Gordon Campbell on the government’s smokefree laws debacle
The most charitable explanation for National’s behaviour over the smokefree legislation is that they have dutifully fulfilled the wishes of the Big Tobacco lobby and […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s smokefree laws debacle
The most charitable explanation for National’s behaviour over the smokefree legislation is that they have dutifully fulfilled the wishes of the Big Tobacco lobby and […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s smokefree laws debacle
No CommentsByThe most charitable explanation for National’s behaviour over the smokefree legislation is that they have dutifully fulfilled the wishes of …
Gordon Campbell on how climate change threatens cricket‘s future
No CommentsByWell that didn’t last long, did it? Mere days after taking on what he called the “awesome responsibility” of being …
Gordon Campbell on the new government’s policies of yesteryear
No CommentsByThis column expands on a Werewolf column published by Scoop on Friday Routinely, Winston Peters is described as the kingmaker …
Gordon Campbell on coalitions, and hostage deals
No CommentsByReportedly, National has finalised the details of its separate policy programmes with (a) the Act Party and (b) with New …
Gordon Campbell on secret coalition talks, plus a music playlist
No CommentsByRoutinely, the centre-right complains that Big Government treats people like children. Huh. Have to say, National, Act and New Zealand …
Gordon Campbell on APEC, Mali and Sleater-Kinney
No CommentsBySideshows are inevitable when the main event – the coalition talks – is taking place behind closed doors and the …
Gordon Campbell on why prescription fees are no way to fund cancer drugs
No CommentsByWho is this Christopher Luxon fellow, really? Over the past two years, we have had so many invitations to find …
Gordon Campbell on why abortion rights offer the best chance of beating Donald Trump
No CommentsByRemarkably… Although the US opinion polls continue to track the declining popularity of Joe Biden, the Democrats still scored important …
Gordon Campbell on the blockade against Chloe Swarbrick’s right to speak freely about Gaza
No CommentsByThe tut-tutting about what Green MP Chloe Swarbrick said and how she said it, and whether she could have/should have …
Gordon Campbell on the third person in this political marriage
No CommentsByDepending on the recounts and the by-election, the centre-right will still have won only 59 seats in what will be …
Gordon Campbell on breaking up the supermarket duopoly
No CommentsBySomeone better tell Mark Mitchell, because the two big supermarket gangs – the New World Crips and the Countdown Bloods …
Gordon Campbell on how the Americans helped put Hamas in power in Gaza
No CommentsByTo all intents, Hamas suddenly sprang out from behind the Oort Cloud on October 7 as a force of incomprehensible …