A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on Parliamentary power

[Praktica]

Agreed, a ton of labour, greens and TPM voters that we don't need.

Not surprising given a lot of the social deprivation and childhood trauma a lot of them have suffered.

But interesting Nats still got a vote or two. We're not really talking numbers that will swing an election though so it begs the question why Luxon wants this...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...s-revealed

It's a cheap and easy way of showing how staunch he is - and it appeals to the hard of thinking.