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Gordon Campbell on the Maori response to the SOE asset sales
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 9:20 am | Gordon Campbell
The government’s relationship with the Maori Party over the partial selldown of the state’s four energy companies is not yet terminal, but it is looking extremely untidy. Last week’s battle over the government’s attempt to exempt private investors ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the predator society
Friday, 3 February 2012, 9:48 am | Gordon Campbell
In these last few days before Parliament opens and the cycle of normal political life resumes, significant stories are gaining coverage that they might otherwise struggle to achieve. This morning, they included another example of consumers being ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Mitt Romney’s victory in Florida
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 9:32 am | Gordon Campbell
So Romney now looks a certainty to be the Republican candidate against Barack Obama in November, after yesterday’s win in conservative Florida put paid to the claim that he was not really conservative enough to win the nomination. Sure, he did so ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on today’s protest march in Christchurch
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 9:11 am | Gordon Campbell
Reading meaning into the utterances of Christchurch mayor Bob Parker is always a risky business, but Parker’s comment to the Press the other day that ‘People should be careful what they wish for’ was a fascinating statement in the light ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the arrest of Mourad Dhina
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 10:18 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the arrest of Mourad Dhina, and France’s ongoing problems with the Arab Spring More >>
Gordon Campbell:On Labour’s current rethink of its identity
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 11:45 am | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell: On Labour’s current rethink of its identity L abour goes into its two day Taupo retreat today with what has charitably been dubbed a ‘slow and careful journey’ to a new identity under the leadership of David Shearer. Certainly ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Kim Dotcom’s bail application
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:57 am | Gordon Campbell
The Crown is opposing bail for Megaupload CEO Kit Dotcom on the basis of (a) that he poses a flight risk and (b) he could recommence his operations if released. Neither seem to be very convincing arguments. By its very nature, the extradition battle ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on taking the fall for Anne Tolley
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 9:21 am | Gordon Campbell
Anyone looking for a textbook case of the apparent politicisation of the public service need look no further than the case of former Northland kura principal Debroah Anne Mutu, who became a potential embarrassment for then-Education Minister Anne Tolley, ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the guy who REALLY is running North Korea
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 9:56 am | Gordon Campbell
Years ago and while still a cub reporter, I had to accompany Muhammad Ali, Bundini Brown and rest of the Ali retinue on a week long tour of speaking engagements and exhibition fights in New Zealand. It was only on the last day of the tour that I ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Cunliffe’s likely role (and France)
Monday, 19 December 2011, 9:30 am | Gordon Campbell
Later this afternoon, we’ll find out just how the new Labour leader David Shearer has managed the difficult task of rewarding his faction while bringing some of his opponents back into the tent. Since David Parker is almost certain to get the new ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Peter Dunne’s casting vote on asset sales
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 9:50 am | Gordon Campbell
As the late Roger Kerr pointed out in 2005 , Peter Dunne went into the election that year advocating the 40% selldown of the government’s stake in most SOEs. So Dunne can hardly be accused of not being a consistent advocate of the partial privatisation ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Labour leadership change
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 12:49 pm | Gordon Campbell
So it is to be David Shearer as leader, and Grant Robertson as deputy. With David Cunliffe, there were always two concerns. One, whether the wider public would warm to Cunliffe’s combatively intellectual style, and secondly whether his caucus would ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the coalition agreements
Monday, 12 December 2011, 10:43 am | Gordon Campbell
Now that the three deals done to maintain the National-led coalition are all on the table, its pretty clear how shabby these arrangements really are. United Future for instance has won the promise to “investigate free annual health checks for over ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Peter Jackson and the West Memphis Three
Friday, 9 December 2011, 10:55 am | Gordon Campbell
At first glance, the news earlier this week that Peter Jackson has just completed a documentary on the West Memphis Three case might seem somewhat odd. After all, the three Paradise Lost documentaries made by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky on ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on income inequality
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 10:21 am | Gordon Campbell
The OECD report this week that has found New Zealand to have one of the fastest growing income gaps in the entire OECD will come as no surprise. More >>
Gordon Campbell on charter schools
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 11:04 am | Gordon Campbell
Since its inception. Act has been the party of American Crackpot Theories, so we should probably be thankful that the coalition agreement between Act Party leader John Banks and the Key government didn’t include a constitutional right to bear ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Labour Party leadership race
Monday, 5 December 2011, 9:30 am | Gordon Campbell
Newness is in the air, in every sight and every sound. Both candidates seeking to become Labour’s next leader have been citing the need for change, and claiming they’re the right broom for the job – whether it require a change of direction, ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the upcoming Cabinet re-shuffle
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 9:31 am | Gordon Campbell
Prime Minister John Key has indicated that a Cabinet re-shuffle is on the cards. In all likelihood that re-shuffle won’t be moving Bill English, Tim Groser, Murray McCully, Paula Bennett, Chris Finlayson, Nick Smith, Peter Dunne or Tony Ryall from ... More >>
On David Shearer, and the Maori Party
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 9:26 am | Gordon Campbell
Of the three Davids contesting the Labour leadership, David Shearer’s main appeal is as the anti-candidate, the guy who aspires to the top job after a career of high achievement outside Parliament. He’s similar in that respect, to you-know-who. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the challenges facing Labour’s new leader
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 9:20 am | Gordon Campbell
While some are urging Labour to take its own good time over deciding on a new leadership team, there is little reason to think that a delay would be productive, and not merely an occasion for more sniping and bloodletting instead. More >>
