Posts by Stephen Judd
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Hilary: it will almost certainly be a central part of the Labour's new policy platform, not least because Keir and I have tried hard to make sure it gets in there and stays in there.
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Speaker: You ain't from round here, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Wellington’s council candidates seem to vary between mildly useless and truly offensive.
I don’t think any of them understand what a city council does or what the role of councillors is.
Try Christchurch.
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Doesn't look like the investing public thinks this will make much difference: CNU is basically unmoved so far today.
Disclosure: I hold a small amount of CNU which I bought earlier this year because I suspected there had been unnecessary panic and they would continue to pay reasonable dividends.
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Hard News: The shaky ground of…, in reply to BenWilson,
Often, I’ve had them even sing my praises in a refusal, stating that they really liked me, I was second in line etc, etc.
Easy to say that to a basically competent person who didn't quite make it. Hard to tell someone hopeless that they're hopeless.
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Hard News: The shaky ground of…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Wow. I wonder if there are employment law consequences there.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Henry Barnard,
[edited on 2nd thoughts].
Gower is not well liked in Labour generally, on any side, I would have said.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie,
I would be delighted to broker this introduction. Ms Russell, I have the honour to present Mr Leslie. Mr Leslie, may I introduce Ms Russell to you. I am sure you will get on famously.
I can think of at least four people I met at in the flesh at Labour events who I initially knew only from the internet. I should organise a mini-conf for People From The Internet for November.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Alex Coleman,
Notice how Gower has conflated MPs who will give Grant their 1st preference with those who "hate his guts".
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Hard News: The shaky ground of…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
I don't really care. I might work at such a place, for example if it were clear that the actual people I worked with and for didn't give a shit about the tests and it was just a foible of some mad HR manager.
Modern corporates, for all their adoption of casual clothing and apparent sensitivity for worker needs, have evolved new forms of coercion and control and this is one of them. Of course as people who disapprove get filtered out or voluntarily leave such organisations, practices like psych testing become even more entrenched.
Finally, yeah, maybe it will be the only option if I want a job. But I don't have to *like* it.
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Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Hebe,
The horses are being led to water.