Making whole what has been shattered will not be done by the privileged political class. The people of the West know this in their hearts, in their guts.

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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...