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Truth Column: Shocking Night Out
Posted by mheine in David's Blog on August 30th, 2010
Last week I spent a night out with the police in south Auckland. It was unexpectedly quiet. The cops I was riding with joked that Constables Wind Rain and Cold – all members of “Sergeant Elements’ squad” – were keeping the bad guys at home. While it would have nice to have been busier, it [...]
Coddington, property rights and birthrights
Posted by dgarrett in David's Blog on August 24th, 2010
Deborah Coddington has spent most of the last five years claiming she is no longer angry or hateful. When reading her columns, however, two old sayings spring to mind: “actions speak louder than words”, and “the lady doth protest too much, methinks”. Coddington takes pot-shots against ACT – and anyone else associated with her former [...]
First Dunedin “striker” convicted
Posted by dgarrett in David's Blog on August 11th, 2010
The first “strike” conviction in Dunedin was announced in the papers today – and the recipient of it is an excellent example of the type of violent thug the law is intended to target. Somewhat unusually, the offender – convicted of the aggravated robbery of a taxi driver – is a young woman. Terina Puru, aged [...]
Truth Column: Barmy Benefit Society
Posted by mheine in David's Blog on August 6th, 2010
Recently I ran into a woman I had not seen in ten years – I will call her Shirley. I could not help but notice that she was heavily pregnant. One can never be sure whether congratulations are in order in such circumstances, but over coffee it emerged that the baby was wanted, and indeed [...]
Three Strikes appeals to all classes
Posted by mheine in David's Blog on July 23rd, 2010
Other than for the obvious reasons, I went to my mother’s funeral last week with some trepidation, knowing that I would encounter many people from my working class past. I thought my being an MP for ACT – and more particularly my involvement with the “three strikes” policy – may not go down very well [...]
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