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Brian Fallow: Big ideas need salesmanship

Bovver boy gets chance to lord it over MPs

Toby Manhire: Labour in safe and bloody hands

Labour contenders defend free flights

The four Labour leadership contenders have defended using taxpayer funded flights for their campaigns, saying they will have to pay most of the other costs.

Claire Trevett: Factions and females - F words dog Labour

Attempts to put a ban on the word female in Labour have failed. It seems to be like having a sore tooth they can't help poking, despite the pain, writes Claire Trevett.

Mike Hosking: Only one wave worth catching

Say what you want about John Key, but he's so relaxed he's horizontal, writes Mike Hosking. He's real, and he loves it. Why couldn't David Shearer do that?

Grant Robertson trims down

Labour leader candidate Grant Robertson has been accused of being too beltway so he has trimmed the size of his belt, losing 20kg over the past 10 months.

Mallard stands up for Collins

Former minister Judith Collins is getting sympathy from unlikely places after she was denied the title "The Honourable" by Prime Minister John Key.

Editorial: Electorate MPs best placed to pick leader

The Labour Party is doing itself no favours with the way it has decided to elect its leader.

Shearer backs out of leadership race

Labour MP David Shearer has ruled out a tilt at the leadership after weeks of speculation he would try to get his old job back.

Labour leadership's turbulent ride

The latest leadership crisis in the Labour Party comes on the heels of years of resignations, criticisms and a lack of confidence.

Claire Trevett: Labour's leadership contest is not about taking turns

Claire Trevett writes: So Labour has its leadership barbershop quartet, and although each member is singing to the same audience they are at a very different pitch.

Parker: Labour is 'a house divided'

David Parker has confirmed that he will be bidding for the Labour Party leadership, saying the party's forthcoming 100th anniversary milestone must not become a tombstone.

Paul Little: When dogs go bad, put them down

I was once at a party where a child was attacked by one of the host's two rottweilers. Fortunately, there were many people nearby so the dog's teeth and the child's throat were soon parted and the boy suffered no grievous harm.

Four in the running

Labour's acting leader David Parker is expected to put himself forward for Labour's leadership tomorrow.

John Armstrong: Key hits ground running as Labour squabbles

Rust never sleeps. And neither, it seems, does John Key.

Labour leadership hopefuls get their bids in

Editorial: It's time for Cunliffe to step aside

Someone ought to put David Cunliffe out of his political misery. He has allowed his nomination for the Labour Party leadership, which he gave up last week, to go forward - but he should reconsider.