Reinventing David Cunliffe

David Cunliffe insists his failed tilt at the Labour leadership has freed him to concentrate on making a difference.

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10th November, 2012

David Cunliffe presents Labour with an impenetrable conundrum, a political puzzle, an insoluble riddle. His eloquence, ambition and intelligence mark him out as a potential leader, but his undisguised belief that he possesses those qualities in abundance also makes him unbearable to many of his party colleagues. Cunliffe knows he is loathed by a good chunk of Labour’s caucus and acknowledges he struggles to contain his ego. He also knows that because his ambition and skill are obvious to others, he must be disciplined about how he portrays himself. He won’t be photographed lying on the ...

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