tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post4900365503832706048..comments2024-03-29T11:07:51.893+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: "All Politics Is Local"Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-48467881144350690452010-10-19T17:48:04.766+13:002010-10-19T17:48:04.766+13:00Excellent (though belated) swing to the Left by La...Excellent (though belated) swing to the Left by Labour. My only concern is Goff's strategic emphasis (according to DomPost) on reconnecting specifically with Provincial NZ.<br /><br />Nothing, of course, wrong with that. But, as I've said before, the focus needs to be first and foremost on Auckland, Auckland, Auckland !!!<br />One third of voters within a relatively small geographical area / huge Lab-to-Nat swings there in both 2005 and 2008 / and indications in the local election that the Nat's support there may well be very softly-aligned. It's a no-brainer.markusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-76408224241432200542010-10-19T10:46:56.000+13:002010-10-19T10:46:56.000+13:00You must let me know at which dairy you buy this e...You must let me know at which dairy you buy this edition of the NZ Herald, Anonymous. My one's as right-wing as all hell!Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-62757705806578928372010-10-19T10:37:26.979+13:002010-10-19T10:37:26.979+13:00I must question this, what right-wing media are yo...I must question this, what right-wing media are you speaking of? Even the granny Herald is sloping leftward nowdays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75562653811925453352010-10-18T22:44:53.466+13:002010-10-18T22:44:53.466+13:00Now the challenge for for Labour is to stand firm ...Now the challenge for for Labour is to stand firm in what is going to be wave after wave of attacks from the neo-liberal establishment. The farmers, the business sector, the right-wing media, and finally Gordon Gekko's mini-me with his Thatcher-wannabe fembots are going to have a left-wing Labour party dead in its sights - I notice that they are already starting to have a go now. Things are going to get *very* nasty in the months ahead. Neo liberalism is coming to an end - everyone knows it. But the right arent going to give up without a fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-23348610404007969942010-10-18T18:21:43.100+13:002010-10-18T18:21:43.100+13:00Chatting with an eighty three year old cow cocky f...Chatting with an eighty three year old cow cocky from the Hauraki Plains. He would never ever have voted Labour. His comments;<br />"I like what that Phil Goff has to say about foreigners not being allowed to buy N.Z. farmland. Now the price might come down so that New Zealanders can buy it."<br />When dyed in the wool tories like him, like your policies, then something might be going right.Tauhei Nottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523429382970107699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-9124398407552225072010-10-18T14:05:00.751+13:002010-10-18T14:05:00.751+13:00It's in the pipeline, Scott, don't you wor...It's in the pipeline, Scott, don't you worry. <br /><br />Oh, and many thanks for the kind words on "Reading The Maps". <br /><br />You see, keen but courteous debate does have its effect - even on Old Settler-types like me.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-28443727717890097282010-10-18T13:55:27.466+13:002010-10-18T13:55:27.466+13:00I'd be keen to read a report on the conference...I'd be keen to read a report on the conference, Chris.Scotthttp://readingthemaps.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-88277604134190170902010-10-18T13:24:00.123+13:002010-10-18T13:24:00.123+13:00Tipp O'Neill was right when he said all politi...Tipp O'Neill was right when he said all politics were local. He was simply paraphrasing Patrick Kavanagh, who wrote:<br /><br />"I have lived in important places, times<br />When great events were decided, who owned<br />That half a rood of rock, a no-man's land<br />Surrounded by our pitchfork-armed claims.<br />I heard the Duffys shouting "Damn your soul!"<br />And old McCabe stripped to the waist, seen<br />Step the plot defying blue cast-steel -<br />"Here is the march along these iron stones."<br />That was the year of the Munich bother. Which<br />Was more important? I inclined<br />To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin<br />Till Homer's ghost came whispering to my mind.<br />He said: I made the Iliad from such<br />A local row. Gods make their own importance."<br /><br />Nothing political ever started out as a global event, but as a local issue.Bearhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927373498537533968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-89723218565746323552010-10-18T12:45:52.327+13:002010-10-18T12:45:52.327+13:00An extraordinary weekend, Anonymous. I was there w...An extraordinary weekend, Anonymous. I was there when Labour lurched to the right, and to be quite honest I never thought I'd live long enough to see it swing back to the left.<br /><br />And if you had told me that Phil Goff would be leading the charge I'd have questioned your sanity.<br /><br />It's a funny old world.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-52687850689476885932010-10-18T12:04:54.706+13:002010-10-18T12:04:54.706+13:00You're getting in the habit of being prophetic...You're getting in the habit of being prophetic Chris... You must be pleased with the new direction of the Labour Party...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com