Below, an excellent article by National MP Simon O’Connor who is not someone I would normally share much opinion with. For example, Simon initially trained for the priesthood and is a fervent Royalist, two bloody good reasons for him to be publicly hanged. But his piece on the evils of identity politics, is outstanding.

Recently the NZ Herald published a ridiculous article from Trevor Richards, a name probably meaning nothing to New Zealanders under about 35 years of age. Richards led the HART (Halt All Racist Tours) movement in 1981, opposing that year’s Springbok rugby tour.

Sydney family law specialist Sarah Bevan told the Sydney Morning Herald,

“It’s a basic human right for children to know where they came from”.

“… judge told 19 year-old who shared drugs with friend that later died”.

News of the Ukrainian mothers who last week travelled into Russian territory and rescued their 16 children kidnapped by Russian troops, brought to mind another similar but truly hilarious incident.