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Gordon Campbell on big, bad government spending
Friday, 11 July 2008, 4:11 pm | Gordon Campbell
On Wednesday, the ANZ economist Cameron Bagrie provided some economic data that –co-incisdentally, I’m sure – sought to back up the centre right argument that government spending is chronically mis-directed. Bagrie took care to point out that he wasn’t saying ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on John Key and Immigration
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 3:57 pm | Gordon Campbell
Some of the more excited posts on my last column queried whether I lacked the fortitude to accuse John Key of corruption over his use of Parliamentary questions on Tranzrail. Actually, I thought I’d said plainly that there was no evidence that Key had asked ... More >>
How National will deliver social services
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 11:07 am | Gordon Campbell
The National Party’s reluctance to reveal its policy plans passed the point of diminishing returns quite some time ago. Trying to control the way a political debate unfolds is one thing – but deception of the public is something else. More >>
John Key and Things That Come Out Wrong
Friday, 27 June 2008, 11:39 am | Gordon Campbell
The “ we’re a country which came peacefully together” account of New Zealand’s march to nationhood that John Key delivered yesterday on Newztalk ZB was the latest example of what’s becoming a pattern. First we have the gaffe, then everyone else’s ... More >>
What a National Government May Entail
Monday, 23 June 2008, 3:29 pm | Gordon Campbell
Economic uncertainty is National’s latest rationale for why they’re http://www.stuff.co.nz/4576795a11.html not releasing their main policy positions and costings until the election campaign has virtually begun. Off hand, it is hard to think of a serious pretender to government ... More >>
Labour’s problems with the young
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 12:48 am | Gordon Campbell
The wrangle between the government and insurance industry over third party motor vehicle insurance reflects a wider problem for the Clark government – namely, its punitive stance towards young people, and first time voters. More >>
Gordon Campbell talks to Peter Dunne
Monday, 16 June 2008, 1:27 pm | Gordon Campbell
The interesting thing about Mr. Common Sense & Reliable is the body of evidence that indicates he is neither. I’m not talking about Dunne’s memorable fit of pique on election night in 2005 ….or actually I am, but only as evidence of an underlying ... More >>
Obama’s Readiness to Talk To America’s Enemies
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 10:21 am | Gordon Campbell
Almost every other day, the US presidential race – and the place the Iraq war plays within it – manages to leave the rest of the world looking on amazed at the way the world’s only superpower conducts its rites of succession. Not to mention ... More >>
Gordon Campbell reviews Working with David
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 11:16 am | Gordon Campbell
Well, what did we expect? Turning to Michael Bassett for an account of the Lange years is a little like basing your understanding of Julius Caesar’s assassination on a version written by Brutus Jnr. More >>
Russel Norman’s entry, Hillary’s exit
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 10:56 am | Gordon Campbell
As predicted on Scoop last Friday. former Green Party MP Mike Ward has done a U-turn, and will now step aside to enable Greens co- leader Russel Norman to become an MP. The process of Nandor Tanczos exiting and Norman stepping into his shoes should take ... More >>
WTF June 3 2008: Brash and the Greens
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 10:23 am | Gordon Campbell
Given the chapter and verse of Don Brash’s complicity in his own cynical re-packaging contained in Nicky Hager’s book The Hollow Men, you’d think it would be impossible to resurrect the Brash saga as a tragic fall from grace. Yet on the weekend, the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Stone, McClellan and Mike Ward
Friday, 30 May 2008, 2:37 pm | Gordon Campbell
1. In the wake of Sharon Stone’s comments at the Cannes Film Festival about Tibet and the Dalai Lama, China’s official state news agency has branded her “the public enemy of all mankind” - an even harsher review than those she got for Basic Instinct ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Vietnam vets apology
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 10:47 am | Gordon Campbell
On compassionate grounds, the apology extended to the troops who fought in Vietnam was justified – so long as it was not extended or regarded as a re-appraisal of the morality of the conflict, which the Government has been careful not to do. For ... More >>
National’s secrecy about its policies
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 11:24 am | Gordon Campbell
What does this sound like? A tiny group of politicians develop policy and hide it from the rest of their colleagues – all the better to unveil these policies in a way that will give the voting public the least possible time and opportunity to ... More >>
WTF: Gordon Campbell on Obama’s Speech
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 12:20 am | Gordon Campbell
If you haven’t yet read Barack Obama’s speech a couple of months ago on race, it can be accessed here. More >>
Campbell talks Budget fallout with Michael Cullen
Friday, 23 May 2008, 4:15 pm | Gordon Campbell
Labour can argue loud and long all it likes about its sundry achievements during its eight and half years in office – the longest economic boom since WWII, low unemployment rates not seen in decades, increases in average household incomes, cheaper ... More >>
Cullen's Cannily Constructed Budget
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 3:58 pm | Gordon Campbell
In better times, this cannily structured Budget would have been a circuit breaker for Labour - but given the current levels of public disenchantment with the Government More >>
The risks of Exxon-Mobil in New Zealand waters
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 6:04 pm | Gordon Campbell
Exxon-Mobil are the elephant in the room that the Government refuses to confront, as it throws open the ecologically vulnerable Great South Basin region to oil exploration and exploitation. Currently, New Zealand does not have an oceans policy, despite ... More >>
WTF: Beating up on Goff
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 11:03 am | Gordon Campbell
Whenever the media whines in future about politicians refusing to answer their questions, Phil Goff’s interview on Alt TV is a perfect example of what can happen when they do : a beat-up of monumental proportions, not even remotely supported by what was ... More >>
WTF: Brady needs to inquire into Immigration Bill
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 11:38 am | Gordon Campbell
Minister of Immigration Clayton Cosgrove – Auditor-General Kevin Brady will soon be snuffling through his department More >>
