Larry Williams Drive

If I was Christopher Luxon, I’d be wheeling out Simon O’Connor and forcing him to apologise.Not for his views on abortion, he’s entitled to whatever view he wants, but for being a dickhead about it.Personally, I’m not speaking from what I want. I don’t mind his Facebook post saying “Today is a good day” because while I disagree with him, I accept that other people have different views.And more importantly, I think I understand that there is no risk of our abortion laws changing because no party is even talking about that.Politics isn’t always rational and sane. Voters aren’t always as switched on as you or I might like them to be. Sometimes they form opinions based on a headline and this headline is bad for the Nats.I’ve already had two under 40-year-olds tell me they’re worried about the Nats and the abortion issue, and they’re both actually National voters. One of them now says they don’t think they can vote for National this time around.And that is why Luxon needs to wheel O’Connor out. He needs to make it