Elephant In The Room Time
Union member journos have described Labour's conference as upbeat and positive. Reports have been about how good Andrew Little is at scripted public speaking.
Most of this positivity is due to inviting their Labour Night-Mayor Len Brown to their conference. Brown, who is about to become the most disappointing Mayor in New Zealand history as he ran up promises that he has absolutely no money for and an inability to raise rates to fund them. How sad, too bad, never mind. The Night-Mayor is in effect a National Party Cabinet Minister.
Phil Goff is hugging the life out of the Night-Mayor. In the meantime realists in the Labour Party know that for Phil there is only one thing currently that matters and it's not the Night-Mayor or Chris Carter, it is this:
Most of this positivity is due to inviting their Labour Night-Mayor Len Brown to their conference. Brown, who is about to become the most disappointing Mayor in New Zealand history as he ran up promises that he has absolutely no money for and an inability to raise rates to fund them. How sad, too bad, never mind. The Night-Mayor is in effect a National Party Cabinet Minister.
Phil Goff is hugging the life out of the Night-Mayor. In the meantime realists in the Labour Party know that for Phil there is only one thing currently that matters and it's not the Night-Mayor or Chris Carter, it is this:
Colmar Brunton Poll
September 2010
National 54%
Labour 32%
posted by Cactus Kate at 6:42 AM
6 Comments:
There was a telling moment on Morning Report this morning. They cut short Phil Goff's interview, mid-prattle, because they Helen Kelly ready to go on air.
What about the elephant in ACT's room? Oh, I see, you can't see that.
you forgot this one kate...
Latest Roy Morgan poll...
Nat 49.5%, Lab 36.5%, Gre 8%, NZF 2.5%, MAO 2.5% ACT 0.5%
Highest Labour vote since Helen Clark was PM. Lowest ACT vote in many many years
ACT's elephant has been quiet lately. She must be resting!
Adding up the numbers from the latest Roy Morgan poll:
Labour 36.5 + Green 8.0 = 44.5 -- very close to National.
Ignore ACT* and United Future, they are gone next election. If NZF get in, they would go with Labour due to their new position on restricting land sales to foreigners. Maori would probably go with the strongest party, but you never know. The point is, like it or not, it's anyone's game now..
* ACT died because they abandoned their core values (I couldn't vote for them again, after doing so three times now). The Greens are more truly libertarian than ACT now, at least from a civil liberties perspective.
Labour 36.5 + Green 8.0 = 44.5 -- very close to National.
A better argument for FPP (or SM) I cannot imagine.
productive Kiwis - those few left - hate labour and the greens. The disaster that is the US, the disaster that has been the Hobbit, all show that these communists should never be permitted anywhere near government in NZ ever again - no matter what the "voters" decide - most of them are bludgers, bennies, codgers, or leftists living on our tax dollars - so shouldn't have any power over what we do with our own money!
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