Wait, there's more! He continued: "But liberty is not licence, and there's been a massive licence and abuse of freedom on this matter to the great cost of the taxpayer." A little like the huge costs smoking imposes on taxpayers, perhaps?

He went on: "“We don't usually do bottom lines, but this logical, plain common sense, supported by so many New Zealanders, is going to be a bottom line, of course, and we've got a stack of other bottom lines as well.” So why didn't this logic apply to the tobacco policies he insisted on repealing?

Labour MUST put an end to the corruption that appears to have fuelled this and other bills.
Corruption laws must have real consequences and be policed by independent bodies. We cannot afford to have governments in the pockets of tobacco & other lobbyists.

Feed that fire and we all own the ashes, including those who fan it. I don't condone what happened to the Rt Hon, but this ahi was accelerated during that occupation.