Cheesed off
It’s beginning to look as though the government doesn’t really want to be re-elected next year – either that, or secret polling has revealed a new symptom of long Covid affecting the populace: masochism.
“Make pain your friend” is not a concept customarily applied in politics, but the Beehive seems to be in full dominatrix mode.
At a time of rampaging inflation, it has stoked feverish talk of new taxes, the latest an inner-Auckland congestion charge – just in case the ravages of lockdown and construction chaos haven’t sufficiently punished businesses there, and offices aren’t yet empty enough.
That’s on top of a possible
