Labour’s Te Atatu challenge
September 29th, 2010 at 12:00 pm by David FarrarMartin Kay writes:
Labour has yet to set a date to hear disciplinary charges against rebel MP Chris Carter as time runs out before nominations for his Te Atatu seat close.
Labour president Andrew Little said the party was in talks with Mr Carter’s lawyers to arrange a meeting of the ruling council to hear charges that could result in the MP’s expulsion from the party.
Labour wants the matter dealt with before nominations for the party’s Te Atatu candidacy close on October 8 to avoid having to reopen the race if he is expelled.
Mr Carter said yesterday he was still the only nomination and had not withdrawn his candidacy.
Carter is obviously not going to agree to be available until after the 8th of October.
Unless Labour delay the deadline for the close of nominations, then it is possible Carter will be the only nomination. That would be hugely embarrassing for the leadership.
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September 29th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Labour- the party that tolerates crooks and troughers.
…and where are all the gallant “journalists” who hounded Garret to resign.
NZ’s so called media is a collection of Labour party plants.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Pass the popcorn…
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Carter is turning in to 2010′s version of Judith Tizard. An awful MP who turns off the general public, but Labour just can’t shake them off and they end up souring Labour’s overall strategy.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
… bcoz mummy has TXTd n told him 2sit tight whil she sorts it all 4him
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Meanwhile, over in the blue corner…
It is immensely frustrating how much the media focus on sideshows like Garrett and Carter, and how little attention is given issues of policy substance.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Possibly
Vote:- Carter story fatigue
- waiting for “very embarrassing for the leadership” to become a “hugely embarrassing for the leadership” story
- they haven’t finished negotiations for an “exclusive” breaking story interview with Carter yet
- ratings show that the viewing public have moved back to Lindsay Lohan
- Carter is holed up in some windowless refuge and he won’t answer the door
- the story would make no difference to Labour’s poll results
September 29th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
“how little attention is given issues of policy substance.”
Oh yes of course, now that its Carter who is under scrutiny its a “sideshow”. Always amazing the level of shameless duplicity you commies are willing to sink to.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Mr Baiter – it may have escaped your attention but most of “the left” think Carter is a dick and he should go.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
‘Carter escapes through window’
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Oh heck, why didn’t David Garret think of that??
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
RRM
Oh really, then it is such a shame that Auntie has told them to shut up and put up… and to think you guys still rate her as the best leader you have ever had – what complete and utter spinless muppets you Labour apologists are.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Can anyone tell me what the limit is for abuse of parliament credit cards before it breaks the “pay it back and move on” threshold?
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Carter is a narcisist of the highest order. Like O J Simpson he actually thinks he has done nothing wrong. Like the Whangamata Marina which the locals fought for for 21 years. Bob Harvey said after the marina folk won every battle in court including the enviroment court which was seen as the barrier, Harvey said listen folks our guy (Carter) has the balls to stop this thing lets get in behind him. Carter vetoed the thing claiming the resident maori population of 7 would not be able to feed there hungry people if the marina carpark was built which was bullshit, Then claimed the saltmarsh had mystical meaning to maarrriii Plus maarriii survived on cats eyes and cockles at the site.
What a %^&% he is a narcisit and a %^* burglar.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
what a farce this whole episode is turning out to be .. Little should just tell the trougher, Chris my man, turn up at so and so location at 9am on Tue 5/10/10 for a hearing. If you don’t turn up then you are gone burger.
Vote:I think Carter is threatening to expose where all the “bodies are buried” and he is too chicken is the Little guy.
mm , there is the Chicken Little name again and chiken is popular in New Plymouth
September 29th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I think Christine might be feeling another attack of his former malady coming on and may need a further two weeks six leave before the hearing date.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
“there is the Chicken Little name again and chiken is popular in New Plymouth”
Ah, as it was foretold in the ancient lore of the people of the CTU clans:
Vote:“And in the second year following Her passing, a new dictator will begin to emerge from the detritus left after Her great exile to the CTU mecca known as the UN. And his name shall be Two Hats, until the time that he establishes a third hat, whence shall he be known as Three Hats, until such time as he loses a hat, whence shall he be known again as Two Hats. And around the beginning of the third year after Her exile shall Two Hats create for himself a great stronghold, and the people of that stronghold shall be known as The Lard Asses, for they shall feast ravenously upon the flesh of the chicken, prepared in secret rituals involving the herb and the spice, and more herbs and more spices until their number combined shall total eleven. And the Lard Asses shall stop their work, and their studies, and generally everything they do, to worship the fatty fried chicken that shall be coated in the secret eleven herbs and spices.
And in this great stronghold shall it come to pass that Two Hats shall take unto himself the grand title of King F Chicken Little”
September 29th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Why are there no other nominations?
Labour has virtually no presence in Te Atatu and the people under the “Labour” banner are really personal supporters of Carter?
Carter has successfully branch-stacked (with the support of head office, up till now) so that no one of any calibre would be bothered entering an unwinnable race?
The Labour vote in Te Atatu is really a personal vote for Carter and no one believes they’d win it for Labour?
Some other reason? Or some mix of the above?
Any Te Atatu readers care to enlighten us?
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Rex:
Exactly. I was wondeirng the same thing myself: why are there no other nominations besides Chris Carter?
Presumably, if Labour HQ were minded to dump Carter unceremoneously from the Te Atatu electorate, they could easily shoulder-tap some other Labour flunkie. Whatever charades might happen at the voting stage – and how could I suggest anything untoward
– one would have thought Labour HQ could find someone – anyone – to compete against Carter. Andrew Little for New Plymouth! Anyone who is not Chris Carter for Te Atatu!
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I am uncomfortable defending Labour here, but it seems to me that (rather than a conspiracy led by Aunty Helen) the party is being scrupulous about following proper procedures in getting rid of Carter because if they are not, he will later hit them with every kind of legal action possible and drag the whole thing out even more.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Maybe it’s normal. How often are there any nominations apart from those of the sitting MP? That goes for National as well as for Labour. Apart from anything else the sitting MP would have a huge advantage, people supporting them run electorate.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
what about Twyford .. Tizard??
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
pity about the timing of the “super” city elections. If Lenny B gets his arse kicked, he would be available.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Why no other nominations??
Maybe the crooked Carter is the best they’ve got.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Heh. Rex, I misread your name, and thought your comment was from RedBaiter. And I thought “oh crap, I’m agreeing with RedBaiter.” Happy to reread and see it was you.
Very good questions though. Perhaps it’s the intelligence of the masses – they’ve all independently come to the same conclusion – Chris Carter isn’t at risk, and therefore no point in standing against him.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Maybe the Labour Party’s Electorate Chairman will put his name forward for nomination.
Now, what’s his name again ….oh that’s right – school teacher Peter Kaiser.
Kaiser could win the seat, and then Carter could return to teaching ….and also become the Electorate Chairman.
How many MP’s in parliament have their spouse as their Electorate Chairman?
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
maybe even a cunning plan to hold it for Dame Helen to return .. the UN must have worked her out by now
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Chris2 suggests:
Ah, so it’s garden-variety Labour Party branch stacking then. Head Office must be cursing the day it ignored the protests from other candidates that they didn’t stand a chance in an electorate that Chris and Peter had so tightly sewn up.
But then again, there’s always the Fa’afoi option – roll into town, scoff at the pathetic votes of the membership, crush them with the weight of your “some are more equal than others” union and HO votes, and disappear, still scoffing.
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
So how long will it be before Fran Mold announces that she will be competing for the Te Atatu nomination? Sheesh, she’s worked for Goff for all of a week now; plenty of time to become a committed Labourite
Vote:September 29th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
The wanker wants to maintain his Koru Club status and those hot-boy Thai messages with happy endings, does he get an independent get a leader’s allowance and a credit card to slap it about? Or is he just rough trade now without the Party?
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