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Editorial: When politicians agree, something’s amiss

Friday 21 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials

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Editorial: When politicians agree, something’s amiss
Deputy PM Mark Brown and PM Henry Puna.

The model of Parliamentary democracy we’ve inherited from Britain is a robust one. Westminster was one of the first to embed in law the idea of “Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition” – MPs whose very job it was to challenge and critique the government of the day.

The model of Parliamentary democracy we’ve inherited from Britain is a robust one. Westminster was one of the first to embed in law the idea of “Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition” – MPs whose very job it was to challenge and critique the government of the day.


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