I am glad that I left politics before the onset of digital warriors. All I had to deal with was radio talkback which was odorific enough. However, the nasty stuff was at least on the air rather than insidious types hiding behind a keyboard. It’s different now and Sara Templeton has taken a brave … [Read more...]
Political parties have great difficulty handling a maverick, the latest victim, Louisa Wall
I have written many times about how hard it is to survive within a political party. This week Louisa Wall called it quits in parliament. The Labour Party were largely silent in commenting about her. She is this generation’s John A Lee, the architect of State Housing who had the audacity to … [Read more...]
Garry writes 15 February 2022
Today I want to discuss the need for government, both local and central, to be more open. They must share their decision making early and starting to trust us the community. Try telling the truth and the facts rather than spin. It must be frustrating for journalists writing a story to have to … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 26 October 2021
I have written many times that I am increasingly frustrated by MP’s who ignore community wishes because they think they know better. This causes the population to be cynical of politics and to diss them and what they are doing, when it essential that politicians retain public support. Just for the … [Read more...]
Lessons on democracy from USA
Having been obsessed with Trump, and the dark forces he represented, I will start the year with some observations of what has taken place since the last Tuesday Club notes. In a very interesting blog by Sam Harris, he conversed with General Stanley McChrystal about the insurrection on 6 January … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 24 Nov 2020
Increasingly the media has been tossing and turning as it contemplates just how will/ should/could the Government lead this Country into new places. This week I want to consider some observations of how Government could change, and make the system a lot more open. An elected rep is bombarded with … [Read more...]
Article by Colin James wondering where our politicians are headed:
I have said many times before that I felt that Colin James was THE political journalist in my time. There are many excellent political journos but Colin was for 50 years the writer to read carefully. Colin has written a summary (he says it is his last, but I don’t believe him) putting the Jacinda … [Read more...]
It’s times like this that we should be grateful for the honesty of our political parties:
The pressure the Republican Party puts on one of their own is incredible. If our political parties head down this path then we have gone down a rabbit-hole and deserve to rethink things. Politics is too often about tribes, but sadly led by people who have little commitment to ethics. Read this … [Read more...]
Garry writes 17 November 2020
In New Zealand we have experienced two big political events. Firstly, our Central Government was elected by the voters…then we had the American election. Politics is seen by many in the community as something they would rather ignore until the event, and get on with their lives. We have to … [Read more...]
A relative, born in Germany, wrote this chilling article for the Tuesday Club:
I have a relative who was born in Germany, Peter Moses. He has lived in New Zealand for a couple of decades and works as an Immigration lawyer in Auckland. He wrote this for the Tuesday Club notes: Political parallels He was a right- wing politician with a difference. He claimed to be an … [Read more...]