Newbies Want Air Cleared
Potential Labour star Andrew Little wants Labour to show contrition over the pledge card scandal at this weekend’s conference. Quoted in today’s NZ Herald, he says, “There has to be an acknowledgement that a mistake was made, that a wrong judgment call was made.”
Little is currently the secretary of the Engineering, Printing, and Manufacturing Union, has become the face of unionism in New Zealand, and is likely to become a Labour MP in 2008. Understandably, he’d like the stench of corruption cleared before he takes up his seat.
October 28th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
They should do the same thing I saw on TV the other day, a selection of famous people who messed up and said things such as “I’m really, really sorry.” I think Helen Clark is likely to do this. Hahahahahahahahaha!
October 29th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
“There has to be an acknowledgement that a mistake was made, that a wrong judgment call was made.”
Bullshit. There was no “error” they were deliberate about it and went as far as bullying the payment approval. The minimum contrition is a resignation from the two people most responsible.
November 4th, 2006 at 2:35 am
The minimum contrition is a resignation from the two people most responsible.
In September 2005, yes (although of course such “contrition” from Helen and Cullen and Simpson would have lead to the National Government the people voted for).
In 2006: too late for that. Far too late. The labout party must be bankrupted; all its MPs removed from the house, and all MPs, executive committee members, electorate committee members and paid operatives jailed and banned from participation in the political process.
Then - when the National government have repaired the damange to democracy: Maorimander, public funding is banned, the quickvote fraud
prevented - then and only then can we contemplate a free and fair election.
Anything else perpertates corruption