Should have caught on earlier
A recent commenter posting as Daedulus-X has been making some pretty extreme comments this year. He has incited hatred against Muslims, denigrated Hone Tuwhare, called Helen a lesbian, and protrayed himself as a devout Christian.
I should have twigged earlier, but finally checked his IP address today and it is the IP “Sam Dixon” used to post from. So in fact it is a formerly prominent leftwing poster pretending to be someone else. Dixon (not his real name) is also the Wikipedia vandal.
This is of course a fine example of the transparency that the supporters of the Electoral Finance Act say is essential.