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Here is an interesting, measured conversation with Dr Geoff Bertram looking at the Ardern Labour Party and covers a series of topics that are highly pertinent today.
Was there a plan behind the promise?
The state that lost its ability to build.
How vested interests shape government.
Can change come from Parliament alone?
Rebuilding a state that can deliver.
On an another note, looking back today, the unprecedented majority win in 2020 seems like a lost opportunity to make changes to the system that could have taken the private funding of political parties out of play.
Chris Penk, "occasional" paid-up member of the Taxpayers "Union", writes:
"Mr Hager doesn’t appear to be a journalist any more than I am."
Going into bat for the TPU, Mr Penk?
Didn't you learn already the dangers of backing untrustworthy people?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361037700/nicky-hagers-dirty-work-belongs-fiction-section