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Mark the Week: National's tough approach on gangs and prisoners a vote winner

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 29 Nov 2019, 10:48AM
The National Party says it will block gang members and their associates from the dole if they can't prove legal income or assets.

Mark the Week: National's tough approach on gangs and prisoners a vote winner

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 29 Nov 2019, 10:48AM

Every Friday morning, Mike Hosking takes you through the big ticket items of the week and lets you know what he makes of it all. 

Strike Force Raptor.

8/10.

"Probably shouldn’t have gone with a dumb name out of Australia, because people make fun of it.

But the concept is not bad, getting tough on gangs and crime is, yes an old play out of the playbook, but it's still there because it's effective, and it's actually what a lot of people want, like, and accept."

Vaping.

2/10.

"The government is asleep at the wheel on it, hence this week's open letter from frustrated educators and health professionals.

Oh the irony, bend over backwards to be smoke-free by 2025, and then watch this mess arrive and do nothing."

Prisoners Voting.

2/10.

"It's another reason the Bridges plan on gangs and law and order will get traction.

Because he's up against bleeding hearts driven by the ideology you learn in a book, not the real world."

Waitrose ditching NZ lamb.

"I get the patriotism part of it. 

But here's how the world works, there will always be people who want the best and this country produces a lot of the best, including our lamb.

And banning stuff isn't an answer for protecting a local industry, anymore than tariffs are."

William Wood.

9/10.

"17 and picked to stand for National in Palmerston North.

I love young people with a plan."

Coldplay.

4/10.

"They're not touring the world  to save the planet.

It’s the wokiest of woke things ever."

New Zealand.

9/10.

"Not just the seventh most prosperous country on the planet according to one lot of research.

But the actual greatest country on Earth according to the Telegraph, and for the seventh year in a row."

LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW

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