by Rob Cottingham | Apr 9, 2006 | Comedy, Politics, Vancouver
I did my longest set yet on Friday night at the Vancouver-Fairview NDP fundraiser – and got the best response of my short stand-up career. It was a great audience (and man, do they love Gregor), a terrific emcee (Nicholas Simons) and one hell of a great ten minutes.... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 5, 2006 | Comedy, Politics, Vancouver
Comedy update #1: I’m doing stand-up on Friday night at Gregor Robertson’s fundraiser. And better yet, I’m opening for Rock, Paper, Scissors, the very funny Vancouver comedy, corporate entertainment and training troupe. The scoop: MLA, Gregor... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 10, 2006 | Politics, Speechwriting
It’s good to see NDP MP Dennis Bevington is gaining momentum in his quest to have Canada’s motto changed to “From sea to sea to sea”. And it brings back some fond memories. When I was working for Audrey McLaughlin, we often joked about her... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 16, 2006 | Politics
Jason Cherniak has penned a very angry, very personal post demanding that the NDP vanish. Well, good news for Mr. Cherniak: he pretty much got his wish back in November 1993, when voters desperate to end the Mulroney legacy of cutbacks, corruption and broken promises... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 6, 2006 | Politics
Members of the federal Liberal B.C. caucus may have been surprised by a deafening clap of thunder in the wee hours of the morning. It was sound of air rushing in to fill the void suddenly vacated by David Emerson: once a member of the party’s B.C. dream team,...