I get frustrated that something like Willie Jackson talking with gangs is such a political problem.
He’s not giving them money, he’s not preventing arrests, he’s just talking to them.
When did we develop such an objection to people talking to each other?
Isn’t half the complaint that all these people in power sit in Wellington all day long and never actually get out and understand the issues that they’re dealing with?
You can’t complain about that and then attack Willie Jackson or Marama Davidson or Paul Hunt the Human Rights Commissioner for talking to gangs to understand the issues.
