Archive for October 27th, 2005

Pincer avoided

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Hmm, I just beat the Government to it.
Just after my last post, Steve Maharey put out ‘National’s PC policy backfires’:
National’s policy of ‘PC Eradication’ has already started to backfire horribly, says Steve Maharey.
“Less than 24 hours after National’s Wayne Mapp launched his assault on political correctness, his own party has contradicted its new policy,” […]

Access to a pincer move

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

In a release put out this morning, National’s “Spokesman for Disability Issues” Dr Paul Hutchinson said:
The Clark/Peters Government must act on the recommendations of a Human Rights Commission report and improve access to public transport for the disabled…
Yet this morning on Morning Report and then on NZPA, “Spokesman for Political Correctness Eradication” Dr Wayne Mapp […]

One person’s freedom…

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

The BBC reports this morning (NZ time) that the UK Cabinet has agreed on the parameters of smoke-free laws for England, and clubs and food-free pubs will be exempt.
Also this morning our time, Reuters reports that a study published in a medical journal has found that any exposure at all to tobacco smoke can have […]