Watching the NZ left act like Corbyn didn't lose the election by 50 seats is a joke.
Post-Corbyn I hope everyone on the left who opposed my plan to install Chris Trotter as leader of the NZ Labour Party feels pretty dumb
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Watching NZ Political Left scrambling to associate themselves with Corbyn is a joke-his real left policy won, ours is a sad imitation #nzpol
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
When Grant Robertson & James Shaw signed their 'we-won't-offend-our-corporate-overlords' promise, we're they acting like Corbyn? #nzpol
I think Corbyn has shown that NZ Labour really need to return to their roots and stop moving to the center ground.
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
For the NZ Left to gain the Corbyn or Sanders effect they need policy that isn't safe middle of the road watered down bullshit #nzpol
In NZ at this point in time we don't have Corbyn like polie really challenging current NZ neoliberal capitalist playground. All still buyin.
Not a popular view I know but I think Andrew Little and his team could take that position if we let them be heard and not spun by MSM
Chlöe Swarbrick @_chloeswarbrick
If Corbyn has taught us anything, unwavering commitment to values and people matters. @nzgreens have 27yrs of that. Here's to Sept 23.
I hope @AndrewLittleMP, @jacindaardern and @nzlabour were paying attention to Corbyn's campaign! #nzpol #nz
Foxes La Rouge 🔥 👅 @FoxyLustyGrover
Does anyone know what Jim Anderton is up to these days? Can he advise our Left Parties on old school 70s Socialism? #TheCorbynFactor
Woke up in NZ hoping to discover that Corbyn and @OwenJones84 had seized the means of production
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Compare Corbyn's actual Left wing policy platform with what the NZ political Left are offering - then weep #nzpol
Aubrey Bloomfield @aubbloomfield
Hope @nzlabour are watching Corbyn's success in UK. Shows what happens when you are a principled party that actually stands for something
Lots of talk bout nz labour learning from Corbyn. Difficult to do, can't "learn principles" overnight. Corbyn built mana over decades...
God I wish there was a New Zealand Corbyn.
Go those young people- will the same happen in NZ - need Nz labour to pose a real alternative not National-lite
Corbyn is Norman Kirk style labour. I honestly have no idea what nz labour stands for. Sticking up for workers rights would be a great start
Dylan Horrocks @dylanhorrocks
Now is the hour when every left-leaning pundit proudly displays their oldest pre-election blog-post, op-ed or tweet in praise of Mr Corbyn.
NZ politicians: please note what happened in Britain and give young people something to vote for.
Anything NZ Labour does now: This is a cynical ploy to be like Corbyn and will never work/This is not enough like Corbyn so will never work.
Will de Cleene @ZippyGonzales
Jim Anderton is NZ's Corbyn. We just got there 20 years before the UK and were sorely disappointed.
Here's a reckon: If NZ Labour offered a viable, radical alternative to nearly a decade of socially catastrophic centrism, they'd win.
Foxes La Rouge 🔥 👅 @FoxyLustyGrover
"To pull a Corbyn." Phrase: When against all odds you become the winner of the day, without formal victory.
Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn show progressive politics is alive and people still believe change can come.
Chris Eichbaum @ChrisEichbaum
I was wrong about Corbyn. He is clearly no Michael Foote. Never liked the Third Way. It's dead.
Foxes La Rouge 🔥 👅 @FoxyLustyGrover
Well Hung Corbyn has rekindled my fires.
What a day! Big congrats to @jeremycorbyn & @UKLabour for such a mega clawback. Confounding the critics w 41% of the vote. May shld #RESIGN
Grant Robertson @grantrobertson1
As I said careful about direct comparisons, lots of lessons of course, but worth noting UK Labour top 10 policies very similar to ours.
Grant Robertson @grantrobertson1
Reckons (2/2) Careful about drawing cfs with NZ, but can say that a campaign can see huge shifts, as does clear and authentic vision/message
Grant Robertson @grantrobertson1
Reckons (1/2) I didn't believe UK Labour could get this close+ I am delighted to be proved wrong. Corbyn campaign excellent, May disastrous
Corbyn's success so far is a message to politicians to stay true to your beliefs, and not to shift cause the media are screaming at you.
How the UK Labour result is bad news for NZ Labour, a political commentary take we can all look forward to because jfc, the stupidity.
NZ Labour & Greens could learn a lesson from UK labour: providing a real alternative isn't a death knell for a party, quite the opposite
Hey @nzlabour @NZGreens FYI authentic left-wing policies are popular
Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
NOW. @nzlabour, it's your move. Be this inspirational. You can do it.
Whatever the final result, this is epic by Corbyn. Please @nzlabour and @NZGreens: GO LEFT. Be brave.
I hope @AndrewLittleMP and @nzlabour are watching. When there is a credible, authentic left wing position offered, people will flock to it.
Come on Kiwi pundits I need some reckons about how any UK election result is diabolical for the NZ Left
