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Richard Norman's avatar

Congratulations Bryce for making clear the multiple influences of Big Tobacco and naming the individual connections. Could this cynicism by Coaltion decision makers be an all time low for New Zealand politics? Almost as bad as when much of the British empire was funded by trade in opium in the 1830s, leading to war with China which tried to stop that trade, but lost and was penalised with the seizure of Hongkong.

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Ms Costello obviously doesn't have the "learning gene" or her last smackdown by a Judge would have taught her to be less arrogant? And where is the Prime Minister in ensuring maverick Ministers/Assoc Ministers behave responsibly & transparently? Incidentally, how can an Assoc Minister just arbitrarily reduce a specific tax? Imagine if the Labour/Greens coalition was behaving this way the likes of Luxon, Jones, Seymour et al would be screaming from the rooftops, & rightly so plus ALL the media would be in an uproar.

Appreciate being kept informed ...

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