Herald’s top political stories of 2010

The Herald’s top 10 political stories:

• Holiday subsidies gone
• Chris Carter
• Shane Jones
• Pansy Wong
• Heather Roy
• David Garrett
• Tax switch
• Foreshore and seabed
• Mining in national parks
• Waihopai spy case

I think it is disappointing that only three (arguably four) of the top ten are issues of policy. Four of them are all variations on the MPs perks issues.

The three strikes law should have been in the top ten. So should the changes to industrial relations laws. And the changes Simon Power has made to the criminal justice system are massive.