Posts by Sacha
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Jane Clifton is scathing about Cunliffe in this.
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One Standard post about 'old guard' claims is interesting in light of our discussion above - usual caution about wading into the comments applies, and the place is rife with factional angles as you'd imagine.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to BenWilson,
The ongoing leaks to Garner and others seem highly likely to involve usual suspects like Mallard who do not have freshness as an excuse. Old guard doesn't mean senior citizens, either. :)
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to BenWilson,
a strong clique of old hacks
again, who do you think has been talking to media?
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to BenWilson,
evidence
Did you really notice any of that in the stories over the weekend? Shaping comms is broader than that.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to BenWilson,
Where do you think the media get their story ideas from? Constant leaking and bitchy whispering is another feature of an undisciplined caucus focused more on their own prospects than of the people they are supposedly there to serve.
And so long as mouthy culprits like Shane Jones get away with publicly slagging his party's main coalition allies, voters will still be waiting for anyone to do what they're paid to. Or the Greens, Mana and Winston First start looking more attractive.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to Barnard,
if you're one of the vast majority of the public who'll only see this via the msm you wouldn't come away with that view at all
Multiple audiences, for sure. Best guide for public view is turn the TV sound down and see what story you're left with.
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Trotter's article did explain some of the internal historic context quite well. The party taking back overall policy position development from caucus is a major change that has gone largely unreported, and reflects some solid work behind the scenes.
I guess boy on boy fights are a simpler angle in the absence of proactive comms management and a more interesting overall story.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to Barnard,
Except there's nothing about how all this is going to appear to the general public.
Which is where their party's sustained weakness lies. Changing figureheads won't fix that lack of strategic and marketing nous.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to George Darroch,
I certainly agree with that.