A quick word
Passion is not a word this Aussie readily associates with New Zealand outside of rugby but this political debate has it in spades. Any day now Bill English will take his hands out of his pockets. David Tolmie, Mt Eden. Steven Joyce and members of the National constituency insinuate fiscal irresponsibility by Labour. It’s worth remembering the last Labour government left them a surplus of $ 3.1b. David Hill, Freeman’s Bay. Life’s too short to take offence. Jacinda needs to write a letter to Santa for a thick skin if she wants to avoid going around the bend in the Beehive this year. Glenn Forsyth, Taupo. Bill’s in the lead. No, the other one is. No, it’s up to Winston. The polls are as reliable as the five- day weather forecast. Jules Riding, Whangarei. The other day I went to Torbay beach and noticed no difference from ten years ago. Surely with the virtually level sandbar it would be easy to see some sort of rise in the water levels? Paul Vermaak, Beachhaven. Has anyone noticed the announcement by the National Party to pay single pensioners $ 450 and pensioner couples $ 700 for winter heating? Surely the same payment should be paid to each abode. Cliff Ginders, Otahuhu. I would have thought Richard Prebble would have been impressed with Jacinda Ardern. Her promised reopening of the Tauranga- HamiltonAuckland rail line and light rail to the airport, is helping fulfil his 33- yearold promise to “save rail”. John Capener, Kawerau. It is a pity Kim Jeong- Un and President Trump have never had a chance to strike up a friendship. They seem to have much in common. Rose Lovell- Smith, Westmere. I fail to see how Labour’s plan to tax farmers for carbon emissions will work. Will they send someone to explain to our cattle how to stop farting? Sylvia Diprose, Warkworth. Are twitter users called twits? A J Petersen, Kawerau. Plato advises, “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your Government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” J. F. Bell, Ellerslie. Kiwis wear a lot of black. Maybe if we wore less black and more colour we would appear to be more cheerful. Bert Jones, Thames.