“We just clearly haven’t got the appropriate consequences in place for serious offending,” said Luxon. Aloha Luxon wants to use the rod on ram raiders while conveniently forgetting about his own delinquent youth MP. The problem here optics for Luxon, he wants to be tough on crime while protecting a basher toff in his Caucus? I don’t think it is, I think wider society appreciates that the ram raids are a symptom of a deeper malaise in society post Covid and don’t believe the bash will make things better. The wider community are calling for solutions, all Luxon is promising is the bash (except when it comes to his candidates).

Source: Stuff August 30, 2022 17:24 UTC