Who would admit to sympathy for the rich? They have it all, don’t they? Huge mansions with so many rooms you can get lost in them, highly attractive partners (and if they cease to be attractive the rich can easily lose them in their mansions), indulgent collections (sports cars, elephant tusks, wives) and weird hobbies (para-gliding, skeet shooting, funding the ACT party).

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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...