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Ryan Bridge: The price we must pay for living in a democracy
Commuter chaos.
It's one of the prices we must pay for living in a democracy.
I know this won't be popular with Aucklanders this morning or others around the country where this hīkoi is heading, but it's a cost we must bear.
They're closing two lanes of the Harbour Bridge this morning, and if you've got kids getting to an NCEA exam, then you will be fuming about this.
But let's remember, this is a one-off protest.
It's not like those dickheads from the public rail or whatever they were in Wellington. Remember them? They repeatedly shut down the motorways. They did it time and time again. They…
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