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The Greens, rugby and beer

Suggestions the Greens have damaged themselves by initially opposing extended pub hours for the RWC seem to assume the party had a previous image of fun-loving boofheads.

Thu, 13 Aug 2015

Sport and politics should not be mixed, someone once said.

I forget who but I seem to remember it being a bit of a big deal at one time.

There are some good reasons for taking this view: the most important being it leads to all sorts of nonsense.

Chuck alcohol into the mix and you have a batch

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