To distract us from correctly blaming the government’s lockdown over-reactions for our impoverishment, they placate us by putting their hand down the back of the rich man’s sofa.

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My debut novel is available at TrossPublishing.co.nz. I have had my work published in the Australian Spectator, the New Zealand Herald and several on-line publications. One of the only right-wing people...