Archive for March 29th, 2008

For appearance’s sake

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

The Green Party is in the unique position that 2/3rds of our MPs are women. So one of the things I really notice in the parliamentary precinct is the way those women are judged on their appearance, clothes and hair style in a way that men never are. Some of the attacks […]

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The Herald poll

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Well, 3.9% is fairly depressing. It seems the Greens have lost/misplaced half a percent to either the Kiwi Party or Act (up 0.4% and 0.7% respectively). Oops. Expect to see Metiria introduce our Abolition of All Swearwords and Taxes Bill to the house next week.
Seriously though, we can’t worry too much because the […]

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