Having to pay people to join the Labour party
February 22nd, 2013 at 3:00 pm by David Farrar
Young Labour are having to bribe people with the chance of a week’s worth of cash, to join the Labour Party.
Oh dear. I didn’t realise things were that bad.
But an interesting contrast considering how often Labour goes on about the evils of gambling and pokie machines and the like – and they use a gambling device as a recruitment device.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:11 pm
interesting that you mention gambling and pokies given that lack of interest you are paying to the damning editorials and newspaper columns about the Sky City convention centre deal.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Let’s all have a bit of a think about the differences between pokies and a one-off sweepstake marketing campaign to encourage sign-ups and see if any of them are relevant to the issue of gambling addiction.
You start, DPF. Can you think of any?
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:13 pm
Please don’t take this as an indication that the shameless thieving pricks are down-sizing the quantum of election bribes.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:14 pm
All socialists (Labour and Labour lite) are very adept at bribing people, e.g., WFF, interest-free loans, one week of student allowance, etc.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:15 pm
How shall we help those poor folk signing up to Young Labour over and over again to win a few hundred bucks, while their children go hungry and their bills unpaid?
Who will take them in when they’re evicted from their homes, because all of their money was spent on repeated Young Labour membership fees in the hopes of winning a student allowance for a week?
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:17 pm
Seriously dude, WTF??!?
Have you started drinking already DPF? It’s a bit early isn’t it?
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Bribery. Hypocrisy. And now faux outrage from the usual card carrying lefties trying to deflect from the real issue…. young labour has had to offer a bribe in an effort to increase its membership.
Business as usual from the red corner.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:33 pm
What next? Blowjobs?
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:35 pm
MikeG (272) Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 3:11 pm
“interesting that you mention gambling and pokies given that lack of interest you are paying to the damning editorials and newspaper columns about the Sky City convention centre deal.”
Seriously WHO GIVES A FUCK!!!! If the other bidders were able to match the SkyCity they would come forward now wouldn’t they? Are you prepared for your taxpayer dollars to go towards this when it could be paid for by the private sector? Also can someone please explain how having extra poklie machines is all of a sudden going to create extra gambling addicts? Is there a constant line up of potrential addicts outside SkyCity every day waiting to get a spare pokie machine to plough their money into? This issue has become such a fucking joke and in the mean time they have gone and built one in Australia.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:39 pm
This must be in breach of the Electoral Act, offering financial inducements ( bribe ) to join a political party.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:49 pm
thedavincimode:
But only if you can either nominate the ‘service provider’ or have total control of the light switch?
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:52 pm
I don’t have any kind of card Elaycee.
But your faux outrage is duly noted
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Silly Labour, subsidising party pills is the way to go.
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/anderton_annoyed_at_act_on_campus.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10499274
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:10 pm
Bribing is Labour/Green’s main policy. You vote for us, and we will keep throwing you a few crumbs, now and again. There supporters just can’t see beyond the farce. Now there bribing the flock to join them. Disgusting.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:14 pm
“What next? Blowjobs?”
*signs up*
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:14 pm
@ thedavincimode
And facials ?
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:15 pm
I thought the entire edifice of socialism was built around bribing people with their own money
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Davasleline and dime- you’re both as weak as piss, and stigie ain’t far behind you.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:44 pm
@ thedavincimode
@ stigie
Why not go the whole hog…..auction off anal sex with Charles Chauvel.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:46 pm
The most remarkable thing to me about this poster is its resemblance to an old soviet publication. Just missing the hammer and sickle emblem.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:47 pm
@ Redmasterbator….Get a life u precious thing. Can’t you see it’s called “taking the piss”… oops may be that will be
Vote:raffled off too!!!
February 22nd, 2013 at 4:48 pm
I don’t care what you call it fuckwit- its the kind of thing that identifies you as an ignorant inbred lowlife.
Humour, as you apparently don’t know, has to have at least some element of wit.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Now THAT would be a book worth reading.
Redbaiter’s omnibus of favourite jokes, wit, and humorous anecdotes.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 4:57 pm
I agree it is a very soviet looking poster though…
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 6:39 pm
Perhaps they should offer reverse face lifts so the student wimminn could look as ugly as the party wimmin!
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Cash incentives to join a political party? Next, cash payments for your vote!
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 7:56 pm
Might wanna re-think signing up for the blowjobs, I hear Fenton’s running this one.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Next, cash payments for your vote!
KFC seems the preferred currency.
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 8:50 pm
@Reid – Hmmm, KFC. I’d sell my vote for a feed of KFC (but then I’m from Porirua)
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Hard to believe this Farrar and it all tells me that the next NZGovt is best to find a Coalition partner and the choice is obvious
Vote:February 22nd, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Interesting to note the unusual curl on the end of their fern logo. Usually this is an indicator of of a plant under stress.
My diagnosis is nematoad attack.
Nematoads like Mallard, Cosgrove, Horomia, Little and such like.
Fumigation with methyl bromide is the only answer.
Vote:February 23rd, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Uni’s are the thriving home of socialism……
Where students have no historical knowledge and vote accordingly
Most students are Greens aren’t they so why does Labour show such desperation?
Vote:February 23rd, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Uni’s are the thriving home of socialism……
Where students have no historical knowledge and vote accordingly
I think I would call that, – the enthusiam of youth to attempt to change their, and their fellow human’s, situations.
Before they become cynical old wrecked bastards like most of the population here.
Fair enough post DPF but “Labour goes on about the evils of gambling” – yeah you’ve really over-reached your rant-o-meter into the stratosphere there, mate.
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