The End of the Year

Well -- what a hell of a year. From secure government to destined to lose to just scraping through. It's been a rollercoaster and I've enjoyed writing about it the whole time through.

Labour just scraped through for a third term, making Helen Clark Labour's most successful leader in history in electoral terms. National will have been a decade in opposition come the next election and have not, since September, shown the gumption that would be needed to stop that become twelve long years.

We suffered the loss of Rod Donald, and the economy is slowing down after five years of, perhaps, too-fast growth.

So for me, I am off out of Wellington at 6am tomorrow.  Auckland and Taupo at some point, and not back on deck properly til 9th January. Among other things, I will think about whether I can afford the time to continue the blog in 2006, or whether other projects are more important. For there are many things to work on as part of Labour's renewal drive, most of which have more real-world effect than shouting into cyberspace....

To all you who take the time to read this, thank you. I wish you a peaceful and safe Christmas and New Year season. No posts from me til 2006.

Jordan Carter
23 December 2005

Comments

[Sean]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too Jordan. Hopefully, a restful holiday will help you decide to continue blogging. Many of us remain unconvinced that the government knows best...

[Scott Higham]

Merry Xmas Jordan.

Even though I virtually never agree with anything on your blog, its a good read - so please continue with it next year.

Scott.

[stef]

Happy Holidays....continue blogging please!

Stef.

[PJM]

Don't stop blogging. Blogs are evolving. You need to re-engineer yours so it provides greater depth and balance, and leads to responses which are useful in your work. You need this to avoid operating in a left wing intensive zone.

[Aaron Bhatnagar]

More blogger exhaustion? I know how it feels....

[Millsy]

Happy Holidays Jordan. 2006 looks to be a good year for a lot of people...

All the best. And keep blogging - we need you.

Also - your "About Me" page needs to be inline with the colour scheme of your site, and it also needs to have a link back to the main page.

[sagenz]

merry christmas jordan, have a good break. your blogs disappearance would of course signal victory for the right side of the blogosphere. ;) which is why you will continue.

[Craig Hall]

Merry Christmas to you and to everyone else here :-).

[Michael]

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, remember that it's the performance in 2007 and 2008 that will determine the next election.

[Peter Wilson]

Thanks Jordan for your regular updates throughout the year, and for never losing heart despite some of the nasty comments that come your way. It says a lot about a person and their ideas if they have to resort to swearing and personal attack.

It has been an exceptionally hard year, and I'm still recovering as well. So best of luck for 2006. We've managed to stave off the nasty stuff for at least another three years.

[KindlyAdvice]

Jordan I'd give up the posting while your still slightly ahead. The next couple of years are going to be horrible for the sitting government. So why put yourself through the torture of having to put out good spin as the government ship sinks below the waterline? Have fun on the ninth floor as all your 'hard' work - we won't of course mention how benefical world commodity prices and the like have been wink wink - over the last six years goes to waste... Bis später Rottenführer!

[Jordan]

Only problem with that comment is that I don't work on the 9th floor, and never have. Oh well. Facts seem to get in the way of the good stories all the time...

[Greg Stephens]

Well, given that rightwing loonies want you to stop blogging, it probably means you are actually achieving something.

[Wookie]

'Facts seem to get in the way of the good stories all the time...'

Pot calling the kettle black eh Jordy? Ha Ha

'Well, given that rightwing loonies want you to stop blogging, it probably means you are actually achieving something.'

Ever consider I might actually be a disgruntled green supporter sick of being screwed over by a bunch of power hungry socialist zealots?

'it probably means you are actually achieving something.'

Actually, I want ole Jordy to maintain some self respect. I do give Jordan some credit . He seems to be a fairly intelligent and considerate individual. Thats why it must be so hard for him to write some of the party pandering crap he has to.