Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work attack on Taxpayers’ Union ‘naive’ – Heather du Plessis
Newstalk ZB host Heather du Plessis-Allan criticizes author Nicky Hager’s book 'Dirty Work', arguing that his characterization of the National Party as 'hard right' is naive. She contends that Hager ignores the political context of race relations and government spending in New Zealand.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan is the Drive host for Newstalk ZB.
For someone who has written so much about politics, it is remarkable how naive Nicky Hager seems to be.
He claims his latest book Dirty Work exposes how the Taxpayers’ Union has dragged “the National Party to hard right”.
If that’s what he thinks he’s proved, he shouldn’t have bothered going to the printers with the manuscript.
If the National Party is hard right, I’m the tooth fairy.
This is a party that plans to break up a privately owned supermarket co-operative.
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