The distraction that Labour doesn’t need
In my blog at Stuff, I label the secret tape recording issue an issue that Labour doesn’t need. Read my blog there to see my reasoning. So far a lot of commenters there agree with me (which is unusual).
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November 15th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
It’s a distraction that all parties but National could do without, it’s hard enough getting coverage for a non-controversial party at the best of times, but when the media are in a “game change” frenzy any sensible coverage is a forlorn fantasy.
Media have said this recording frenzy is welcome relief in a boring campaign – why was it boring? Flocking from photo op to photo op is a choice, isn’t it? There’s a lot more in the campaign if they care to look for it.
November 15th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Yet another distraction Labour doesn’t need, would strike me as more accurate description. Mind you they do seem to enjoy distractions.
November 15th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
yet more dirty tricks from a failed Opposition. This reminds me more and more of the Democrats election strategy in 1972.
Of course no surprise given Dems are also LEFTIES.
As the Dems found then and the Socialists/Greens will find now the majority of citizens are fair minded and recogniose dirty tricks by dirty scum bag pollies and their supporters and punish them.
Will we see Goff and Norman waving as they board the helicopter just like the other scum bag did in 1974.
Sure hope so.
November 15th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
“Labour’s best hopes of closing the gap enough so that they can form a Labour-Green-NZ First-Maori-Mana alternative government…”
Were you watching pigs flying while you wrote that column?
November 15th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
@Ross
“Were you watching pigs flying while you wrote that column?”
Yes, unthinkable a few months ago.
Not anymore.
Phil now looks and sounds desperate.
He even courts NZ First.
He either forms a government (ANY government) or he is out of a job.
November 15th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Andy
Goff won’t be out of a job, though he may be replaced as leader.
November 15th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Hilarious! Key gets into a tangle with the media and what’s DPF’s take? This is bad for Phil Goff! Again!
Danyl will be delighted.
[DPF: Guyon Espiner has also blogged on this topic, and his take is not far from mine.]
November 15th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
@ ross; d’you really think that a 27-year veteran like Goff will stick around as an opposition backbencher? There’ll be a by-election in Roskill quicker than you can say “David Parker”
November 15th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
He’s goneburger. The only person who doesn’t know that is ross.
November 15th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
spin fail…
…all Key’s done is flush ACT down the toilet rather than let it sit there for the next ‘leader’ to double down on.
if anyone didn’t need the distraction, it’s Brash !
nice try though DPF…
BTW, just wondering if you got any recent polling showing how distasteful kiwi’s find state asset sales ?
November 15th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
“There’ll be a by-election in Roskill quicker than you can say “David Parker”
He has to win it first. He is up against a very good National MP, Dr Jackie Blue who can actually earn a good living not as an MP or as political appointee.
November 15th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
“He is up against a very good National MP, Dr Jackie Blue who can actually earn a good living not as an MP or as political appointee.”
Chuck, do you not then think that she should pull the pin on her campaign on compassionate grounds because the fuckwit Goff can’t earn a living doing anything else?
November 15th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
It’d be nice if the lying hypocrite Key went back to his old job eh DVM ?…Fucking over the world economy instead of ours.
But then again, there’s not as much of a brighter future in that job anymore.
All the smart money wants to get into state assets, especially power generation…
NEK MINNIT !!!
November 15th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Even Liarbores pitiful supporters are calling talkback about the injustice of it all. Many hoping against hope that the release of the tape recording will be a game changer, it’s really quite sad.
November 15th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Labour was starting to do OK.. Nek Minnit they spaz out again.
November 16th, 2011 at 7:11 am
Meanwhile, the PM can’t remember if he said that Winston’s supporters were elderly and were “dying out”. Should we be surprised? He couldn’t remember where he stood on the Springbok tour. His memory is shocking. At the beginning of the saga, he claimed that the discussion was banal. I think slippery John – along with the rest of the country – needs to know what he actually said.
November 16th, 2011 at 11:17 am
On National Radio this morning, Matthew Hooton said the issue was damaging to the PM. Also the President of Grey Power was interviewed and he said that his members are intersted in this issue. I guess they don’t like being taken for fools.