KSK: Take the People With You

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change
Albert Einstein

Change is what the country wanted, and change it did, leaving a shell-shocked Labour Party wondering just what had happened. A bolt from the blue – literally. But they knew it was coming, they just couldn’t bring themselves to acknowledge that they had gone too far, too fast, in directions that were not discussed before being set in motion. A bit like booking a flight to Paris and finding yourself landing in Timaru (sorry, Timaruvians.)

Capitalist: If It Were Me…

For the last few weeks we have had to endure a general election campaign. It consisted of all sorts of promises, publicity stunts, claims, counterclaims, scares, opinion polls and media commentary. Then the electorate voted. Many New Zealanders found it all highly entertaining – especially when their man got stuck into the other side’s man – and I am sure lots of people were able to convince themselves of the righteousness of their vote, especially when the other lot was so evil.