And look at the place now. All those filthy yachts from tax havens like the Cayman Islands. All those people enjoying themselves. The Village should be razed to the ground, or the water, as the case may be. But my correspondent should take heart.
Salvation is at hand.
Comrade Neanderton now has his Ministry for Economic Development. There is a golden future for steel production in Eketahuna. And for the unions. Ah, those most blessed unions. With or without global warming, I have a feeling the country is sunk.