[...] It is unbelievably expensive to shut down most of the country for eight weeks and it still couldn’t prevent every viral casualty, business bankruptcy or the cruel mental health toll. Act has also had to adapt, proposing an economic recovery plan that isn’t Labour’s ‘Think Big Social Credit Monster’ or National’s ‘Think Big Social Credit Lipstick.’

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.