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Showing posts with label Lorraine Michael. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lorraine Michael. Show all posts
10 October 2016

Politics as masturbation #nlpoli

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"I am warning you.  Don't make me wear my pikachu costume." Demonstrations at Memorial University and at Nalcor headquar...
05 September 2016

Supporting and Opposing #nlpoli

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If you get any kind of enjoyment at all out of watching people tie themselves in knots,  point out to a New Democrat that their party suppor...
25 June 2015

She's a class act all the way #nlpoli

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The House of Assembly closed on Tuesday, likely for the last time before the next election. Sure,  Premier Paul Davis said he may call the...
28 April 2015

Contending Political Strategies #nlpoli

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Starting last Friday, the ironically-named Conservatives currently running the place started holding a series of “pre-budget” announcements....
09 March 2015

Gimme that Old-Time Reaction #nlpoli

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The only news to come out of the New Democratic Party convention this past weekend is that the party now has not one but two leaders. Earl...
16 January 2015

Anti-democratic, regressive, and unprincipled #nlpoli

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The idea of reducing the size of the province’s legislature because the provincial government has a massive financial crisis didn’t get any ...
08 January 2015

Cluck, cluck, cluck #nlpoli

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Say what you want about Lorraine Michael,  but you have to admit that she knows what she wants to do. Lorraine has spent her adult life as...
07 January 2015

Lorraine says good-bye, sort of #nlpoli

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Her voice tinged with emotion,  Lorraine Michael announced to a gaggle of reporters and her supporters at Confederation Building on Tuesda...
02 January 2015

The Void #nlpoli

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For its last editorial of 2014,  the Telegram decided to discuss the fate of the province’s New Democrats. A quick summary:  things were...
09 December 2014

Decisive Moments in Politics #nlpoli

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The NDP are down five points,  the Liberals are up two and the Conservatives are up three, according to the latest Corporate Research Associ...
23 May 2014

Another inside deal #nlpoli

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If you want to get a sense of how the New Democratic Party convention actually ran last weekend, take a few minutes and listen to Tony Adey’...
19 May 2014

The left-wing conservatives #nlpoli

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In 2010,  the provincial Conservatives had a chance to reinvigorate their party in time for the 2011 general election.  They deliberately st...
05 December 2013

Grits gain from Cons and Dippers #nlpoli

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Premier Kathy Dunderdale doesn’t govern by polls. That’s what she told reporters – yet again – as they asked her about yet another poll th...
15 November 2013

Softball #nlpoli

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No wonder the Conservatives are smiling a lot these days. Not only have the New Democrats imploded as an effective political force but the...
05 November 2013

The New Lorraine Party #nlpoli

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Make no mistake. This is not your New Democratic Party. For those who are active members, they cannot even say that it is “our party”. ...
30 October 2013

Delusional Hat Trick: Lorraine, Trevor, and Ryan #nlpoli

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No sooner had Lorraine Michael pronounced the New Democratic caucus back together again than two of its members announced that they would le...
28 October 2013

Opposition Syndrome #nlpoli

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Politics is often about compromise. Compromises are great when they work. They suck when they don’t. The provincial New Democrats spen...
30 August 2013

Osborne joins the Liberals #nlpoli

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Not surprisingly, long-serving St. John’s South MHA Tom Osborne has joined the Liberals. Forget all the stuff about what party he fits wit...
07 February 2013

A Celebration of Excellence #nlpoli

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For the second day in a row, CBC Radio’s On the Go had a go at Frank Fagan, the newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Lab...
17 June 2012

Some words for Lorraine, via Peter Cashin #nlpoli

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Lorraine Michael should bear in mind that some very famous Newfoundland and Labrador politicians found themselves accused of defaming someon...