More unauthorised Labour ads
July 22nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm by David FarrarWhale Oil blogs:
I am writing to lay an offiical complaint about the brochure the Labour Party has recently sent to electors in West Auckland. I have attached a scan overleaf.
It was distributed on 20 July 2011 in and around the Henderson, Auckland area.
It does not have an authorisation statement, which I believe is a legal requirement for any election advertising.
The Labour party also undertook to discontinue to send out these types of brochures in a press release of 9 July shortly after the Electoral Commission referred another brochure to the Police for prosecution. Their spokesman, Grant Robertson said:
So on 9 July Labour said they’ll stop using unauthorised election advertisements, yet on 20 July they were caught doing exactly that again.
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July 22nd, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Fits in with Whale’s youtube clip with Mallard saying “we’ll do anything to steal an election”
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Neither does the Rebuilding Canterbury Have Your Say- Survey inside brochure i received today.
Vote:Picture John Key, Gerry Brownlie /Picture more National MP’s/ Picture roger Sutton and GB/ picture GB
July 22nd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
“More People Without Lives” would’ve made just an apt a heading.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Those pamphlets were mailed out in error for distribution then recalled when the law was clarified as is mentioned in Grant Robertson’s press releases on the original fliers at issue. There was probably just a deliverer who didn’t get the message.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Those pamphlets were mailed out in error for distribution then recalled when the law was clarified as is mentioned in Grant Robertson’s press releases on the original fliers at issue. There was probably just a deliverer who didn’t get the message.
Sucks to be them – still breaks the law.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
“…were mailed out in error for distribution…”
For an outfit wanting to hold the Treasury benches, they sure make a lot of basic mistakes. Labour doesn’t give a hoot about the rules and will go to any lengths in order to try and steal another election.
Why should we be surprised?
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 1:53 pm
There was probably just a deliverer who didn’t get the message.
At best that’s lax on top of an “error”. And sounds like passing on responsibility to the deliverer for “not getting the message”. Are deliverers contracted to ensure all messages have been received and complied with before they deliver?
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Never used to be a Labour thing to blame the workers for the Boss’s incompetence!
Sigh, how times have changed.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm
I got this reply from the Electoral Commission today:
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 pm
The law of common sense will apply.
Section 66 of the Common Sense Act 2007.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 2:16 pm
talk about a consistent pattern of behaviour.
Labour, do as we say but not as we do.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Cats maiow, dogs bark, socialists lie, cheat, and steal. Nothing new here.
cheers
David Prosser
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 4:25 pm
All I can say to Rob Carr’s comment is this: You’ve got to be kidding!
Man up Labour (or should that be person-up); take your punishment, and stop blaming the workers. The rot in the Labour Party starts for nearer the top.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm
robcarr – riiiight …! someone didn’t get the memo. the dog ate it. the cheques in the mail. no you don’t look fat in those etc.
Labour is an integrity free zone, and its current batch of aged, braying acolytes should never be permitted to darken the cabinet room doorway.
@IV2 – snap!
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Labour know that they will never be prosecuted by the Police or fined by the Electoral Commission no matter what they do. They believe in doing whatever they like in order to try to win. Most of their illegelity, as always, will take place in the final weeks of the campaign when it is too late to stop it. As Chris Trotter sais “The end justifies the means.”
Vote:They believe that the public are deluded and that the Labour Party can promise to borrow and tax and ignore the rise in interest rates that would follow. Every voter with a mortgage would pay far more under Labour.
July 22nd, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Actually I don’t think there is any intentional wrong doing, in fact I would go so far as to say I would be encouraged if I thought that was the case because it would at least show intent rather than incompetence. Unfortunatly for us on the centre left there is no Mike Moore / Don Brash to step in and save us from electoral anilation as an election looms.
Chris Trotter atempts to steady the left ship here.
http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2011/07/poll-axed.html#comments
The problem is that as a guy who has backed Labour and has always voted Labour ( me ) despite Prebble / Douglas and TINA idiots has lost faith with the current leadership, the inability to get small thing right like adverts. Trust me I know the advertising rules well and have placed thousands of adverts including political adverts. It isn’t fucking rocket science it is reading the rules and then reading them again and again and again until you can repeat them at will. I actually write down changes a few times by hand to make sure it sinks in.
Advise to Labour
DON’T RELEASE ANOTHER ADVERT until a person like me has looked at it. Harvey should have them.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 6:45 pm
@ Fisiani; don’t make that assumption. A new broom has swept through Police NHQ, and the hoary chestnut of “not in the public interest to prosecute” might well hace gone out the window.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 6:51 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howards_End
Your post brought this to mind IV2. This Helen got preggers though!
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Yes it does, on the inside across the bottom of the page. It’s a pretty blatant election ad, but at least it follows the rules.
Vote:July 22nd, 2011 at 11:24 pm
dc
The brochure Nicky Wagner today may have the disclosure. However it was designed to look like it came from CERA.
Vote:July 23rd, 2011 at 8:20 am
inky_the_red
So sit down, take a few deep breaths and try saying this; Others weren’t doing it too… The rules weren’t confusing… The ref didn’t change the rules…
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