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Images of Labour's post-conference conflict

This is a selection of cartoons and photos from the days following the Labour Party's 2012 annual conference. The images convey the nature of the conflict occurring in the party [See more images below]

Images of Labour’s current challenges

This is a selection of cartoons and photos from the days leading up to and including the Labour Party's 2012 annual conference. The images convey something about the nature of the challenges that Labour currently faces. [See more images below]

The State of the Labour Party - some recent images

This is a selection of recent images relating to the Labour Party - and David Shearer in particular. They all evoke some important perceptions and realities about the current state of the party [See more images below]

The Politics of the Pike River tragedy - in images and cartoons

Below is a series of various images relating to the Pike River mining disaster and the Royal Commission's report - all in reverse chronological order. 

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Guest blogpost – Alistair Young: in defence of MMP’s coat tailing and a much lower threshold

The Electoral Commission’s two major recommendation for improving MMP are discussed in this guest blog post by Alistair Young. He argues in favour of retaining the much-disliked ‘coat-tailing’ provision, and says that MMP would also benefit from a lower MMP threshold than 4 or 5%. [Read more below]

 

"Whale Oil Beef Hooked!"

When it was announced yesterday that the rightwing blogger Cameron Slater had become the new editor of the Truth newspaper, both his fans and detractors were probably mouthing the full name of his blogsite (in an Irish accent): ‘Whale Oil Beef Hooked’. After all, Slater is a larger-than-life blogger with a reputation amongst his fans for being a fearless and straight-talking battler against ‘socialism’, and a reputation amongst his detractors for meanness, irresponsibility and buffoonish muckraking. Whatever Slater does online always has more than a touch of controversy about it, and both his critics and fans can probably agree that his editorship of the Truth newspaper will be fascinating. The full announcement by Slater can be read on his Whaleoil blog – see: Announcement: Whaleoil appointed editor of Truth. Interestingly, Slater says he will turn Truth from a newspaper to a ‘views-paper’. [Read more below]