Another idiotic headline

The Herald headline is “National could change anti-nuclear policy”, referring to Don Brash saying that a mandate for change could be gained either through a referendum or through a party campaigning on scrapping the ban and winning an election with that as explicit policy.

THIS IS NOT A NEW POLICY!

I’ve heard Don say this many many times before. This is a beatup from nowhere. The story implies this is some change, backflip, or reversal. It is simply restating what has been the position for at least a year, and arguably for almost a decade – the legislation will only change if there is a public mandate for it!