Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to Deborah,
working class men in caps who don't have any truck
but utes are OK
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Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to Russell Brown,
the Greens' small-business tax policy
However that policy *is* going for the self-employed who Trotter stereotypes as meathead tradies.
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Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to Russell Brown,
The Greens' little hint of laissez-faire
I reckon you're overstating that angle. Has anyone else written about it you could link to?
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Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to Richard Aston,
Waitakere man = David Cunliffe
Heh. Don't think so. Smart(arse) Herne Bay millionaires hardly fit the archetype.
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Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to Stewart,
Waitakere Man is Trotter's theory about the type of voter Labour should be sucking up to.
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Green-aligned Gordon Campbell suggests a focus for Labour.
For what its worth, I think the way forward for Labour’s new leader is one entirely consistent with its traditions. It would involve a focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. Just as the Greens’ identity is grounded in its advocacy for the environment, Labour’s raison d’etre has always been work opportunities and better conditions for Kiwi battlers and the hard pressed middle class.
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Capture: Christchurch: Last One Standing, in reply to Lilith __,
is that Edgeware?
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Capture: Christchurch: Last One Standing, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Can't see how they'd be as corporate-friendly and authoritarian as the current lot. But hey, the voters have spoken (or stayed at home). Flat earth beckons.
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Labour insider Jordan Carter expresses some frank thoughts on what the party needs to do next. Recommended read.
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Capture: Christchurch: Last One Standing, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Is there someone or an organisation that is pushing to ensure that the 'old' is not completely swept away - I mean in terms of the small things - doors, shop frontage fittings, old signs, etc.
The demo companies are pulling some of that stuff for resale, aren't they? But overall the all too reasonable cardigan-wearers in heritage organisations are no match for the sanctioned venality of Brownlee and the corporate interests who'd rather see a scorched earth cbd to build profitable tilt-slabs on. He's been honest about that from the outset - and his govt is still in the drivers seat.