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Ryan Bridge: Parliament's backlog is becoming a problem
This past week is proof a four-year Parliamentary term is probably a good idea.
Elections disrupt the housing market. People get scared off buying for fear of the unknown – who knows what government will get in and what they'll do to price of a house.
Same goes for business decisions – should I buy that extra tractor if a pro-regulation party gets round the cabinet table?
But the bigger problem, and we've seen it with this frankly farcical social media ban announcing this week, is legislation.
The Nats called Labour's bluff and announced it. Then Labour called the Nats bluff and said they'd…
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