Bruce Cotterill

Election 2023: Who to vote for? Well, the leaders’ debate wasn’t informative

The good thing about being away from the country, aside from escaping Auckland’s weather, is that you come back with a clearer perspective and an eagerness to get up to date with what’s been happening.

I’ve been overseas for a couple of weeks, so arriving home just in time for Wednesday’s debate on TV3 was a timely opportunity to catch up with what the two leading prime ministerial candidates were saying.

And what a disappointment it was.

Anyone who treated the debate as light entertainment probably got what they wanted. However, if you were looking for a proper debate, to inform your voting decision, you were wasting your time.