It might give Labour the kick up the arse they need to stop being so fucking feckless.

He's looking rattled to me, if he'd have lost that last election, he probably would have been able to generate some sympathy because of the Hagar book and half the country would remember him fondly. But ultimately he's stuck around too long and I think his time is running out, you're only funny for so long and he's contributed nothing and it's started to show.

You take that back about Rick Moranis

The council was essentially set up to sell Auckland's assets, until that happens this govt isn't interested in helping Auckland in the slightest.

I genuinely think that if the government hadn't have started with a tax cut to the rich, they would have been a lot better off and wouldn't be under pressure to cut services and fuck people over. Key would have gone down as one of NZs better middling Prime Ministers.

Blair also won because those Tories who weren't self destructing were hanging themselves in women's underwear.

What's the point of Labour if they can't offer anything other than watered down Neoliberalism. They can't offer anything new or positive other than repackaged Blairism and corporate welfare masquerading as left wing policies.

There is no truth, there is only opinion.

Hey!! No new flag for you!!

I think two things destroyed Labour, firstly changing the party laws to get more women MPs just pissed off male voters and didn't gain them any female voters. Secondly trying to pretend that dirty politics wasn't happening and trying to remain above the fray just sucked all the oxygen out of their campaign and sidelined them into irrelevance.