tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post3908404002923587214..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: oopskatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-27357300678431692032008-05-28T22:20:00.000+12:002008-05-28T22:20:00.000+12:00Ooops indeed! Poneke commented about it over at S...Ooops indeed! Poneke commented about it over at Strange Land, and I've updated the post there. Will go and do the same here....Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-10591547666417713512008-05-28T13:02:00.000+12:002008-05-28T13:02:00.000+12:00National is a Boy's Club. They realise they need ...National is a Boy's Club. They realise they need women to avoid looking like one, but they're not willing to take them seriously or give them senior roles (or apparently any which are unrelated to kinder, kirche, and kuche). This is a step up from the complete knuckle-draggers they used to be (at leas tthey <I>have</I> female MPs), but a lot less than I'd expect from a modern, merit-based political party.<BR/><BR/>As for Wilkinson, she's being blamed for following the existing party line in ignorance of the fact that National's inner clique had changed it in secret. That's just a little unfair.Idiot/Savanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993069909613708957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-74427157994739736242008-05-28T10:12:00.000+12:002008-05-28T10:12:00.000+12:00I had exactly the same thought about Kate Wilkinso...I had exactly the same thought about Kate Wilkinson and Kiwisaver. It gives the impression that the women of the National caucus are there to try to attract the female vote rather than to contribute in a meaningful way. Katherine Rich seems to have been the closest the Nats had to a woman in a powerful position, but she got the unpleasant task of being the female face that defended horrible policies - which she was clearly uncomfortable with several times.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076244041878300351noreply@blogger.com