Showers saved for now

Labour have backed down on the Labour/Green plan to restrict showers in new homes to six litres a minute.

But remember before the last election Helen Clark said she would not ban smacking – and she effectively did. This is a tactical retreat, not a strategic withdrawal. If they are re-elected, they will try again!

The Greens still want it though, describing it as a missed opportunity:

Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said that if the option of six-litre showers was removed altogether, people building new homes would have fewer opportunities for meeting energy efficiency standards.

Is that like those opportunities those nice Nigerian widows keep e-mailing me about?