Nanaia Mahuta's ill-advised tweet about enemies from within has prompted me to consider a new rule for Labour Party MPs and members of the party's leadership team.
If I was a good party member and gave a damn about proper process I'd probably have submitted some sort of remit for consideration at the annual conference. But political party administration (committees, boards, rules, remits, agendas, sub-committees, councils) is not really my thing. I prefer to be one of those annoying sorts (the technical term for this sort of person is "prick") who carps from the sidelines.
My proposal is simple. Require all Labour MPs and senior party people to earn the right to use social media. If they can't do it properly then don't let them do it at all.
I'm all for free speech, etc etc, but I also believe that for a political party to be effective its senior people must be disciplined and relentlessly on-message. Otherwise they are little more than a disorganised rabble.
This seems obvious, and yet the fact appears to have escaped several members of Labour's caucus.
So party people, stick a remit in, or whatever it is you guys do, and make it happen. Just don't ask me to actually do anything.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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ReplyDeletePerhaps they should adopt some sort of moderation policy as per Red Alert? That seems to have worked well for Labour so far....
That's an appallingly bad idea - hilarity would not ensue if they did that.
ReplyDeleteHonestly
What can I say?
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There ARE other parties on the left who don't make prats of themselves on such a regular, inopportune basis.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin'....
This suggestion would starve half the political blogs in this country to death.
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Shane, clearly you do not follow Gareth Hughes (or "one simple lads excellent carbon adventure" as I call it).
This carbon piggy is in a state of perpetual motion as he does his bit for the travel industry in NZ.
Sorry Scott, but I don't think any errant tweets by Labour MPs will get any sort of attention right now. Hell, Mallard could tweet something like "there's no sensation quite like anally raping an infant" and it won't get any coverage because the Dotcom saga is dominating headlines.
ReplyDeleteI notice she has been quite active on Red Alert the last week or two, coinciding with some murmurings in the media about her performance, and then the reshuffle news.
ReplyDeleteThe tantrum she's thrown is probably the sort of thing that's evidently put her on the "demotion" list.
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