Labour leadership contest

[Ab]

Those 11 Cunliffe supporters will be expecting shadow-cabinet positions in return for their votes; I'll be interested to see the names, because that's Labour's alternative government.

[Ab]

It gets more popcorn-worthy: IIRC caucus appoints the Leader's deputy, it's not voted on by members or the unions. That means there's a strong likelihood that the caucus will appoint Grant Robertson as deputy again.

I hope Silent T has eyes in the back of his head.

[chubby]

cunliffe spoke well on RNZ just now-when he could get mercep to shutthafuckup about this same disunity meme you kids are so keen on.
interesting indeed.


hey remember that time bill english launched a coup,and they tanked...18% if i recall....good times,good times.

[aR Que]

Originally Posted by fidgit

(Oh also, I recall John was going to build us a National Cycleway, as a way to make jobs. Did that ever happen?)

Yes. I've been involved in two 'builds' (by builds, i mean... not-builds). I still get a chuckle out of the meetings.

[ZoSo]

lol the two TV3 reports reach Len Brown levels of loon.

[Saladin]

So one of Cunliffe's first acts has been to demote Trevor Mallard - I think we can all get on board with that!

[chubby]

and getting into the biggies pretty much straight away-

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/election/a/...cunliffe-says/

"There are some real fish hooks in it," he said on Monday at his first press conference in parliament since being elected on Sunday.

"One is investor state relations, another is Pharmac, another is intellectual property rules, and another is the degree and rate of upside in our agricultural opportunities."

[Ab]

Labour + Greens is a government on current polling:

http://imgh.us/nzpolls20130825.svg

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by chubby

and getting into the biggies pretty much straight away-

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/election/a/...cunliffe-says/

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I didn't know this would even make the political radar here. If it's a multi-national agreement worth millions of dollars and thousands of jobs, how on earth is discussing it behind closed doors a good idea? For a while there, we were one of the only countries that opposed the US wanting to keep it all secret. I guess they leant a little more heavily and convinced us to shut up.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by Ab

Labour + Greens is a government on current polling:

http://imgh.us/nzpolls20130825.svg

Black = NZFirst right? Still on 7%. GD old people

[Lightspeed]

I dunno... I think I prefer Winston to another Labour or National MP right now.