So how do Labour win in 2014?

Now that Goff has done the first honorable thing in his life and fallen on his sword the Labour party finds itself needing another leader.

It seems that the front runners are the equally odious Parker and Cunliffe with the David Shearer as the outsider. There is talk of Grant Robertson making a run but I am not sure that NZ is ready to have an openly gay PM just yet.

As somebody who never wants to see another Labour government in my life I would be more than happy if Labour select Parker or Cunliffe as neither of these two will never be the PM of NZ, they simply will not resonate with the public.

For Labour to win in 2014 they need to appoint Shearer, he is a man the public will instantly bond with, he is untainted by the disastrous Klark era and a man who is (as yet) largely scandal free.

However, just appointing Shearer is not enough, it is time that Labour restructured itself from the ground up. No longer should the union movement have such a strangle hold on the party, no longer should head office have such a huge say in who the branches will select as their candidates and no longer should Labour be hamstrung by pandering to the various factions inside the party.

Labour can only become relevant to the people of NZ again if they revert to being the party of the working man (the party I should support)

The sexuality, race, gender and ethnicity of the candidate should not be a consideration, it is time that Labour started picking the best people for the electorate.

One only has to cast an eye across the back bench of the last Labour caucus to see the shocking lack of talent, a lot of those morons where there at the behest of the union movement but equally a lot of them were there simply because the Labour party wanted to appear politically correct.

The end result of all that PC bullshit was perhaps the most talentless caucus in the history of the Labour party.

So, for Labour to be relevant again the following things need to happen.

1. David Shearer must be appointed Leader.

2. Shearer then needs to use his honeymoon period (and he will have a long one) to take on the factions inside the party and to take on the union stranglehold. Shearer will face huge battles but if he hits the factions hard and hits them early he can come out of it with his power base intact.

3. Shearer needs to reorganise the Labour party from the ground up (something that Lange and Douglas government regret they did not do) more autonomy needs to be given to local branches and less importance on being politically correct.

4. Move all of the Klark era MP's to the back benches and encourage as many as possible of them to retire.

5. Make Labour an issues based party, stop the personal attacks that only energise the morons from the hard left but alienate the vast majority of the voting public. Demote any MP's who revert to type and start abusing other MP's. Labour needs to start acting like a government in waiting not a rabble of frothing morons drooling at the Nat's across the house.

Labour and Shearer need to couch every argument as being one of issues and how their policy will be better for the vast majority of Kiwis, they also must stop the small minded attacks on all "rich pricks" as this turns off as many voters as it wins.

6. Make it clear that while Labour is for the working man they have no truck with parasites and bludgers, make it clear that under a Labour government the genuinely ill and those genuinely in need will be well looked after but the long term parasites and DPB slappers will be expected to work for the money they receive from their fellow Kiwis. Labour must immediately start using the term working men/women in all of their press releases as a way of connecting with the public.

7. Labour must distance themselves from the strong hold the unions have on them, the public have already decided that unions are not relevant in today's work place, the public do not see the need to have unions involved in their lives and detest paying union dues to those that are largely corrupt.

8. Make a real effort to attract candidates who have some real life experience, fewer academics, less lawyers and more people from a business background.

9. Stop attacking John Key, Labour would be far better advised to go after those around Key (lets face it, it is a target rich environment) by attacking (in a factual not personal manner) those around Key they will chip away at the pillars that support Key and ensure that Key spends more time explaining why some of his ministers have stuffed up than being able to smile and wave.

10. Finally, and most importantly Labour and Shearer need to publicly draw a line under the Klark era government, they need to admit that the voters of NZ have now twice rejected social engineering and promise to be an opposition who will listen to what the people want.

If Shearer and Labour can do all this then they have a real chance of becoming the government in three years, they need to reconnect with the working people of NZ and they need to do it in a positive manner.

So....lets hope they appoint Cunliffe or Paker.