Campaign Week 1 Traffic #nlpoli #nlvotes
The Top 10 stories for last week, as selected by SRBP readers: Dippers on point for first CBC political election panel New Poll. New Result. Advertising group has Tory, Nalcor…
Edward Hollett
Event Horizon
From December 2: Well, in all likelihood, he and his accomplishments will go the way of other politicians’, including those long-ago strongmen in whose ranks he clearly belongs. There is…
A come-to-Jesus moment #nlpoli #nlvotes
The always deadly labradore tackles comparative public spending increases in a post called simply “Three things”. Scroll down through the post and read it out loud. It’s worth the effort.…
Same old same old. #nlpoli
You will not be able to slide a sheet of paper, sez your humble e-scribbler, between the three parties in the general election. They will be pandering for votes and…
The Further Adventures of The ‘Stache #nlpoli
He shaved it before. SRBP lit up the missing caterpillar from his top lip. Jerome Kennedy grew it back. Earlier this year, he lopped it off again. Well, he didn’t…
Some old habits must die really hard: Telly edition #nlpoli #nlvotes
In the last couple of days of the 1989 election, the Telegram featured a set of poll results done by a local company. The poll showed Tom Rideout’s Tories in…
The Hebron Give-Away #nlpoli #nlvotes
If the province’s New Democrats form the next provincial government, they’ll have to look somewhere else besides the Hebron oil project for their three percent surtax on crude oil. Under…
Liberal commitments for Labrador #nlpoli
From Yvonne Jones’ Facebook page, posted shortly after midnight: Full Liberal Platform being released tomorrow. Includes a full section on Labrador. Highlighting the committment to pave the Labrador Highway, designate…
A culture of entitlement #nlpoli #cdnpoli
In 2010, defence minister Peter MacKay used a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter from 103 Search and Rescue Squadron to fly him out of a fishing lodge on the Gander…
Day 3: #pandermonium roundup #nlpoli #nlvotes
Liberal leader Kevin Aylward promised Wednesday that as Premier he’d cave in and settle a class action lawsuit that is trying to pin financial responsibility for moose accidents on the…
The Public Sector Pensions thing explained #nlpoli #nlvotes
People can’t understand the racket over provincial pensions, what the Liberals proposed, what the CBC reported but hasn’t explained and what the provincial Conservatives are attacking the Liberals over. Here’s…
Advertising group has Tory, Nalcor ties #nlpoli
MQO, the market research company that released an opinion poll on the second day of the provincial general election, is part of a group of marketing and advertising companies with…
Undisclosed risk: NDP version #nlpoli #nlvotes
Sometimes you have to read something over and over just to make sure you didn’t misunderstand. Like say this line from CBC’s online story of the NDP election platform launch:…
Ceeb spins story for Tories #nlpoli
Rather than correct a mistaken early report on the cost of the Liberal party’s pension proposal the CBC online decided to torque the story against the Liberals. In a story…
New Poll. New Result #nlpoli
Quick. Where’s Kathy Dunderdale today? A new poll by advertising agency M5’s opinion research firm will give you a clue. The poll replicates the actual numbers for CRA’s August omnibus…
The NDP and Regressive Social Policy: education #nlpoli
those who are interested in education policy and the current election campaign will be fascinated by a chunk of one conversation that broke out on Twitter Sunday. Two of the…
Dippers on point for first CBC political election panel #nlpoli
Give the new Democrats’ Dale Kirby full marks for nailing natural resources minister Shawn Skinner hard over the blatant abuse of taxpayers inherent in having two partisans step down from…
The Damn-Fool Fisheries Policy
Yesterday’s man delivered yesterday’s ideas and claimed it was the future. Liberal leader Kevin Aylward unveiled his party’s fisheries platform on Friday. As a historical document, it would be wonderful…
Voting is Open Now… for NL Blogger’s Choice Awards!
If you are looking for a catalogue of local blogs there is only one place to go; the Newfoundland and Labrador Blog Roll. It’s the well-tended baby of Stephen Eli…