Kerre Woodham: Let's put the 'demos' back in democracy

Now I mentioned Thomas Coughlan's excellent piece in the Herald yesterday. He looked at the costings for Labour's policies so far. He got the Treasury costings for them, got Nicola Willis, the Finance Minister's accusations about lack of detail, crunched it right down to give us the best possible chance of getting a real world look at the numbers and whether Labour will be able to afford the policies. It is well worth a read if you haven't already. We'll talk to Thomas tomorrow about the importance of costing all of the parties' different promises. It's not just Labour's, it's just that they've released probably the most policy thus far, shockingly, given how late they were to the party.

Bob Edlin: The call for a mature conversation about asset sales....

The call for a mature conversation about asset sales – Luxon is up for it, but what about Hipkins?

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has expended some of his huff and puff today to rail against Christopher Luxon for wanting to discuss something that should be discussed.

Garrick Tremain: Political promises

 Here is Garrick Tremain's cartoon commentary on political parties' promises!