pledge card an integrated part of Labour’s election campaign

I doubt there is a single fair minded New Zealander who doesn’t think the pledge card wasn’t an election advertisement, but just in case have a look at this assertion:

Labour’s pledge card was an integrated part of the party’s election campaign

Now that isn’t a journalist or National MP making that assertion. No it is Labour’s Party President Mike Williams. Thansk Mike.

Also of interest if WIlliams stating that the campign budget was put together in October 2004. This is as I would expect, but it reinforces the point that when Labour wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer prior to the election agreeing to include the pledge card in their election return, that this was an act of total bad faith. The Labour Party deliberately deceived the Chief Electoral Officer – their budget had been known for a year and they would have been well aware that including the pledge cards at that stage was impossible. But they were desperate so they lied.

On the same issue, read this column by Fran O’Sullivan. She suggests that the Governor-General could refuse to sign any legislation legalising Labour’s theft, unless it has an electoral mandate.

The major portion of O’Sullivan’s column deals with the justice and electoral reform committee which has refused to have former CEO David Henry testify, or to look at the whole issue of the pledge cards.

She suggests Labour and the Greens should agree to this, and also call witnesses over National’s GST error and the Brethren campaign.

For the record I would be absolutely in favour of that – if the Committee investigated one issue, it should investigate all.