August 2008

How ironic that Helen Clark chose in 2005 to create a governing bloc with Winston Peters for reasons of stability, to ensure that her government […]

So the Greens’ long, slow striptease over the Emissions Trading Scheme has now come to an end, with the party being granted a G-string of […]

Like the gong starting round one, Newstalk ZB’s Barry Soper got in the first shot – what’s the election date ? – but no one […]

Like the gong starting round one, Newstalk ZB’s Barry Soper got in the first shot – what’s the election date ? – but no one […]

Gordon Campbell on National’s plans for roads, schools and hospitals + Bloggers + Biden Click to enlarge ***** Interesting that the National Party is seriously […]

Like most peeks behind the diplomatic curtain, the gaffe about the Australian briefing paper on Helen Clark was amusing, but instructive. Talk about the pot […]

Like most peeks behind the diplomatic curtain, the gaffe about the Australian briefing paper on Helen Clark was amusing, but instructive. Talk about the pot […]

Images Kevin List On the night, it seemed like game, set and match to Winston Peters in his initial skirmish with Parliament’s privileges committee. If […]

Images Kevin List On the night, it seemed like game, set and match to Winston Peters in his initial skirmish with Parliament’s privileges committee. If […]

***** While the release on bail of the Iranian Christian convert Thomas Yadegary is a victory in the short term – and a substantial relief […]

Gordon Campbell On Arts Funding Policy Click to enlarge Some people, including quite a few artists, find the very notion of state funding of the […]

Click to enlarge ***** Will John Key’s policy announcement on welfare this afternoon do much to resolve the problems it claims to address ? Hardly. […]

Pretty doggedly, the mainstream media have stuck to their guns and kept the storyline on the secret tapes fiasco firmly focused where the National Party […]

Images Kevin List ***** Normally the Prime Minister’s press conference virtually sets the political agenda for the early part of the week but not this […]

Images Kevin List ***** Normally the Prime Minister’s press conference virtually sets the political agenda for the early part of the week but not this […]

Chances are, if someone said they were planning to raid their children’s piggy banks in order to pay the rent – mainly because they just […]