Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to 3410,
not "due to [Labour] voting against it"; due to National introducing it and garnering enough support to have it passed.
..and due to National being far better right now at political strategy and communication than Labour - despite their own manifest failures that would provide ample fodder for any half-competent opposition.
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If Labour had any reason to be confident in its comms ability, then they could explain why they voted against the CERA bill, tell voters positively what their preferred solution would be and campaign on that basis to become the government so they can fix any problems after November.
That is what political parties have done for many. many decades. Passing bills is not the be-all and end-all; there are a range of ways to shape political discourse. We've all seen parties in power change course in the face of well-organised opposition between elections. Labour backing down on Closing the Gaps in the face of Brash's racist dog-whistling is one instance.
Instead, we get more feeble fudging from this hapless bunch of losers fed by what seems to be a presumption that anything this government does now is not up for challenge for 4 years because the opposition lacks the balls to make it otherwise. I hope they are ashamed of themselves.
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Hard News: Dreaming of a world without evidence, in reply to BenWilson,
The virtual absence of any recorded incidences of deaths
I think you mean *total* absence.
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Hard News: A Work of Advocacy, in reply to Peter Calder,
This discussion - like so many others on PA - is dispiritingly devoid of any underlying analysis of power.
Bollocks. There have been far more sophisticated discussions of power on Public Address than in anything you have ever published, Peter. Or do you mean Comrade Trotter's idea of analysis, mired in that romanticised 1960s he shares with so many boomer ex-protesters? Up the workers, etc..
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Muse: Monday Linky Love (With Added Geekery), in reply to Craig Ranapia,
One of the best page-to-screen adaptations I've ever seen is LA Confidential
Brilliant movie for anyone looking to enjoy a couple of hours of cinematic magic over the long weekend.
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to Russell Brown,
What Labour should do now is emphasise its Christchurch MPs' connection with the city
Coherent, well-crafted communication would be useful, yes
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Audrey Young is a tad confused.
Apparently Labour's craven behaviour over CERA and suchlike is *not* evidence that they have been following Pagani's advice for the last 20 months while he has been Goff's main comms advisor.
If Pagani has been giving such advice they haven't been listening. If they had been listening, Pagani might not be a former adviser.
Uh huh. She also somehow convinces herself that Trotter's advocacy of moving away from identity politics towards appealing to the 'Waitakere Man' is somehow a shift to the left.
At first glance, Pagani and Trotter would be appear to be on opposite sides of the argument - given that Trotter is calling for a hard left turn. But actually their respective cases have a common theme: both are arguing that Labour is making a hash of connecting with people.
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Hard News: A Work of Advocacy, in reply to Bart Janssen,
by making and screening this you surely must prejudice any trial
Any more than the half-baked media coverage at the time did?
EDIT: and I hadn't seen Craig's comment when I wrote that. I'm talking media coverage in totality, not any specific allegations about collusion.
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Music, you say? 22nd anniversary of Doolittle brings free downloads (note Melissa Lee, Katrina Shanks et al) of early Pixies concert in Greece.
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to ScottY,
Pagani's twitter feed
Had to agree with you that his punchline was jawdrop genius:
If only I could silence them.