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We've just been alerted to this:
Given the way that David Cunliffe has had to back down on or clarify almost every policy announcement or statement he has made so far this year, we reckon it's only a matter of time before he declares that he's sorry for being sorry!
PS: And just so there's no confusion, domestic violence is NOT ok. Whilst we don't like what some men do, we're not sorry about the way we were born.
Here's a turn-up for the books. Either Grant Robertson has stood aside ( and we have no reason to suspect he has), or Labour is planning to stand two candidates against each other in Wellington Central:
The lower image comes directly from the Labour Party website - the one with the Vote Positive branding. But how do you Vote Positive when you have to choose between two candidates in the same electorate. People may just as well vote for National's Paul Foster-Bell!
Labour is making so many cock-ups with its digital and social media proclamations that keeping up with them all is becoming very time-consuming. We might have to start charging for our proof-reading time, and as a nod to our Scottish heritage, Labour should be warned that we charge like a wounded bull.
But it really is a worry that a party that wants to govern New Zealand in just over a couple of months time is making so many basic errors and displaying such ineptitude. It certainly doesn't fill the floating voter with confidence.
David Cunliffe had a brief meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But was this REALLY the occasion for war stories?
It certainly is a novel introduction from Mr Cunliffe, and Bill Ralston is right on the money in questioning the likely effect on relations between the two men. In the meantime, we wait with bated breath to see how long Mr Cunliffe's nice, sledge-free campaign lasts. At least we know now that there'll no repeat of this awkward moment from the 2011 election campaign:
National's Hutt South candidate Chris Bishop, likely moa-down of long-term MP Trevor Mallard was out door-knocking yesterday when he discovered this:
There will be a time when Moa jokes and references have run their course, but we haven't reached that point yet! Trevor Mallard's delightful fantasy still has some mileage.
Dave Goosselink from 3News tweets:
And on the day that Labour releases its much-heralded education policy, someone didn't do a good job of proof-reading. This is taken from the policy document Labour released online earlier this morning:
You couldn't make stuff like this up. Labour - proving the need for National Standards in Literacy since, like forever!
We've just spotted this from 3News senior reporter Amanda Gillies:
Whatever is David Cunliffe thinking these days? Yes; some men behave appallingly towards women. But the majority do not, and have little to apologise for.
What David Cunliffe SHOULD be apologising for however is being the leader of a political party that thinks so poorly of the ability of women to progress on their merits that the party has to create a quota system. That is truly demeaning and patronising towards women.Save your political platitudes Mr Cunliffe. We're perfectly capable and willing to apologise where necessary, and we don't need you apologising on our behalf. ***************
UPDATE: Retiring National MP Chris Tremain puts it far better than we could:We couldn't agree more.
Queen Elizabeth II tweets (okay, it's not the REAL Queen, but it's a very good parody!):
We would be very surprised if the Rolf Harris portrait of the Queen has not already been taken down and placed in a dark corner of a basement somewhere, never to see the light of day again.
Some would even argue that the artist who painted the portrait should suffer a similar fate, but that's now a matter for the British courts...
The New Zealand Cricket Museum at the Basin Reserve in Wellington does a marvellous job in preserving the history of the sport. But they also have an excellent grasp of social media:
We add our congratulations to the New Zealand side, which is developing into a very useful test outfit. Kane Williamson was deservedly awarded Player of the Series. Tom Latham and Jimmy Neesham have taken to test cricket like ducks to water. And in Mark Craig, Mike Hesson has unearthed a very handy off-spinner who is also no mug with the bat.
This is New Zealand's first three-test series win in the Carribean, and Bangladesh apart, the first overseas test series win since 2002. There is a lot to like about the way this team is developing.
You'd think that the Internet Party, its founder Kim Dotcom and its leader Laila Harre would stand for openness and free speech on the internet. But despite their name, it seems they don't:
Free speech and all that nice sounding stuff is apparently for other people. But not for the Internet Party, it's founder and visionary, and its leader. They are far too important to worry about that kind of thing!
It's not our response to 3News' Brook Sabin that we are featuring; rather his tweet about another strategic blunder by the Labour Party:
As we noted in our response, Labour has its conference next week. If it had bothered to invite the media, it could have released its much-changed immigration policy then.
Instead though, Labour leeches off the National Party. John Key and co should take that as a compliment. Interestingly, the policy is Trevor Mallard's baby; he of course was the strategic genius who guided Labour to its worst poll result in 70 years in 2011. Perhaps Mr Mallard should have stayed in his own electorate this weekend. That's where his fight for political survival is happening.
We haven't been able to get at all excited about the schoolboy taking his school to court for enforcing rules he accepted. It's a non-story, but that hasn't stopped the media climbing all over it.
But we chuckled when we saw these tweets this morning:
A student challenging his school's authority (whether or not the school rules are daft and outdated) being compared to Martin Luther King? Give us strength.
We spotted this yesterday on Twitter. It was taken in Auckland over the weekend, where the Green Party caucus held a pre-election session.
We guess that when you've had a long talk-fest, and you're hungry, and the whiff of Colonel Harland B Sanders's secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices is in the Auckland air, thoughts of obesity epidemics, sugar taxes and controls on fast food go out the window.This is finger-lickin' good hippy-crisy!
David Cunliffe's legal adviser and friend Greg Presland got into something of a verbal joust on Twitter last night. That sort of thing is never going to end well, and this spat was no exception; the conversation died when this was posted:
David Cunliffe opened himself up to accusations of hypocrisy when he allowed a secret trust to be established so that he could receive anonymous donations to his Labour's Got Talent campaign. Having spent years helping fuel Labour's attacks on John Key and his "rich mates", Cunliffe's error of judgment showed that he was either just as dodgy as he has accused the PM of being, stupid enough to believe he wouldn't get caught out, or venal enough to not care.
Take your pick as to which.
Jami-Lee Ross has just tweeted this gem:
Mr Ross is dead right. Today is not the day for ANYONE in the Labour Party to be speculating about leadership bids.
Of course, after Friday, it's a whole new ball game...
Mark Mitchell, the National MP for Rodney doesn't seem to have taken too kindly to suggestions that Colin Craig will be cut a deal in his electorate; check this out:
It sounds as though there'll be no cups of tea in Rodney in the immediate future. In the meantime, instead of inane tweets about election signs having been blown down during last night's storm, Mr Mitchell is using Twitter to feed information to his constituents:
Matthew Beveridge notes:
Some hold that there is a difference between electorate and list MPs, that electorate MPs are directly elected and represent a geographic area. If we hold that this is true, then surely the time to step up and help your constituents is when things are not going well. I am not based in Auckland, so I don’t have first hand knowledge of how bad things up there are, other than Stuff and The NZ Herald’s coverage. But they are both reporting 40-50,000 customers without power, wind speeds of over 150km/h, and a truck blown over on the Harbour Bridge. Twitter would provide a great way for MPs to point people in the right direction of where to ask for help, or offering to do what they can. So far, the only MP who has really done that is Mark Mitchell.
Even though he is a new Twitter user, he seems to get how it can be used. My personal view is that all of the other Auckland based electorate MPs have been found wanting in their response. Twitter can be a great way to show support for people who feel vulnerable, and to point people in the direction of either help, or how they can help. I think this is a sign that MPs still don’t understand the power and usefulness of Twitter.
Well done Mark Mitchell. That tweet should be framed, then go straight to the pool room!
Here's something for all those voters in the Rotorua who thought Tamati Coffey was ever such a nice young man:
Now we're prepared to accept that Coffey's comment may have been in jest. But with election candidates these days increasingly taking to social media to campaign, there's a warning here to Tamati Coffey and to other candidates; don't give your opponents any ammunition.This is Coffey's first SMOG (Social Media Own Goal) as a parliamentary candidate. Best he makes sure that it's his last.
There's speculation that John Banks may well resign as MP for Epsom in the next few days. Act has put pressure on Banks as it seeks to distance itself from the former party leader.
And in that vein, we just spotted this tweet:
We hope that John Banks will do the right thing for everyone, himself included.
The Greens have launched their Carbon Tax policy at their conference today. But look who showed up to make the point:
The Green Party; saying one thing but doing the opposite since, like forever!
And somehow, we doubt the the "Green Party paid for Lucy Lawless". We rather the suspect that the long-suffering taxpayer will have picked up the bill. If nothing else, the Greens have made an art-form out of spending Other People's Money.
It would appear that Labour MP Chris Hipkins ISN'T a fan of the Large German Gentleman and his purchasing power:
Now we do have to note that Chris Hipkins, along with the likes of Trevor Mallard, Annette King and Clayton Cosgrove is aligned to the ABC faction within the Labour Party. So we can't say with any authority that David Cunliffe shares this view of Dotcom, which is a great pity.
David Cunliffe could earn himself a lot of respect if he were to come out and say that he will have nothing to do with anyone buying political parties. We suspect that Mr Cunliffe is much more an end-justifies-the-means politician.Mr Cunliffe's attitude to MegaMana over the next few weeks is going to be fascinating to watch. Does he, like Hone Harawira, have a price?
