Posts by Keir Leslie
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Erm, how many members of the Party are actually commenting here? I don’t think there’s many, and certainly I don’t recognise the picture you’re painting of some irreconcilable gulf. It’s also worth saying that, in fact, this process is how we work out disagreements.
[ETA To Russell: yeah, I agree that's an issue. And I'm really not saying Ardern Is The Answer, or anything like that. I'm just wary of a narrative where women have to be AMAZING and men can just be very good, which sometimes develops in the Labour Party.]
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I mean, I'm not some kind of Jacinda Must Run And Win diehard. But I think it's pretty problematic to say that an ex-IUSY President, ex Goff/Clark staffer, ex-senior UK Cabinet Office civil servant is inexperienced, compared to say, Little.
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I should say, that I thought Jacinda wasn’t ready, or was too inexperienced, and the I read this series of tweets by Chelsea Torrance and I kinda rethought that a bit.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to nzlemming,
Seriously, are you saying don't vote for Grant 'cause he's gay?
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Nor has Robertson or Little (or Shearer for that matter.) Jones has, but blotted copybook. Cunliffe is the only contender who has ministerial experience.
Not saying Ardern’s right, but I’m pretty wary of the “not ready” label being attached here when it doesn’t seeming to be attached to men of similar or less experience.
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Is Ardern not ready yet? She's been an MP as long as Robertson and longer than Little.
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Look, are you seriously telling me that when I go to vote for the leader of the party, I should vote against Grant ’cause he’s gay?
[Also, uh, Key grew up in Bryndwr. Sure, it's not the metropolis, but...]
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It would be nice if some commenters checked their spellings.
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Also, I have to say that most of the (professional/semi-professional) analysis up to this point has been hilariously inept. Cunliffe doesn’t have the membership sown up, and Robertson’s not the ironclad pick of caucus, at that. Also, Jones has no chance of being leader (but could be deputy) and Little does not strike me as having much of a chance.
Don’t know how the unions will vote (much will depend on the form of voting used there.) Worth remembering it’s not voting by orders, so it’s oversimplifying to give, say, 40% to Cunliffe as “the membership”.
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Tom, my party's not going to pander to bigots, especially bigots hiding behind the supposed concerns of others. That's the first point. The second point is that really, Tom, where have you been for the past five years?
Anyway, I'm kinda bored of talking about that. Grant's sexuality's not going to be a negative, and it might be a positive. It's certainly not going to be that big a deal.