The most charitable explanation for National’s behaviour over the smokefree legislation is that they have dutifully fulfilled the wishes of the Big Tobacco lobby and then cast around – incompetently, as it turns out – for excuses that might sell this health policy U-turn to the public. The less charitable view is that the government…

“Our team meant to say one outlet… in a town across Northland but we got it wrong. What I’ve said is look, we got that wrong. We’ve spoken to our team about making sure that we are fact-checking all of our information before we go off with statements and actually are they… supported.” https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/503865/christopher-luxon-tells-team-to-fact-check-claims-after-tobacco-outlet-mistake Dear…