Will David Shearer consolidate his position as leader of the Labour Party this weekend...

David Cunliffe at the NZ Open Source Awards, 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Stuart Nash and David Shearer (Photo credit: Clare Curran MP)

English: Billboards for the New Zealand 2009 Mt Albert by-election. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Its the Labour Party conference this weekend.. David Shearer has a golden opportunity to consolidate his position as leader of the party and alternative prime minister. He has to make a real impact with an alternative state of the nation speech this week end. He would also be able to fend off pretenders such as David Cunliffe with a creditable performance. If he doesn't there will be challengers for his position.

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