Tag Archives: trevor mallard

After the firefight

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

To paraphrase a great man of the Labour Party, Shearer won, Cunliffe lost, eat that. Whatever Cunliffe did or didn’t do, he’s been demoted.  Shearer has arranged a convenient vote of confidence in his leadership which I have to hope … Continue reading →

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I am no longer Trevor Mallard

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

I originally made this post in jest.  You can head over to Scott Yorke’s place to see why I don’t find it particularly humorous any more. Just a few brain-still-trying-to-figure-out-what-the-fuck comments: Taxing people “almost to breaking point”?  ”Refuses to”?  Josie … Continue reading →

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Dibs being Trevor Mallard’s sockpuppet!

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

Lesson for the day, kiddies: Saying you’d consider docking a tax credit to [in-work] families to pay for earthquake recovery is just a completely political-context-free statement. Criticising that statement for unnecessarily politicizing the earthquake aftermath is policitizing the earthquake aftermath. … Continue reading →

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Trevor Mallard: fat kids stupid, lazy

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

Dear readers, a challenge:  how many problems can we find in this post by MP Trevor Mallard? Do we limit ourselves to “wow, Trevor, just screaming “FAT KIDS!!!!” in the headlines sure was nice and non-judgemental” and “way to buy … Continue reading →

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Minor breakouts of major gripes

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

I’d long ago realised that part of the reason I post cussy rants about things that seem like just small issues, not a huge deal, isn’t there something more important to worry about – is because those “small issues” just … Continue reading →

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