Apparently (so I hear from contacts in the UK) the Conservative’s posters are a sitting duck for a very public response which wastes very little spraypaint – “are you thinking what we’re thinking?” NO!!

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I also found that a little rich from a newspaper that apparently can’t go a week without a ‘dirty overstayer run amok’ story fresh from Winston Peters’ rubbish bin.

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I find the list of issues predicted for National to use as interesting.

Firstly I am surprised that promising increased spending in a portfolio area is seen as somehow negative campaigning.

We will probably never agree on race issues, but I note that even Labour have stopped defending the indefensible in various areas, and this would not have happened without Dr Brash. I accept you may still see this as undesirable, but frankly basing school funding on ethnicity sits badly with many.

In welfare we have much the same global world-view difference. But I think people would be hard pressed to point to actual statements that are bashing beneficiaries, rather than promoting policy changes.

With regard to the teacher unions, my observation is they spend far more time kicking National, than National does kicking back.

And as for the PM’s perceived lack of integrity. Well goodness, I recall how nice Helen Clark was to Jenny Shipley for the trivial error of mis-speaking whether or not politics was discussed at a private dinner.

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