Every discussion about ending the lockdowns in Britain and Australia has referred to “returning to the office”. But what percentage of workers are office workers? I don’t know but initially I had a suspicion snobbishness might underly this; specifically that blue collar workers don’t matter much.

Try and imagine the carry-on in Britain if its government announced special privileges for the original Anglo-Saxon and Celt citizens.

Garrick Tremain still remains the best cartoonist in New Zealand, despite not being sufficiently woke for the normally sensible Otago Daily Times.

An outfit called Vegan New Zealand is attempting to murder Pacific Islanders.

Wellington’s Victoria university students Association, backed (unsurprisingly) by the Public Service Association and some other bodies, are calling for free public bus transport for students. Several points arise.