Comments on: Labour’s Shadow Cabinet

By: Manolo

Manolo — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:32:12 +0000

The whorish Dunne might need to eat his words after the next election!

By: Pete George

Pete George — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:06:33 +0000

@PeterDunneMP

Labour caucus reshuffle looks like the Black Caps squad. No matter how the batting order is changed, still unclear where the runs will come from.

By: Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:14:21 +0000

Oh yeah, a (Shadow) Minister for Children without any children herself.

If you feel that strongly about it, you can do something about it. Ask her out.

By: krazykiwi

krazykiwi — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:02:48 +0000

duggledog – As crap as this lineup looks, and it’s a sorry, sorry list, it only takes a bunch of equally hopeless, leftist/selfist successful candidates from other parties to have sufficient seats for a coalition government to be formed. Hooorah for MMP

By: s.russell

s.russell — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:51:30 +0000

Shearer chose the tired old hacks because they are on avergae more competent and less nutty than the newer people. It simply reflects the steady decline in the quality of candidates selected – driven in turn by Labour’s crusade for ideological purity and distrust of moderates.

By: Pete George

Pete George — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:12:04 +0000

RF, last election Key was 1 on the National list.

In comparison Shearer was 31 for Labour, one below Chris Hipkins. The only current MPs below Shearer were:
31. David Shearer
33. Phil Twyford
37. Iain Lees-Galloway
41. Kris Faafoi
45. Rino Tirikatene
47. Megan Woods
49. David Clark

That would be sort of comparable to one of these MPs becoming National leader:
30. Simon Bridges
31. Michael Woodhouse
32. Chester Borrows
33. Nikki Kaye
34. Melissa Lee

Shearer has less parliamentary experience than all of them.

By: RF

RF — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:56:01 +0000

The standard is buzzing like a bee hive since the reshuffle. Shit they really do not like Shearer and co and heading off to the greens. I could not imagine National supporters dumping on John Key in this way.

By: duggledog

duggledog — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:42:06 +0000

God what a desperate sorry shambles. It really is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

Dog tucker. That’s not an opposition

By: Andrei

Andrei — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:47:58 +0000

Jacinda Ardern – Welfare, Children

What would this childless spinster know about children?

Anyway she seems more interested in corrupting them into believing that sexual deviancy is normal.

Fifty years ago it was the raincoat brigade that parents had to beware, now it is policians who are intent on leading them astray

By: bhudson

bhudson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:20:08 +0000

Some will be pleased at the resurgence of Damien O’Connor under Shearer though. Unwanted by Goff’s team and only saved by retaking the West Coast, he is now half way up the pack at #17

By: jaba

jaba — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:18:14 +0000

Cosgrove, failed candidate at the last election (lost to Wilkinson I think) is their number 5 .. REALLY?
I know the cupboard is bare but bloody hell.
And Moroney at 13, wow

By: bhudson

bhudson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:18:08 +0000

How come Iain Lees-Galloway can’t catch a break? He seems like a pretty competent guy.

Perhaps there’s less to him than meets the eye…

By: noskire

noskire — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:14:39 +0000

Coming in at #21. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defibrillator_Monitor.jpg

By: Pete George

Pete George — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:45:17 +0000

Bouncing back…

NZ Young Nats ‏@nzyoungnats

Shearer called Nick Smith a retread when he returned to Cabinet. What does he call Shane Jones & Annette King? Fresh? #retroreshuffle

Mallard and Dalziel are blowouts, Cunliffe remains deflated.

By: Keeping Stock

Keeping Stock — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:43:22 +0000

Cato said

How come Iain Lees-Galloway can’t catch a break? He seems like a pretty competent guy.

You’ve answered your own question Cato. Competency counts for nowt.

By: infused

infused — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:22:24 +0000

best outcome National could have hoped for.

By: backster

backster — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:10:59 +0000

PARKER is party spokeman on Finance but Shadow Attorney General. Sure looks like NORMAN has been promised Finance.

By: stigie

stigie — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:03:16 +0000

Well, i would have thought Shearer would keep Silent T close to him

like Klark did with Kullen. Bloody shame really, he seems the one

with any brains in the Liarbore party. They can kiss 2014 goodbye !!

By: Cato

Cato — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:02:10 +0000

How come Iain Lees-Galloway can’t catch a break? He seems like a pretty competent guy.

By: davidp

davidp — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:57:14 +0000

Toad>I guess that no-one in the top 20 has been allocated Transport means they have already surrendered that to Julie Anne Genter and the Greens.

No, it means they don’t think transport is important enough to appoint a spokesperson. They’ve surrendered to Gerry Brownlee.

Who was Labour’s previous transport spokesperson? I’m struggling to remember, so it doesn’t seem they made any impact. It wasn’t Bicycling Trev by any chance? He seems to spend most of his time on NZ’s roads.