Just back from the motorcycle riders protest at Parliament.  Hard to say exactly how many people were there, but it was well over 6,000. There will be lots more photos to come, but check out the Stuff website  and Herald website for some.

Great speeches from the bikers, supporters and politicians, including Labour’s Phil Goff and Greens Dave Clendon. Nick Smith did come and speak to the crowd, and he got a very clear message from the protest!

Here is an extract from Phil’s speech that sums up the feelings of many who attended

If you start going down user-pays, when will it be that we start charging kids who play sport for levies because they are more likely to be injured than if they stay home on the couch? When will we start charging the elderly because they have more falls?

“This is the thin edge of the user-pays wedge and it is not what ACC is about. We don’t support it going down that track.”