Professor Robert MacCulloch: How does NZ Labour compare to National on State Size?

Some readers of ours are writing to say that even though Prime Minister Luxon could not be bothered turning up to the single most important day in Parliament these past fifty years to debate the constitutional foundation stones of our country, we shouldn't give him such a hard time. The consensus seems to be that the thought of having Lock-Down Labour, Lost-Their-Moral-Compass Greens, and State-within-a-State Te Pāti Māori back in power next year is so unthinkable that by comparison Mr Luxon looks pretty good. They have a point.