Cam Slater: Why Won’t Labour Withdraw the Whip from Kelvin Davis?

In the UK Labour MP Rupa Huq has been forced to apologise to Kwasi Kwarteng after being suspended from the party for describing him as “superficially” black during a fringe meeting at a conference. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, Kelvin Davis, has used his own casual racism to abuse a Maori MP who was asking him a legitimate question in the house. When will Labour withdraw the whip from Kelvin Davis?

Point of Order: Mahuta’s husband and the Public Service Commission inquiry

How Chris Hipkins ineptly played the race card

We intended alerting our readers (if they had not already noticed) to how Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins played the race card in the matter of the Public Service Commission deciding to look into the propriety of government contracts awarded to Nanaia Mahuta’s husband.

We have taken a short cut and will draw attention, instead, to this post on Kiwiblog by David Farrar under the heading Hipkins apologises for smearing English.