Political polls

Voters should not be wrongly influenced by political poll results (for ACT in particular).

The trends shown by such low level sampling can be explained by one or more of the following considerations: That minor parties can promise policies to match their ideals, without ever having the power to see them through a coalition caucus; That their support comes from a protest against a disappointing opposition party; or that a bevy of little old ladies are charmed by a simpering twerk.

Most importantly: ACT bases its economic policies on the teachings of the late Milton Friedman.

These were spread like a virus by the graduate diaspora of the Chicago School of Economics. It encouraged global sovereign asset stripping, aided and abetted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank who made asset fire-sales a condition of further loans.

Hence Rogernomics.

The foreign exchange crisis in 1984 could have been avoided by Labour announcing that there would be no devaluation, and even a small revaluation within days. This would undoubtedly have seen millions of dollars repatriated by those who were keeping back their overseas funds to profit by the expected currency devaluation.

Watch what you vote for. National is now reaping the punishment for manipulating democracy in the Epsom Electorate.

Hugh Webb, Hamilton