By Chris Trotter*Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury* called it Christopher Luxon’s “least worst speech”. Finally, to ensure a spot near the top of the evening news bulletins, Luxon’s speech contained a generous child-care subsidy for middle and low income earners. Not for nothing was the populist Muldoon referred to as “the best leader Labour never had”. Vague and uninspiring though Luxon’s State of the Nation speech may be, it did announce one solid and politically astute policy initiative. This Election Year, New Zealand desperately needs, and deserves, so much more than the “least worst” option.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 06, 2023 05:05 UTC