Colin James On Dunedinites Get-Up-And-Go

Colin James has an interesting comment in his ODT column today

There is a wider electoral point for National: the very people who exit to Australia are probably mostly get-up-and-go sorts who would vote National if they stayed. The spectre is Dunedin, Labour-voting for decades as Dunedinites drifted north (and now west) for higher pay.

Perhaps this is an explanation for lack of entrepreneurs in Dunedin and the lack of appreciation of the benefits of the market.