The Eighth Labour Government

I thought I’d take a look at who might form the eighth Labour government, because it’s always interesting to speculate on our future leaders. The next Labour government will be the sixth, so the eighth is a few years away. Possibly 20 or 30 years away. But already we are seeing the emergence of some…

A Plan For Shearer And Labour

The media is awash with articles and commentary on what Labour leader David Shearer should do next. Other bloggers and commentators have been quick to express their views on how the Labour leader needs to behave, and which direction he needs to take the party in. Commentators seem obsessed with the notion that Shearer must anchor…

Shearer’s Move To The Far Right

A number of commentators have suggested that Labour leader David Shearer’s speech last week is evidence of a move by Labour to the right. At first I was not convinced with any of the arguments, and I dismissed them as baseless speculation. It seemed to me that what few policy hints Shearer gave out rooted…

Red Alert: The Best Is Yet To David Farrar

The Labour Party has admitted receiving a donation to its coffers from the National Party. National Party President Peter Goodfellow confirmed the donation yesterday. He said it was a contribution towards the costs of running Labour’s blogsite Red Alert. “They are doing great work, and we want that to continue,” said Mr Goodfellow. Labour Party…

Blog Cheating Part Three

(I’m still in “can’t be bothered” territory with blogging, so here’s another post from earlier in the year. It’s a good reminder that someone should not publicly mock a political party only a couple of months before joining it. Oh well…) Labour Looks To The Dead  29 March 2011 Labour leader Phil Goff was under…

Reforming Labour

Hard-hitting left-wing columnist and Chairman of the Workers Solidarity Party of Aotearoa, Bob Mittsky, returns with a new post on the plight of Labour. Most of you who follow my work will be aware that I campaigned actively for the Mana Party during the election campaign. Sadly, I came to the realisation that the party…