Salvation For Us All

Yesterday, I ruminated about the effects of being a political follower.

And, within politics, David Seymour was smart enough on Friday to divert attention from “race blind” policies [what about gender blind I thought - thinking of maternity wards] and cutting school lunches by throwing meat to the media.

Teachers were stealing kids’ lunches, he claimed, and many took the bait. He’s just like Trump, say something outlandish, and change the topic.

Luxon does it a lot too. Negative press? Bring out a law and order announcement.

I guess their advisers use similar strategies.

NZME dedicated multiple segments.

I didn’t even bother reading it, but others will.

We know $107mn was cut from the school lunch program, and it covered 67% of all children living in material hardship. It was making a difference.

But we know where the money went instead because anyone reading this column cares about that stuff.

This brings me to 3 points I’ve been meaning to make for a while -

1. Many don’t care. It may offend o…