Dear Mr. Trotter,
I thought your article about the reasons people like me have turned away from Labour interesting, but ultimately unpersuasive. For my family it is not that Mr. Goff and his mates try to force some psuedo-liberal world view down my throat (we are a bi-racial family for example, like many workers, and have no issue with bi-culuralism). It is that Labour offers no left wing difference - there is not a single policy that labour has which opposes the policies of the capitalists. It seems that Goff (and you, with respect) miss the obvious; we are left wing and we want left wing policies. We do not want a hanger on from the Roger Douglas cabal who we all know agrees not so deep down) with the policies of National. Opposing the sale of assets is midly interesting; what about nationalising the failed banks and insurance companies? Opposing the increase in GST is mildly interesting; what about the promise to reduce it and to pay for that by increasing income tax? Saying you like consultation and democracy is good, but why did they vote for the Canterbury rebuild act? Why are we not being convinced by Mr. goff that doubling the minimum wage will be a direct and immediate boost to the economy? So don't concern yourself so much with your worry that gays are taking over the world; we are not voting Labour because it seeems no longer to want the workers to take over the world. Simple really.
Thank you
