Tories to bring back slavery

Sounds like an old parody of extreme-left hysteria doesn’t it? Think again. IDS’s latest attempt to pander to the lowest common denominator of the tabloid readership involves those out of work being forced to do four weeks “voluntary” work  or to face having their job seekers allowance payments stopped. Consider the inequity of this – [...]

A response to Sir Roger Douglas

The University of Auckland’s Student Magazine “Craccum” this week published a guest column by ACT party MP Sir Roger Douglas  in which he argued the case for his Private Members bill (due for its first reading in the NZ House of Representatives) which calls for the possible reintroduction of  a lower minimum wage for workers aged 16 and [...]

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