04-01-2025, 11:26 AM
Apart from Muldoon setting up the then DPB, I'm unconvinced that the National party ever had a sense of decency. And nor am I inclined to believe anything Roger Douglas said.
it was not always like this.
It does not have to be like this.
Anne Salmond is right - we do need to embrace diversity, & find better ways to do everything. I think a first step should be to ban very wealthy people from entering politics & perhaps the second might be to make voting compulsory.
There should never be such a gap between rich & poor & we need to address that. And we can & should be, doing far better in healthcare & housing.
it was not always like this.
It does not have to be like this.
Anne Salmond is right - we do need to embrace diversity, & find better ways to do everything. I think a first step should be to ban very wealthy people from entering politics & perhaps the second might be to make voting compulsory.
There should never be such a gap between rich & poor & we need to address that. And we can & should be, doing far better in healthcare & housing.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)