Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Interesting article, thanks. Still don't see it explaining your argument - eg:
In a “presidential” style race such as the current contest – where personalities matter more than policy – such matters tend to be waved aside, as something the new team can handle sometime in future. Yet who gets chosen now will dictate how such matters get handled. For that reason, this is not simply a personality contest, or a matter of who can do the best anti-Key one liners.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Steve Parks,
somehow he's been taken seriously
Quite. What and who are driving newsrooms to push a line - which Jones' candidature most closely matches - that somehow Labour are not being sexist and racist and homophobic enough for mythical toilers to support? That certain beliefs are the natural way of things rather than up for grabs and constantly evolving.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
will all have personalities too surely?
Not sure what you're trying to say here.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie,
giving him second preferences
Affiliates sending caucus a message? Did strike me as unexpected.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to BenWilson,
Not *ready* enough is not the same as not good enough.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Russell Brown,
Agree - personalising it is ridiculous. Not sure where Maryan Street and others fit into that picture.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie,
why you’re insisting on difference being a negative
Sigh. All I've "insisted" from my first comment above is that it's not the only thing there is - if you want to select a candidate who can help win the next election. And not addressing basic competence for the task creates a vacuum to be filled by clowns like Shame Jones.
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Capture: Spring Breaks, in reply to JacksonP,
I'd like to have been there, but not sure I actually want to go
Have often thought the same. Those are stunning photos.
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Capture: Spring Breaks, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
pukeko echo
man's on fire
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie,
And again you're choosing to focus on different rather than similar interests. I for one am not coming from inside any political party. I just want to see a functioning left coalition ready to present a credible choice for voters.
You'd think that would be a relevant consideration for all parties on the left - unless they really are not concerned with winning the next election, hence my first comment about indulgent tendencies in Labour's current caucus and those who enable them. Entitled seat-warmers should have been dealt with a long-time ago. For all of our sakes.