My very word! What a lesson we have just had. The news report that 76 per cent of voters think we have a housing crisis and that 62 per cent of National voters think the same, was fascinating.

Up until then, National has been ignoring all the sings and steadfastly remaining true to their hype.

Then overnight, indeed and almost like over day, they suddenly woke up and agreed with us and started chucking our money around, like there's never going to be a tomorrow.

What a crying shame things have got to, when the only way to make politicians see sense is to frighten them silly with it and the possible consequences of their precious voting support going against them.

And pray heaven that this solution won't be the same as ‘Here's money to move to Christchurch', which was also not the brightest idea in the world. But who cares. There's plenty more where that came from. Just keep spending it.

R McGuinness, Tauranga.