Former MP Peter Dunne argues that although our parliament is now more demographically diverse, the traditional liberal voice has been lost. I like his descriptions of the parties and his general conclusion. -- ACW
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ACT has frequently previously espoused pretensions in that direction but its libertarian focus takes it beyond the pragmatic and compassionate tone of a genuine liberal party.
The National Party has been steadily losing its urban liberal MPs for years, with the remainder now a very small rump within a party increasingly coming under the influence of the evangelical Christian right.
