Shane Jones - stepping down

[Stylo]

Presumably he's had a chat with Cunliffe before this announcement ..

[mashman]

I guess he just can't keep it up anymore... or maybe he's going into business with the 14 national MP's that are retiring to suckle on the public teat.

[caseye]

Or maybe he just can't stomach the BS that labour have been trotting out these last few years.
Least he's honest enough to admit that he ain't going anywhere fast with labour and that while the national party are prepared to tailor make a job for him, he's in!
Good on him, my estimation of him has just gone up.

[skippa1]

Or maybe he just can't stomach the BS that labour have been trotting out these last few years.
Least he's honest enough to admit that he ain't going anywhere fast with labour and that while the national party are prepared to tailor make a job for him, he's in!
Good on him, my estimation of him has just gone up.

+ 1 on that one

[pete376403]

Interesting that he got a $1k donation toward his (failed) leadership challenge from Hekia Paratas husband.

[carbonhed]

Good job Labours got the steady hand of "Silent T" at the helm... in these troubled times... bwahahahaha.

[BuzzardNZ]

Interesting that he got a $1k donation toward his (failed) leadership challenge from Hekia Paratas husband.

I thought that was for what was owed on his porn bill.

[Swoop]

"Abandoning the sinking ship" is more like it.
Getting out before liarbour gets any more stupid. At least he openly despises the Lunatic Fringe party of retarded sandal-wearers, rather than the sycophantic approach of the other labourites,

[Hitcher]

Yet another reason why the Labour Party needs to lock itself away, identify what it stands for and what its point of difference is compared to other parties.

Its inability to grow and retain talent has at last started to manifest itself. I suspect it's too late. The Greens are really the only moderately organised force against the forces of Tory evel and darkness. It's a shame they attract nut jobs who are slightly entertaining in opposition but unimaginable in government.

[mashman]

Yet another reason why the Labour Party needs to lock itself away, identify what it stands for and what its point of difference is compared to other parties.

Its inability to grow and retain talent has at last started to manifest itself. I suspect it's too late. The Greens are really the only moderately organised force against the forces of Tory evel and darkness. It's a shame they attract nut jobs who are slightly entertaining in opposition but unimaginable in government.

And come back as New Labour? Seen that trick already.

[husaberg]

Yet another reason why the Labour Party needs to lock itself away, identify what it stands for and what its point of difference is compared to other parties.

Its inability to grow and retain talent has at last started to manifest itself. I suspect it's too late. The Greens are really the only moderately organised force against the forces of Tory evel and darkness. It's a shame they attract nut jobs who are slightly entertaining in opposition but unimaginable in government.

Problem is anyone that had talent or individuality Clark and Cullen already identified and seen as a threat and sidelined them.

[carbonhed]

Problem is anyone that had talent or individuality Clark and Cullen already identified and seen as a threat and sidelined them.

Yep. Labour today is fashioned her image...

[AllanB]

The thing is .......... who gives a shit? Some dropkick will pop in his place off the party list and milk the endless dollar fed by the tax payer.

Fuck the lot of em.

[R650R]

Countdown just emailed him the link to that unseen video of the other Kennedy shooters.
You don't mess around with big food money...
Always the way soon as someone steps out of line...

[mashman]

Countdown just emailed him the link to that unseen video of the other Kennedy shooters.
You don't mess around with big food money...
Always the way soon as someone steps out of line...

Ooo, ooo, where did I put them tinfoil hats.