Creating opportunities
The Nats admit that they’ve failed to close the gap between rich and poor. In fact, of course, it’s getting worse. Bill English says they’ve “created opportunities”, which is Tory speak for doing nothing at all.
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Pragmatism and the limits of patience
Bill English managed to cause quite a fuss this week with his claim that New Zealand had a “competitive advantage” due to factors like our low wage economy. Another of the factors that English cited was how “pragmatic” the public are as the Nats ram through their economic changes…
Translating Tories: “Creeping political correctness in our schools”
I wasn’t expecting to do another in this series so soon, but then I’m much too polite to decline a clear invitation like […]
Translating Tories: “Incentives to get ahead”
This is the first post in an occasional series that will translate Tory speak into plain language (fellow writers and guest posters are […]