Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to BenWilson,
Discussion must be carried on in private - that is the message the Curran episode delivered.
Discussion must be carried on competently and with some coherence.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to BenWilson,
saying something that amounted to "We are losing our traditional constituency to the Green Party, and that's part of the reason our direction as a party has totally lost coherence. We should move to reclaim it"
But that's not what she said, is it.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
We'll see if the Greens can turn their polling into actual votes.
Too true.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
one iffy line
Which - amplified by the subsequent defensive responses - tapped into a broader theme about not listening. Not smart politics.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Again, that list.
You do have to wonder what the criteria are. It's sad that smart candidates like Jordan Carter will be casualties when he's managing to faithfully repeat key messages and also critically discuss his party's relationship with the public.
There’s a second vital step where we in Labour need to do better. It’s connecting that individual openness, humility, empathy and determination to solve problems with the party’s overall image, practice and strategic approach.
We have done that extremely well recently with the launch of our tax policy. #ownourfuture has done bloody wonders for the issues people are talking about, the challenge they are putting on MPs and candidates from our party and others to define a credible vision for the future. We had a big policy proposal that would help address some deep-seated problems New Zealand faces.
Labour needs to behave that way across the board. If there is one thing I would ask of all my fellow candidates and future colleagues in the Labour caucus, it is to take the voters seriously, all the time. Our party is damaged when we don’t portray that ideal in everything we do.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Being on Twitter a lot does not equate to knowing about coordinated campaign management. Unfortunately.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Lew Stoddart,
a countercampaign
shhh
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
I suppose the question is to what extent the occasional brainfart of a fringe MP can reasonably be attributed to the party itself.
Already has been. Not a hypothetical. You'd expect strong instructions for MPs to be on best behaviour or zip it.
I frankly don’t care much about it.
I doubt either of us is a representative voter. :)
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Islander,
wasnt even recognisable by self, or 3 neighbours to whom I just whisked round your email
he's the ex-boss of your local DHB.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Neither of their whoopsies ever got near a media strategy.
and that is a failure of political management and media strategy in itself.