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At least Jim Anderton has had the
courage to admit that he made a mistake. When this unwise change in the law
was first mooted, a majority of MPs did not consider the fact that up to 20
per cent of our teenage population were barely literate, playing truant,
unemployed or just plain destructive. For this group to be given legal access
to liquor was always going to be a problem. Phil Goff has said that the law
will not be changed, which is consistent with his head in the sand attitude
to the Peter Ellis case. This is rather sad as he has
always appeared to be one of the more intelligent members of the Labour
Party. Let us hope that the rest of
Parliament can follow the lead of Jim Anderton. |
