Posts by Grant McDougall
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Big Reveal
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Lorde
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Russell, I'm bitterly disappointed at your failure to tell everyone that DJ Max Key is in the house
Listen to them here
I wonder if this song will be in their set ?
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I'm quite surprised that Finance has gone to Robertson. He's a clever bloke and should handle it competently, but I think his heart is more in the social issues / policy area, not bean-counting.
Still, he's a safe pair of hands and it's a good way of keeping him close to the leader. It's a pity David Parker didn't want to retain it, as he's been very good. It's also pleasing that Little has signaled for the likes of Goff, etc, to hand in their retirement notice before the next election.
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KEXP's a great station, loads of good stuff on it.
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
What’s wrong with a Union?
Nothing at all. But their inordinate effect on the leadership vote is. As I said earlier, the vote should've just been made by the caucus.
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
It’s not credible to stand a leader who does that badly in his own electorate, especially one who also failed to win a majority of caucus and party membership votes in becoming leader. I presume they start looking for a very safe Labour seat for him now.
He'll be parachuted into Island Bay or Mt Roskill or one of the other ones currently held by someone that ought to have retired as an MP by now and is preventing young blood entering the party.
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to BenWilson,
Wow, he’s talking UBI. Now I officially actually like him.
What's "UBI" please ?
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Legal Beagle: Gerry Brownlee is…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Well yes, *most* people in Ilam had fairly minor quake damage. Fletchers were pretty quick (at least for those I know) to turn up and pull down chimneys, fill cracks, repaint walls and provide signoff. I’m sure they made lots of money doing this and left a majority of voters happy.While they were doing this, of course, they weren’t helping the minority with uninhabitable houses.
Maybe, but as I said, my friend stood in the 2002 election, some years before the quakes. So obviously he was talking about his abilities as an MP in that era, not post-quakes.
I appreciate that Brownlee's been criticised for his alleged failings post-quake, but that doesn't negate the fact that he was seen as an effective, hard-working MP beforehand.
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Legal Beagle: Gerry Brownlee is…, in reply to Kumara Republic,
At best, Brownlee came across as an entitled jerk.
He does. However, I don't thionkl he's a total mug. A mate of mine stood for Labour against Brownlee in Ilam in the 2002 election. I asked him what he thought of Brownlee and he said "he is a very effective MP".
Obviously he didn't share Brownlee's politics, but he was decent enough to appreciate that at a local, electorate level, Brownlee worked hard for his constituents.