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The political pendulum doesn’t swing. Instead, wrecking ball politics now smashes through the written and unwritten codes that once held together democracy.
Bit dramatic, eh. But bear with me.
It used to be that centrist-ish governments would inch reforms forward, careful to win consensus, to withstand the next election cycle. The aim was endurance — laws designed to outlive their architects and even anchor policy for a generation.
American style politics are here now, invited in by the current right wing coalition. No they are not centre right, they are full on right wing.
Asked why reporting on ram raids appeared to have died down, Hipkins claimed, without evidence, that: “It's because your Tory owners at NZME have decided not to put it on the front page anymore. It’s still happening, it’s just NZME have decided that it’s not in the Government’s best interests and they do the National Party’s singing for them, and so they’re not covering it as much any more.”
Chris Hipkins really seems to have grown a massive pair since the last election, I like him more every time he speaks.
