Auckland Anti-war Protest
They tried to counter it. They barely showed up. Meanwhile, Auckland’s anti-war movement is getting louder.
Phil Twyford
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Judith Collins wins a Hypocrisy Award
Playing politics with social issues is nothing new. National has perfected the art with it’s “tough on crime” rhetoric. It has also demonised solo-mothers; the unemployed; young people, and Housing NZ tenants with it’s meth-testing/contamination moral-panic.
Now National has added housing to it’s list.
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Land banking – capitalism’s weeping sore
National’s denial is partly to blame why our horrendous housing crisis spiralled out of control. During it’s nine years in office, National continued to point-blank deny the social problems it faced. This continuing denial will ensure they remain in opposition for the coming decade.