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Gordon Campbell on the govt’s bad week, and General Petraeus
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 12:13 pm | Gordon Campbell
A week is a long time but, thankfully for governments, the flow of news tends to get broken down into discrete items which can then be prioritized, contested or diverted via the usual process of political management. More >>
Gordon Campbell on where the US goes from here
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 10:17 am | Gordon Campbell
Was it only four years ago that Barack Obama was first elected? The visibly tired, visibly older man on stage in Chicago yesterday seemed to have aged a decade or more, and his rhetoric reflected it. In place of the fleet hearted, ‘anything is possible’ ... More >>
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #8 6pm
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 6:29 pm | Gordon Campbell
Make of this what you will, but the Jerusalem Post is reporting that 68% of Jews voted for Obama. In wrapping up this coverage, what do we make of the Obama victory? As of tomorrow, Obama has to gear himself up for the fiscal cliff calamity that is ... More >>
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #7
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 3:50 pm | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #7 Scoop Political Editor Gordon Campbell & Scoop Editor Alastair Thompson are live blogging the US election results as they come in at: GordonCampbell.scoop.co.nz More >>
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #6
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 1:14 pm | Gordon Campbell
The exit poll in Virginia shows a 49 to 49 tie. If this proves accurate then the first battleground state could take all night to declare a result. However pundits are already talking about the "Reticent Republican Voter" phenomena which has been ... More >>
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #5
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 12:47 pm | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #5 Scoop Political Editor Gordon Campbell is live blogging the US election results as they come in at: GordonCampbell.scoop.co.nz More >>
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #4
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 12:24 pm | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell US Election 2012 Blog - Update #4 Scoop Political Editor Gordon Campbell is live blogging the US election results as they come in at: GordonCampbell.scoop.co.nz More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Royal Commission Pike River report
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 11:22 am | Gordon Campbell
While Kate Wilkinson has resigned as Labour Minister, it is clear from the Royal Commission Pike River report that the contributing factors were (a) rooted in legislative changes made 20 years ago, and perpetuated under governments led by National and ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the regional impact of the war in Syria
Friday, 2 November 2012, 11:41 am | Gordon Campbell
While the moral epi-centre of Middle Eastern politics continues to be the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, much of the struggle on the ground is still between the old Sunni regimes (supported by the West) and the revolutionary threat seen to be posed by the Shi’ite ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on cutting labour costs, & Superstorm Sandy
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:07 am | Gordon Campbell
It is now just over 20 years since the Employment Contracts Act was passed, and 12 years since its main provisions were overturned. Unfortunately, the mindset that gave birth to the ECA hasn’t changed very much in the interim, judging by the changes ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Dissing teachers & the politics of Homeland
Monday, 29 October 2012, 10:51 am | Gordon Campbell
For politicians and bureaucrats alike, their readiness to diss the people they rely on to improve education outcomes is a risky leadership tactic. To most teachers, the comments by Education Ministry CEO Lesley Longstone that the NZ education system ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Asia’s rival trade deal to the TPPA
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 10:21 am | Gordon Campbell
One of the interesting things about trade pacts is that while they promote harmony and mutual dependence among the signatories, they’re not regarded quite as warmly by those countries left out in the cold. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Different treatment of tax & welfare cheats
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 10:21 am | Gordon Campbell
Hidden in amongst the usual holiday weekend filler stories – the road toll, the weather, the disgrace of Lance Armstrong etc - was a fascinating piece of research from Victoria University about the different way the courts treat tax cheats, compared ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on secrecy about charter schools, and Dotcom
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 10:51 am | Gordon Campbell
So the Act Party and its friends in government have concocted a fresh piece of legislation - aka the Education Amendment Bill 2012 - that will exempt crucial elements of their charter schools experiment from public scrutiny under the Official Information Act. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Likely Maori Council challenge on water
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 11:17 am | Gordon Campbell
If no one owns the water – as then government insists is the case – then what it is doing selling a significant stake in businesses where water rights are an essential part of their operation? Unfortunately, the Key government has refused to negotiate ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Huawei security scare
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 12:34 pm | Gordon Campbell
On the face of it, it looks very strange that our government should have jumped to comply with American concerns about the Internet business of about Kim Dotcom – to the extent of a string of illegal search, seizure and surveillance activities ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Chinese shadow over Key’s trip to Hollywood
Monday, 8 October 2012, 10:24 am | Gordon Campbell
While John Key was in Los Angeles wooing the US studio executives at dinner to bring more film projects to New Zealand, a significant piece of mutual wooing was almost simultaneously taking place on the other side of the Pacific rim. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the two victories Romney needs this week
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 10:03 am | Gordon Campbell
This week is Mitt Romney’s last chance. And as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has pointed out so brilliantly, the real debate in Denver today could well be between the two halves of Romney’s divided self. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Kitteridge inquiry into the GCSB
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 11:08 am | Gordon Campbell
This sounds cosy. The second inquiry to be launched in the past ten days into the GCSB – this time, into its capabilities, performance and governance - will be carried out by Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge of the Department of the Prime Minister ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the failures of the Neazor report
Friday, 28 September 2012, 10:19 am | Gordon Campbell
As predicted in yesterday’s column, the restrictions in the Inspector-General’s own guiding legislation have prevented him from reporting adequately on (a) issues of Ministerial responsibiity or (b) the scope and significance of the information ... More >>
