We need birthday cake Covid questions to politicians. John Hewson’s GST campaign derailed when asked a…

We need birthday cake Covid questions to politicians. John Hewson’s GST campaign derailed when asked a specific question about how it would apply to birthday cakes. With Covid politicians get away with ignoring it by sticking to slogan-generalities like ‘live with the virus’. /1 https://t.co/BEm25LVC9P

The questions they should be asked are ‘Jane is a single mum with cancer, and two kids in school. She’s on chemo and getting Covid would be very dangerous for her. How should she live with the virus?’ Tabloid media knows specifics are where power is in politics. 2/2