More on the Government's Savage Increase in Road User Charges.

Was the secret, sudden and savage increase in Road User Charges on the same day the Labour Government completed the purchase of Toll Rail simply a mechanism to abruptly increase the value of the railway they purchased that day - a non-road using transport asset?

Was an increase in RUC's part of the sales agreement with Toll - who have a sweet heart deal for some years on rail linehaul charges and access to key transport infrastructure linked directly to the railway network?

Given the paucity of information on the purchase and the Machiavellian and unapologetic approach of Dr Cullen to the public accounts nothing can be discounted.

See here for a good summary of the questions put to Dr Cullen and so far unanswered.

I smell an awful stink.

Truckers Protest is Getting Popular Support

For those a little longer in the tooth the popular support for the truckers protest Friday feels like the support generated by Tania Harris qwith her march up Queen Street in the early 1980's when basically everyone had had a gutsful of trade union strikes. The term nowadays is "Tipping Point".

When Banksie comes straight out in support you know the cause is a good one.

Friday's action will prove to be the start of the final chapter of the thin volume that will be the Third Labour Government

Annette King is the flinty face of a Government completely out of touch with the people they purport to govern. She said this morning a 10% increase was no big deal. Has she been in cave these past few months?

This scene from France will be repeated in Auckland tomorrow.