Author: Martyn Bradbury

First of all, why the Christ is this being called a ‘Paedophile village’? It immediately scares the living bejesus out of locals and sets the nation at unease. It suggests a malignant tumour of a community that must be treated with the same mercy as you treat cancer, i.e. none at all.

‘Paedophile village’ is the very worst of the mainstream media selling clickbait.

Why not call it ‘Utter-failure-of-social-policy village’? Because that is truly what this represents.

The refusal to ever acknowledge that the 30 year neoliberal experiment in society, culture and economics has reaped a bitter harvest of mostly men who are so alienated from themselves that their loneliness and grief swamp the daybreak of the present.  

This is a ticking time bomb now and the National Party MP either steps down themselves to end this or Bridges pushes ahead, outs the MP himself and then risks that MP hurting themselves.

The Justice Conference has wrapped up and it is a relief to see that the madness of our prison industrial complex is finally being challenged by some genuine political courage.

This is an area of social policy that I have been passionate about for a very long time. I do believe you judge a society on how they treat their least respected and the way we treat prisoners should be a national scandal. 

Nothing seems to sum up the counter productive nature of our neoliberal welfare system quite as powerfully as the madness of this case…

Is it time for Jacinda and Trudeau to step up?

The lack of traction over the time Jacinda has been away has been overcome within weeks of her being back. She is a phenomenon and if National are serious about beating her, they best not underestimate her ability to pacify their voting block while appealing to her own.