I see National has released a knee-jerk reactionary crime policy this morning, and it’s been reported largely uncritically by a news media that’s made a fortune fostering public fear of crime at a time when crime rates are falling and resolution rates are on the rise.
It’s frankly depressing that our level of public debate has got to this. Hopefully we’ll get something up later today with some proper analysis, but for now I’ll leave it to Johnny Cash. This one goes out to you, Mr Key:
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