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With ‘Friends’ Like Eddie, Who Needs WhaleOil?

By Chris Richardson On March 27, 2013 · 1 Comment

A couple of days ago Eddie posted at The Standard on the ‘three factions in Labour’s current caucus’. Notwithstanding the fact that the entire post was fanciful drivel concocted by an anonymous blogger who clearly has delusions of being “in the loop” (although I suspect their role would be [...]

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Lies, Dam Lies, and Dodgy Statistics

By Chris Richardson On March 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Today sees the presentation to Parliament of the petition to force a Citizen Initiated Referendum on asset sales. Understandably, the majority of the left see this as a step forward in retaining common ownership of profitable infrastructure, while some on the right see this as an irritating distraction that they would like to [...]

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Newton’s Third Law of Motion Proved by Bloggers

By Chris Richardson On February 4, 2013 · 1 Comment

Newton stated that, for every action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. Therefore, it stands to reason that, for every sane and sensible blog post written in the world, there is an equally insane and ludicrous blog post written to counter act it!

Well, the NZ blogosphere is not one to disappoint us, and has [...]

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Stop Whinging And Get On With It!

By Chris Richardson On December 7, 2012 · 3 Comments

Rumors abound that a senior Labour MP has been lobbying Labour’s NZ Council to put rules in place for members who actively blog (or regularly comment).

Well, before we get on to the real issue here, let’s just be clear, there already are rules in place and if this senior MP doesn’t understand [...]

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In Defense of the Old Guard

By Stuart Nash On November 26, 2012 · 2 Comments

There have been a number of calls in the media recently to replace Labour’s so-called old guard. By this, I suspect people mean long serving MPs like Phil Goff, Annette King and Ross Robertson. Phil and Annette were of course the last leadership team and senior members of the Clark cabinet, and Ross is the [...]

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