This illustrates a major problem that Labour and The Standard still have – anyone who criticises or disagrees gets abused.
Shane Le Brun has posted here on medical cannabis and has been a spolid and sensible promoter of something he believes in doing something about.
This is the opening thread on The Standard’s Open Mike today:
Skinny
Get off the grass cobbah, why don’t you target your criticism at the current Government?
I got a clear reminder the other night when I met a guy at a friend’s birthday party, he was nice enough, however I noticed he spoke in delayed mode, and kept forgetting what he was saying. Anyway an hour later he asked who wants a joint. I laughed as I thought that explains ‘everything.’
weka
Skinny, Shane is talking about medicine not recreational drug use. Put your prejudices aside for a moment, eh?
OK far enough, however there are more pressing issues at this point in time for Labour than medical pot. Getting involved in a side issue when they have bigger fish to fry, like the effects of National sgning into the TPPA which will cost us more for some medicines. If Shane wants to draft a remit to go forward through the LP policy process I’m sure someone will table it.
Sorry, but you don’t get to decide the priorities of ill and disabled people.
If Labour stand up re the TPP, that will be great too. But I’m sure that Labour can do more than one thing at a time.
Your not listening my feathered friend. Labour can ill afford to be bush whacked by a right-wing media who will turn things around on them. Like I say follow the policy process. All any MP can say is of their personal opinion till it goes through the policy process.
Listening, I heard you saying that this wasn’t a priority and that Labour had more important things to work on.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people who are lobbying on important issues to expect parties in parliament to take them seriously, provided they can make a good case.
OK well Shane can excise his democratic rights and call on his local LP MP or the spokesperson for Health and canvas/lobby them, rather than taking pot shots by calling them spineless on the issue here. Kettle calling the pot black is hardly inspirational for his call. Quick to post then spineless silence.
Just another coward fuckhead having a crack at Labour in my opinion.
Skinny is known to big note himself as being involved in Labour Party politics. This reaction isn’t very helpful to Labour.
(Weka is responding and challenging well although her Green Party also distance themselves from promoting medical cannabis).
Labour’s priority is to rebuild itself and present as a credible Government in waiting.
They have dumped a number of policies that they seem to think will hinder their progress, like Capital Gains Tax and Euthanasia. And they have distanced themselves from medical cannabis debate.
But, as they did with their Chinese surname strategy, they risk burning off pockets of potential support. They need to add support, not narrow it down. Or so I thought.
UPDATE: And now Te Reo Putake has warned Shane:
[This isn’t a Labour Party blog, Shane. Read the ‘about’ and don’t troll in the future. TRP]
That’s bollocks TRP, it’s little more than a threat from another Labour activist that criticism of Labour won’t be tolerated.
Shane didn’t associate Labour with The Standard at all, he commented about Labour at The Standard, something that TRP often does himself without warning himself.
