The hope for Shearer

John Armstrong writes:

will bring change by making the party less hostage to the political correctness that still plagues its image. He is interested in things that work, rather than whether they fit the party's doctrine. Shearer will not fight old battles merely to make the party feel good about itself.

He will make the party's various groups – union affiliates, Labour women, Labour , Maori, Pasifika, gays and so on – start working for the party rather than feeding off it.

He will promote on merit, not . He intends to transform a seriously flabby political institution into a slick political machine.

It sounds great if he can achieve it. Less politically correct, less doctrinaire, and less with a focus on merit.

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