Archive for June 29th, 2005

Brash gives it a bash

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

I promise to do the decent thing and move on from Dr Brash’s “gays are not mainstream New Zealanders” gaffe, but I’ve read a couple more things on the issue worth quoting. The first, a comment from icehawk on my previous post on this issue, reads:
Brash’s problem is that he’s trying to go two ways […]

The gender divide

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

It’s always interesting when media outlets provide demographic breakdowns of their political polling. The Herald has a story today illustrating something that’s been clear for a long while: women like Labour; men like National. In a Fairfax poll a few weeks ago, Labour had a 13-point lead over National among women, while National led […]

A debate, anyone?

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

One of lamentable things about this Labour Government is that, when the pressure has gone on, it has refused to stand up for its principles. For one, it has refused to stand up for the Maori renaissance, and defend the race-based policies that contributed to it.
In the Herald this morning, Tapu Misa offers the […]