Gordon Campbell: On Pauline Hanson’s Rise, And The TOP Renaissance

Routinely in politics, there is a double standard for outrage. The same people who regarded Jacinda Ardern as a jackbooted tyrant seem to be quite unruffled by National riding roughshod over both local democracy (e.g. Chris Bishop’s “If you don’t [amalgamate], we’ll do it for you” message to councils) and also over the public’s ability to sue corporates for compensation over climate change pollution.