Phil Goff Evaluation Matrix

first 5k tax free - a potential winning policy if.... only the numbers stacked up for which the funding needed would come from don't

or is Labour about to find and claw back over 1 billion in tax avoidance to pay for this election promise... chances slim as fuck

agree with imposing a new higher tax threshold but I'd like to see more in this realm to close the gaps used to dodge tax currently add a capital gains tax etc.

righto.. Phil you must do better

If I were labour I would make Phil a fall guy, I really dont think he has any hope of doing anything but helping out national.

fall guy for who?

I believe he's the best chance labour have currently, unless the party has a stomach for infighting and the like which would pretty much assure them no chance this year

I do believe the party needs some better policy/PR advisors... every time they get close to saying something good they shoot themselves in the foot - such as here with a ill conceived notion of how to pay for this policy

whatever, I do believe we're in for a fascinating year politically... hopefully one that actually benefits the country as a whole not just a ever rotating circle of political and economic elites - all parties take note

looking bedazzaled with the Hughesy ho down

2 weeks huh?

yep Goff gone done a Key...

we expect children to learn why not politicans

Was laughing about this last night. I dont have very much respect for goff but if I had it would have been gone now. How on earth did he think he could do both a flip flop, condradict his own moral stand and get away with it?

much lol

tis quite pathetic isn't it.... I've tried to defend Goff and his leadership for too long... for me its now time to stop

*shakes head and mutters*

The only decent thing he did was explicitly recant what he said previously about transparency and guilty until proven innocent.

Maybe he deserves a little credit for at least dripping in the right direction when under pressure.

yeah but he's done that before but not as well - refer to the shooting looters so called joke...

and he should know so much better than this - he so should play the quiet intelligent thoughtful leader card, he'd so suit that role but instead he's on the bumbling key didn't think brain-fart wagon (which kinda works for key but not goff)

boom boom boom anutha one bytes the dust boom boom boom

I think they already have no chance this year. And I think various people in Labour know this, so they will leave Goff in charge as taking over his job now is just going to result in a hiding anyway come election time.

I dobn't beleive they have no chance... polls suggest that there are voters looking for a non national lead option

but Labour have to step up and win votes - Goff could do this if he talked to us not at us - ie he's not the strong leader type - so don't try to be... talk and angage the electorate in a calm rational manner... something Goff is more than capable of doing

Itime for Goff et al to aim the gun away from thier feet

for the record , quite a lengthy piece.
http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10744755

PR campaign moves into action.

the two pieces (is there a third) make for good reading - its like a modern history of the labour party with Phil Goff being the focal point - not quite the fluff pieces they did on Key last election and so much better for it... nice one auntie