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Gordon Campbell on Transport Ministry scandal & quad bikes
Friday, 10 March 2017, 11:57 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the Transport Ministry scandal, quad bikes and Frankie Cosmos First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on National’s token National Super age hike
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 10:20 am | Gordon Campbell
Y esterday, the government finally announced the age of eligibility for superannuation will rise in steps from 65 to 67 but… don’t worry, the process won’t begin to be phased in until 2037 and won’t finally be in place until 2041. Is there a ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s latest love letter to the right
Friday, 3 March 2017, 11:11 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s latest love letter to the centre-right First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on Ardern’s ascension & Trump’s triumph
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 12:09 pm | Gordon Campbell
A penis conveys gravitas to any political career. Think of the stream of gaffes by Murray McCully. Think of the hyper-emotionalism of Nick Smith. If they were women, they would have been laughed out of Cabinet long ago, or would never made it there ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: the runway extension’s latest court failure
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 10:49 am | Gordon Campbell
T hank goodness for the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The Court of Appeal has just ringingly found in favour of the pilots’ union over the safety issues raised by the Wellington runway extension . More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Mt Albert aftermath
Monday, 27 February 2017, 12:54 pm | Gordon Campbell
P ersonality politics – Jacinda is great! Jacinda is not so great! – have dominated the coverage of the Labour Party’s fortunes this week, just as a different form of personality politics – Picking Willie Jackson/Greg O’Connor is a masterstroke! ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on using ‘kaupapa Maori’ as a cloak
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 11:18 am | Gordon Campbell
T he faux outrage yesterday from the Maori Party over the ‘kaupapa Maori’ critical comment made by Labour leader Andrew Little has been quite a sight to behold. Surely in an election year, it is very much open to question whether the Maori Party’s ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Mana-Maori Party deal
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 10:53 am | Gordon Campbell
If the self-interest involved wasn’t so blatant, the electorate deal between the Maori Party and Hone Harawira would be kind of poignant. More >>
Gordon Campbell on what Trump may mean for us
Friday, 17 February 2017, 10:31 am | Gordon Campbell
T he chaotic presidency of Donald Trump has been a weird form of spectator sport for the past three weeks. Horrible, but you can’t stop watching it. So far though, not much effort has been put into tracing the possible implications for New Zealand ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s candidacy troubles
Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 11:03 am | Gordon Campbell
S o its official. Greg O’Connor will indeed be Labour’s candidate in Ohariu and – as also signaled well in advance – the Greens will not be standing a candidate in the electorate. At this point, you have to question the validity of the Greens’ ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the limits of conspiracy thinking
Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 11:28 am | Gordon Campbell
O n the left, there’s long been a tendency to attribute phenomenal powers of competence and technological expertise to its opponents on the political right. (In this mindset, 9/11 was an inside job, carried out to foster the creation of the surveillance state.) ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the looming conflict over the Iran deal
Friday, 10 February 2017, 11:55 am | Gordon Campbell
J ust in case war breaks out over the weekend… for the past 10 days or so, the court rulings on President Trump’s travel ban have dominated the news out of the United States. At the same time, a more serious threat has been gathering in intensity. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the English call and the travel ban case
Tuesday, 7 February 2017, 10:08 am | Gordon Campbell
S o this is the Alice in Wonderland world in which we now live. One where PM Bill English wins praise for not provoking the Orange Queen into one of his “Off with their heads!” Twitter tirades. It's nice that English had a pleasant phone conversation ... More >>
On Thiel, and the sympatico between Peters and English
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 11:45 am | Gordon Campbell
Overall, I think we got a less manicured and truer picture of Bill English at yesterday’s press conference. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the govt’s (lack of a) response to Trump
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 11:44 am | Gordon Campbell
It is unfortunate, but hardly a surprise that Bill English and his Cabinet colleagues should have been left gormlessly uncertain about the impact of the Trump travel ban on New Zealand citizens. We’ve been down this road before, of being smacked around ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on NZ as an escape hatch for US survivalists
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 10:38 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on NZ as an escape hatch for US survivalists First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on NZ’s silence over Trump’s agenda
Monday, 30 January 2017, 12:11 pm | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on NZ’s silence over Trump’s anti-Muslim agenda First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on Peter Thiel’s bid for citizenship
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 12:22 pm | Gordon Campbell
So we now we know how much it costs to buy New Zealand citizenship. More >>
Gordon Campbell on journalism future in the era of “alternative facts”
Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 11:18 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the journalism’s future in the era of “alternative facts.” First published on Werewolf More >>
Gordon Campbell on Bill English, abroad
Thursday, 19 January 2017, 11:21 am | Gordon Campbell
I f David Cameron was the closest thing John Key had to a political mentor, their successors also share a whole lot in common. Theresa May and Bill English were both propelled into the top jobs as the result of unexpected resignations, and without ... More >>
