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Wow. Day one and already David Cunliffe is in sprint mode. He has rightfully calculated that he has maybe a short honeymoon period and he may as well take advantage of it. He has started to use the language of battle to describe the contest…
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So David Cunliffe is now leader. The scale of the win is somewhat overwhelming. He had significantly greater support from members and affiliates than his competitors. And the vote in caucus was closer than some had predicted. Winning on the first ballot was not expected…
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For many years there used to be a blog site called The Thordon Bubble1, that was dedicated to the minutiae of the political scene as seen from a small area in Wellington. I always thought it was a perfect name for the thermocline difference of…
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Today is the 75th Anniversary of the 1938 Social Security Act, one of Labour's finest achievements that shaped our modern society. As Michael Joseph Savage said during the passage of the Bill: There is enough of the best for all of us, and I want…
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The stunning levels of naked media dishonesty and bias we've seen in the coverage of David Cunliffe, his campaign, and now his election, call for a special tribute! This post is for us dear readers, to assemble links to examples of those who write in…
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Well, didn't that work well? For the past three weeks, Labour has dominated the political news with three contenders show-casing its values. There was remarkably little aggro - witness Tracy Watkins' desperate scratching for any time conflict story. David Cunliffe has emerged with the legitimacy…
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