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Our politics commentators discuss the Labour Party conference held in Whanganui at the weekend, and look at National's announcement that it will established a high-level 'Strike Force Raptor' police taskforce that would "tackle gang crime" if elected in 2020. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and lobbyist. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is director of Capital Government Relations.