Common Sense from Kerre

Kerre Woodham calls for an end to the “political barbarism being exhibited in Parliament’s debating chamber”, noting that although both sides are guilty of bad behaviour, it’s Labour that really needs to front up to the public.

Labour Party officials need to stump up with the cash, apologise for getting it wrong and get on with the business of government – which they’ve been doing well for the past few years – instead of backing themselves into a corner and fighting like rabid rats.

The talk of retrospective legislation, which would basically rewrite the rules and make the mistakes legal, is a dreadful idea.

All this nonsense about the Nats and the Exclusive Brethren has to stop, too. It’s just plain embarrassing watching Cabinet ministers shrieking that the Nats have got weird friends whose mothers dress them funny.

Whatever you might think of the religious sect, they are perfectly entitled to fund pamphlets promulgating a particular viewpoint, just as people are perfectly entitled to put the pamphlets into the bin.