labour Archive

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  ‘It’s an ego thing’ - by frog

  
  
  
  One of the nice things about getting you candidate list out first is that you can sit back and watch everyone else’s list unfold, or in some cases rupture its way into the public.  The Greens, with a list that was decided on entirely by party member votes, didn’t face the type of tension that [...] read more
  May 14, 2008 1:09 pm - 7 Comments
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  Voting with your head or with your heart - by frog

  
  
  
  Gordon Campbell’s interview of Russel on Scoop’s Election 08 yesterday is a fascinatingly read.  Campbell, with his background in the Green Party’s parliamentary team, knew the tough questions to ask and seemed determined that his interview could not be perceived as a patsy, or lacking journalistic credibility.  The first half of the interview deals with [...] read more
  May 14, 2008 12:34 pm - 9 Comments
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  Budget choices - by frog

  
  
  
  John Armstrong is calling Cullen’s budget in a few weeks a potential circuit breaker to restore Labour’s fortunes after a string of bad polls. I think Labour probably has three strategic choices if it is going to break any circuits: It can entrench its legacy with a ‘steady as she goes’ lead in to the [...] read more
  April 30, 2008 9:00 am - 39 Comments
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  It’s a matter of doing, not of believing - by frog

  
  
  
  Labour’s attacks on John Key and various National MPs for not believing in climate change are interesting, but ultimately a bit of a sideshow. It doesn’t matter whether Cullen and his team believe in climate change or not if their actions are not doing anything to address the problem. Believing is a relatively easy step [...] read more
  April 2, 2008 2:48 pm - 79 Comments
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  Public struggle to choose coalition partner for Greens on climate change - by frog

  
  
  
  The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development’s latest ShapeNZ Survey on emissions trading and climate change shows that 82% think climate change is an urgent problem or a problem for now, rather than a problem to deal with later or not a problem at all.  56% think that New Zealand’s response should be to [...] read more
  March 6, 2008 8:57 am - 12 Comments
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  Herald rollercoaster continues - by frog

  
  
  
  Polls, eh. 44%, how did that happen? The Herald’s latest digipoll gives added credence to the accepted political wisdom that whatever disease Labour has caught it appears to be terminal, and if you want to say goodbye you better push your way up to the bedside now. Of course, that diagnosis continues to rely far [...] read more
  March 3, 2008 2:02 pm - 26 Comments
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  Dairy’s labour crisis - by frog

  
  
  
  John Key keeps telling us that tax cuts are the only way to stem the flow of Kiwis over to Oz. Call me a sceptic, but several reports over the last month paint a very different picture of why Kiwis are jumping the ditch. It seems a healthy chunk of young dairy talent are part [...] read more
  January 23, 2008 1:24 pm - 19 Comments
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  Pre Christmas polls - by frog

  
  
  
  The splash of voter intention polls over the weekend indicate that we might have one of two elections next year.  We could have a 2005 election, where the two largest parties battle out for supremacy to the exclusion of any nuance or debate in the campaign.  Or we could have a 2002 election where one [...] read more
  December 17, 2007 8:39 am - 34 Comments
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  Labour and National’s climate change record - by frog

  
  
  
  Kiwiblog has some interesting stats on New Zealand’s appalling carbon emissions record. DPF is right that there would be howls of protest from the Greens if this happened under a National government. Just like there have been under the Labour led government. As the Greens are constantly pointing out, when it comes to climate change [...] read more
  December 11, 2007 4:55 pm - 9 Comments