In the two years since John Key took over from Don Brash as National's leader and dragged his party much closer to the centre of the political spectrum, there have been frequent complaints that National's brand has become little more than "Labour-lite". Such talk of "me-too" carbon-copy policies and Labour and National being "Mother Coke and Father Pepsi" went right out the window this week. National's tax policy has transformed an at-times-foggy divide between the two major parties into an obvious ideological chasm. That's to Labour's advantage on the eve of the formal election campaign. After months of deliberately lying low on policy details, National has finally been obliged to put its head above the parapet. The policy shows that Key does stand for something. At last, Labour has something substantial to shoot at. Despite...
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