Labour Party MPs are said to be red-faced, after discovering that prominent blogger David Farrar is not the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Mr Farrar has been the target of numerous attacks by Labour Party MPs over the last couple of years. A source inside Labour has confirmed that party officials identified Farrar as the…
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…
The Dunedin academic community is in shock today, after respected political scientist Dr Bryce Edwards admitted he was on the payroll of a despicable cabal involving National Party ministers and corrupt public service unionists. The revelation came after Dr Edwards broke down in tears during a Q&A interview with Paul Holmes. On the show, Dr…
Well that’s a chapter finally closed. Clare Curran has apologised graciously for her ill-advised remarks on Red Alert about the Greens, and this seems to have been accepted by a number of her most vocal critics in the blogosphere. It still leaves unaddressed the role of the Red Alert site in Labour’s communications strategy. My personal…
