From its inception ACT has espoused three simple principles - freedom, choice and personal responsibility. I like these so much that they are emblazoned across my business card. As such, I hope you won't mind if I exercise those liberties myself because I don't intend today to give you either a policy lecture or a cheerleader chant.
I want to start ACT’s 2008 election campaign in exactly the same place that Sir Roger Douglas, Richard Prebble and a handful of other stalwarts started this party - by reflecting on those three simple principles. Why? Because I think kiwis have had enough of the game of politics. They want to hear simple messages from honest people. People who they can relate to as having the same values and vision as they do.
