[...] The first right-wing operative to learn at the feet of American political campaigners was Albert Ernest Davy (1886-1959). The son of a Wellington policeman, Davy was the epitome of a right-wing activist.

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Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in New...