Don’t look back
As I write it is a matter of days before New Zealand goes to the polls.
I can’t wait, not because I particularly want a change of government (and we might yet be surprised), but because I am heartily sick of the whole electioneering circus.
I’m tired of politicians and their empty promises, vacuous arguments and childish ‘debates’. But I’m even more tired of the endless sniping, posturing, threats, lies and half-truths emanating from a relatively small number of unscrupulous, self-serving, or straight up ignorant folk on society’s fringes.
Politicians always make promises they can’t keep, trading their souls for votes, but I don’t believe we’ve ever seen the sheer volume of extreme views now being expressed on social media and in public spaces, much of it,…
