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Gordon Campbell: The lessons of the London tower block fire
Thursday, 15 June 2017, 10:55 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the lessons of the London tower block fire First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on anti-immigration gambit Labour, & Israel
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 12:13 pm | Gordon Campbell
C alls for a crackdown on public money being wasted on low quality educational courses? That’s always a perennial topic in any election year. Back in 2005, it was National’s education spokesman – a guy called Bill English – who led the charge against ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the lessons from Corbyn’s campaign
Monday, 12 June 2017, 10:39 am | Gordon Campbell
L eaving partisan politics aside - and ignoring Jeremy Corbyn’s sensational election campaign for a moment - it has to be said that Britain is now really up shit creek. The clock is ticking on its Article 50 exit. Triggering article 50 at the end of ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the limits of political loyalty
Friday, 9 June 2017, 11:34 am | Gordon Campbell
I n the wake of the Comey testimony, one of Donald Trump’s White House defenders has claimed in her boss’s defence: “The President is not a liar.” Inevitably, that comment conjures up memories of Richard Nixon’s immortal line: “I am not ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Tillerson’s problems with Trump
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 11:53 am | Gordon Campbell
Photo: Mark Tanturm Y esterday, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made his flying five hour visit to New Zealand, Foreign Policy magazine put its finger on why other leaders in the Asia-Pacific region have been left feeling deeply sceptical ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Rex Tillerson visit
Monday, 5 June 2017, 7:08 pm | Gordon Campbell
A visit to this country by a serving US Secretary of State is such a rare event that Rex Tillerson will be welcomed in style in Wellington tomorrow – even though the former ExxonMobil CEO could fairly be described as the least influential person in ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the causes of poverty
Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 12:32 pm | Gordon Campbell
O ne of the enduring myths of the conservative right is that poverty is primarily a state of mind, and that welfare assistance only corrodes the mindset necessary for people to pull themselves out of poverty. Such views have been given a new lease ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the twists in the UK election
Monday, 29 May 2017, 11:16 am | Gordon Campbell
T he main reason Theresa May chose to call a snap election for June 8 in Britain was because the Tories firmly believed that a British Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t and wouldn’t pose any threat. Instead, the Conservatives’ original ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s Budget
Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:13 pm | Gordon Campbell
I t may seem like Oliver to be so bold as to ask the Finance Minister for more gruel – but what the Dickens, Steven Joyce… is this Budget really as good as it gets? Supposedly, the public was going to receive significant rewards – an election year ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on (not) taking responsibility
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 11:59 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on (not) taking responsibility, terrorism porn, and Dylan’s 76th birthday First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Navy’s dealings with Fat Leonard
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 12:38 pm | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the Navy’s dealings with Fat Leonard, and Twin Peaks First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on the demonising of Iran
Monday, 22 May 2017, 11:31 am | Gordon Campbell
Will New Zealand still be willing to pursue its recent trade overtures to Iran, now that US President Donald Trump has used his speech in Riyadh to single out Iran as the main source of terrorism and instability in the Middle East? More >>
Gordon Campbell on Bill English’s bizarre new/old trade deal
Friday, 19 May 2017, 12:29 pm | Gordon Campbell
S o, according to the Prime Minister, we all have an obligation to get in behind his zombie TPP deal, because of all the “jobs and income” it will bring in its wake. Really? That’s hilarious. This new “TPP 11” deal is entirely a pig in ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on housing, exploding lap-tops & Jon Taplin
Friday, 19 May 2017, 12:27 pm | Gordon Campbell
O K, and since we’re all barrelling towards the Budget and beyond … how useful a thing really is National’s programme of building 34,000 houses, as a solution to the crisis of housing affordability? Answer: not very. The details are here . More >>
Gordon Campbell on dealing with Japan over the TPP
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 12:27 pm | Gordon Campbell
A s PM Bill English flies off to Japan with his business delegation today, his discussions with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will focus on how to keep the TPP trade pact alive, now that the United States has bailed. It is much, much easier to see what ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Alfred Ngaro’s standover tactics
Monday, 15 May 2017, 11:54 am | Gordon Campbell
When someone like Alfred Ngaro is being paid circa $350,000 a year (in salary and perks) you’d think he wouldn’t have to learn on the job about the basic moral rules of his role. More >>
Gordon Campbell on our caving in to the Aussies
Friday, 5 May 2017, 1:43 pm | Gordon Campbell
Much as New Zealand may brood over its links with Australia, they barely acknowledge our existence. On Anzac Day, when Kiwis make so much of our identity-forging mateship on the battlefield, we barely register in the commemorations held across the Tasman. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the killing of the Fairfax/NZME merger
Thursday, 4 May 2017, 10:34 am | Gordon Campbell
S o the Commerce Commission has nixed the Fairfax/NZME merger. Why? On the grounds that it would have had unacceptably bad consequences for the public interest in terms of media diversity, and for the quality of democratic debate. How come? Partly because ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Willie Jackson’s list ranking
Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 11:08 am | Gordon Campbell
As it turned out, Hurricane Willie puttered off ineffectually out to sea, and his list ranking of 21 will remain. (He did get a shiny new badge though, making him Labour’s high sheriff of negotiations with the Maori Party though. Wow.) The party ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Kim regime
Friday, 28 April 2017, 1:16 pm | Gordon Campbell
S upposedly, we’ve been on the verge of thermonuclear war for the past fortnight. In the circumstances, it would be nice to know (a) what the guy in Pyongyang is thinking about all this and (b) what an achievable strategy goal for the US might look like. ... More >>
