Posts by Sacha
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to Chris Waugh,
dream up a more appropriate metaphor
the Thordon Bubble has long appealed
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Probably better if you stop reading 'not ready' as 'inexperienced'.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Guess party members at that leadership contest roadshow must have seen something in Cunliffe before caucus chose the other guy instead.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Russell Brown,
snap
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Being ready is not just about length of time. Jacinda seems unlikely to put herself there just yet. A few years as Minister or Deputy, more likely.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Keir Leslie,
As Russell said, not even been a Minister.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to nzlemming,
can lead Labour and heal divisions
Current candidate was the healer and look how that turned out.
Need someone genuinely strong enough to make clear to caucus what their collective interest is, and not just act 'tough' when others advise them to.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Lilith __,
She’s smart and articulate and hardworking
But not ready yet - and I reckon she's smart enough to know that.
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It has been a long time since NZ was populated by cloth-capped working men and sturdy wives of houses, back when Labour was a socialist working party.
We've been a predominantly urban nation for about a century. Only about a quarter of NZers are still in the toiling occupations that some folk fondly imagine (lack of sustained experience of such work would help the warm glow) - see table 3 in this spreadsheet. Set up another party by all means if that's who you want to represent.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to NBH,
Labour need a competent media, communications and electoral engagement strategy that identifies both likely lines of opposition attack and the likely media narratives, and develops an *active* media strategy to address both. And that point is true no matter who becomes leader
Exactly. I'd ask which new person is most likely to firmly sort out their backroom which has not been functioning for many years now?