Overdue recognition

Good on the DomPost who swing in behind their Tuesday columnist, Michael Bassett with this editorial today;

Michael Bassett's critics – and he has a few – at least cannot accuse the one-time Labour Cabinet minister and Dominion Post columnist of cowardice, this newspaper writes in an editorial. This week, he bravely tackled the delicate issue of "careless breeding" by people who he believes should not keep having children they cannot afford.