Values rift

Press, 2 December 1978, Page 2

Values rift

■ PA Auckland [ Auckland Values Party; [members will discuss a pro- 1 [posal to cut adrift from thejl [ national organisation at a [ [meeting next week. [ The Auckland central can- h i didate, a lawyer, Mr K. h [Langton, said he was con- • jeerned about the drift of p ■ policy to the Left and thejl [increasing “aping” of other! ’parties in a drive for politi-li [cal power. There was a lot ' of disenchantment in Auck-h ’land about the remoteness ■ ! from reality shown by top [' (officials. 1 [ “It is totally absurd,” he I] | said. “Everyone in power 11 [positions is going on about I! ’the workers. But you’re I;

’never going to get the work- ) ers’ vote in this party. [Values is middle class. Our highest vote was in Remuera.” I It was true that some ! Values supporters were low i I paid, but they were highly! [educated, voluntary poor! [whites, middle class drop-; [outs — not workers, Mr ’Langton said. . . He cited the front-page’ [editorial in the November’ I “Vibes,” the party’s news-! [ paper, as an example of! [ what he was criticising:! “The Values Party is becom-[ ing, partly by intention, | partly by force of history, I the natural party of the New; Zealand working class,” it: said.