Dangerous talk
The contemporary Labour Party has a problem with free speech.
We may think Helen Clark fell because of energy-efficient light bulbs but they were mere symbols of a government that had become too controlling. The real damage was from 2007’s Electoral Finance Bill.
Labour just couldn’t cope that seven Exclusive Brethren businessmen had dared publish pamphlets supporting Don Brash and opposing Clark. Worse, they had the audacity to let Brash know in advance.
The bill was written to stop people publishing
