Len Brown's mistake was in making it impossible for us not to know he made it. We need more from our politicians.
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Who Len sleeps with is nothing to do with me or you
Is the new rule that anyone holding public office who has an affair must resign? Come on. That’s setting the bar ridiculously high. It would mean resignations in parliament and in councils across the country.
Read MoreThe unwritten rule re politics & sex: Does the Len Brown story write a new rule
Has a line been crossed by the reporting of Len Brown's affair? Are the private lives of all politicians now fair game?
Read MoreLen Brown: sex, lies and mandates
Len Brown is seriously damaged as Auckland mayor, but he's not the only one to have had his flaws laid out in public today. Problem is, his abuse of power puts his job at risk because of Bevan Chuang's council role
Read MoreMy colors, my honor; my colors, my all
Did you know MPs are considering making it an offence, punishable by a fine of up to $20,000, to wear a green ribbon in your hair on election day? If you think this is silly, you'd better tell them so ... soon.
Read MoreThe Herald's post-2014 election fantasy
Some nameless person at the New Zealand Herald thinks either Labour or the Greens may have to support National after the 2014 election. And that person gets a salary to write this sort of stuff!
Read MoreGo West young Cunliffe... & South, North or East. The regions are calling
David Cunliffe's shadow cabinet reshuffle has been seen as quite measured and Cunliffe himself says it puts Labour on a war footing. But perhaps the most telling appointment has gone largely unremarked
Read MorePut me on the board! Put me on the Cadillac board!
The incentives the Government is dangling before prospective investors in Meridian Energy show just how much pressure its "Mixed Ownership Model" policy is under.
Read MoreTo Cunliffe the spoils – so don't spoil the chance
David Cunliffe has been given a shot – a better shot than he might have had – so which direction will he take and can he switch out of primary-mode quick enough?
Read MoreFive Challenges for David Cunliffe
We only need to look across the Tasman to see what David Cunliffe should do now.
John McTernan’s ‘Five Things the Australian Labor Party Needs To Do Now’ and Julia Gillard’s piece on ‘Power, Purpose and Labor’s Future’ should be compulsory reading.
Here are a few thoughts for the To Do list:
Why I voted for Shane Jones
Hitting the wall -- housing debates & political narratives
On The Vote Metiria Turei of the Greens and National's Sam Lotu-Iiga both slipped up, and in doing so showed where their parties are potentially weak in Election 2014.
Read MoreCunliffe's the man for the job -- here's why
The three candidates for Labour Party leadership are all strong. A voter explains his choice
Read MoreFrom the ridiculous to the disgraceful
No, this isn't a post on Labour's leadership election (zing!) But it is about elections - more specifically, who can't take part in them.
Read MoreDecoding 3rd Degree and the Labour 'conspiracy'
What an interesting online and social media fuss there's been about the 3rd Degree piece on Shane Jones this week. To me it just seems like a misguided argument based on the tired olf 'journalists are so awful' meme
Read MoreNorman & Key compete to speak most nonsense about asset sales referendum
I'm no great fan of referenda, but when phrases such as "elected dictatorship" start getting bandied around we all need to draw breath and remember how this 'running the country' thing really works
Read MoreUnglücklich das Land, das Helden nötig hat
Who should we really thank for the British House of Commons vote against attacking Syria?
Read MoreLaws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free
The way the police have approached the GCSB's covert recording of Kim Dotcom is markedly different to how they approached Bradley Ambrose's recording of John Key. Why is that?
Read MoreFour easy pieces
In which your esteemed author tells you who the Labour leader must be, explains why the Government had to appeal the "Quake Outcasts" case, warns you that your right to wear silly lapel pins on election day is under threat, and calls on David Farrar to save Great Britain.
Read MoreInternational law is on the side of intervention in Syria
The disastrous American led invasion of Iraq is exactly why the West should intervene now in Syria. Those who protested against the illegal war in Iraq should be calling on the UN and civilized countries to take action under international law
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