It is possible that older New Zealanders (or, at least, those who remember the days when they grew their hair long, went without a bra, marched against war and apartheid and supported a woman’s right to choose) are having second thoughts about a National Party leader who considers abortion to be murder, evinces disdain for the poor and never saw a tax he didn’t want to cut, cut, cut.

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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...