Labour’s Fudging
The Herald has an editorial today, in anticipation of the release of the Auditor-General’s report, called How Labour Might Fudge the Issue.
It discusses how Labour has manufactured a “problem” with election funding under which to hide their blatant thieving of public money to fund their propaganda. The editorial suggests that Labour will set up some sort of committee to figure out where the lines between government information and political propaganda are, fail to do so, and that the conclusion will be public funding for everything.
The public, though, should not fall for it. Fair-minded people could easily agree on the distinction. It is easy to recognise advertising that is intended to promote a public service rather than the political interest of its sponsors. We do not need to sacrifice information services, or pay for political parties’ election pitches, for the sake of Labour’s deserved embarrassment today.
State funding of political parties would be a travesty. The idea that Labour can be caught up to their elbows in the till to the tune of eight hundred thousand dollars and that the answer to this is to reward them with a couple of million is so outrageously offensive it beggars belief that anyone could seriously suggest it.
Note: The Herald website now has a useful summary page for all of their stories on the pledge card saga.
October 12th, 2006 at 10:42 am
Bernard, you should call a press conference or turn up at parliament for when the report is tabled today.
Debunk the fudging and cut straight to the issue.
Cheers
Julian
P.S. Give me a ring.
October 12th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
hear hear Julian!