a good result in an area which used to be solidly Labour but which…
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The poor gallery journos. They've got to turnout copy each and every day on the Labour leadership race but, well, not that much actually happens. The contenders have laid out their pitches and, now, they're going around repeating it to members. So, there's a lot…
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National says that $9m is too expensive for you to have your democratic say on asset sales (that's less than the budget for Pike River re-entry, which everyone supports even though it's unlikely to recover bodies). What National doesn't want to you now is that…
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300 tonnes of highly contaminated water leaked from a tank at Fukishima Daiichi last week. There are now about 1000 such tanks on site and two or three new tanks are being constructed every week to store heavily contaminated water that has been used to…
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As part of the Labour Leadership Election there is to be a 'virtual hustings' - an online forum for Q&A organised by Labour. Scoop have agreed to facilitate, and are now harvesting the questions. Only those who are eligible to vote in the leadership election (Labour…
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