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Something sinister going on within Labour
There’s also something more sinister going on at The Standard. From Just how wrong can you get it? QOT Step 2: Assume you can really identify who a person is on the internet, especially on sites you...
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Pete Viper
This post is to show solidarity with Colonial Viper and millsy who have bowed out from commenting at The Standard, apparently due to pressure from the Labour hierarchy to ‘cease and desist’ from...
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More blogs, more details on Labour gagging
‘Eddie’ at The Standard has added to the growing story on the Labour gagging allegations with Butterfly upon a wheel, or we haven’t changed. This largely confirms what’s been said and adds a few...
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Curran confirms, but key questions unanswered
Clare Curran has confirmed via the ODT what everyone knew, that she was the senior Labour MP who approached the Labour council to try and address members criticising MPS and the party online. Ms.Curran...
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Alert! Red Alert has become a bloody blurt
More on Labour gagging and the serious problems at Red Alert with a red flag warning. Lynn Prentice comments on the Colonial Viper gagging at The Standard: Based on the known misuses that went on at...
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Request to reverse Red Alert bans
Therre was a couple of blog comments suggesting the reversing of mass bannings at Red Alert. At The Standard: Neoleftie 19 December 2012 at 7:23 pm Intesingly red alert isn’t being moderatated to the...
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Clare Curran versus Colonial Viper revisited – conflicting claims
More detail of the Labour MP gagging and intimidation campaign against party members critical of the party on political blog The Standard has been revealed. This shows a conflict in claims between...
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Five broken things at The Standard
That’s a deliberately misleading attention seeking heading. I see some broken things at The Standard and have a go at taking them to task, but there are many things that work well there too. There’s a...
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Millsy responds on Curran gagging
Standard commenter ‘Millsy’ has responded to what he says is a misconception that he was another of the Labour Party members who were gagged by Clare Curran. Firstly, I am not a Labour member, neither...
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Shearer’s rookie chickens coming home to roost
Foxes to the right, foxes to the left, are Shearer’s rookie chickens coming home to roost? As suggested in Shearer’s ‘gotcha’ karma David Shearer is copping flak from the right and from the left on his...
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The Standard on Dunne and the GCSB
Someone at The Standard gets it. Actually some at The Standard get it, it’s just not always apparent amongst the hubris and attacks. Micky Savage has postd Peter Dunne’s chance to shine. He details...
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A symptom of Labour’s core problems
Labour have a number of deep seated problems – see What now for Labour and Little? The Standard is a window into some of Labour’s problems. It is a blog dominated by National negativity with scant...
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Conspiracy #83, #84, #85
Colin Craig was lampooned by the left for not categorically ruling out conspiracy theories. But Craig’s dalliance with conspiracies was a shooting star compared to the galaxy of conspiracy claims from...
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Labour’s TPP capitulation and credibility crash
Andrew Little and Labour painted themselves into a corner over the Trans Pacific Partnership, with two possible outcomes – embarrassment or derision. They may cop both. Responses have highlighted what...
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Labour branch recess “nothing to lose any sleep over at all”
Labour are that brimming with support that the putting of a branch into recess has been descrobed by the Labour Party president as “certainly nothing to lose any sleep over at all”. Richard Harman at...
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The Left: abusing and losing
People who are active in politics on the left continually seem baffled as to why their politics and their favoured parties aren’t much more popular – as they abuse, shout down and exclude anyone who...
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Colonial Viper’s “extreme right wing views” 1/2
Colonial Viper has been one of the most frequent and prolific commenters at The Standard for as long as I have been observing there. He has been quite provocative at times and has ruffled feathers...
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Standard gang bans CV 2/2
Yesterday Colonial Viper was singled out by Standard moderator TRP to comply with ‘;site rules’ despite them often being ignored by regulars – see Colonial Viper’s “extreme right wing views” 1/2....
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Civil war at The Standard
There has been a civil war amongst authors at The Standard today, escalating to the extent that one moderator has banned another – which is kind of funny to me because both of them were happy to have...
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CV’s ideal Labour
Colonial Viper has been under fire at The Standard lately because he is prepared to challenge the Labour status quo, and establishment Labour activists don’t like their boat being rocked. CV has had...
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