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February 2015

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Gordon Campbell on the wage hike for MPs (and Paul Robeson)

February 27, 2015 0

Hard to tell what is more infuriating. Is it the 5.3% increase on the already bloated salaries of MPs, or their pantomime of outrage at […]

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Gordon Campbell on whether NZ troops are the least of Islamic State’s problems

February 25, 2015 0

Given that it has been politically packaged and sold as a training mission, the Iraq deployment announced yesterday by Prime Minister John Key seemed to […]

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Gordon Campbell on the drip-feeding of information about the Iraq deployment

February 24, 2015 0

There are two ways of framing the story of our troop deployment in Iraq. They go roughly like this: The Official Version : We are […]

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Gordon Campbell on today’s announcement on sending our troops to Iraq

February 23, 2015 0

Click for big version. Later today, the Key government is expected to announce that New Zealand is planning to send about 100 troops on a […]

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Gordon Campbell on the dangers posed by the upcoming security services review

February 20, 2015 0

Could the June review of New Zealand’s security and intelligence be about to bestow on our spy agencies the express right to break the laws […]

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Gordon Campbell on the America’s Cup, and Lee Marvin

February 19, 2015 0

Like the Commonwealth Games, the America’s Cup is one of those large sporting events that is struggling to find anyone foolish enough to want to […]

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Gordon Campbell on Andrew Little’s not-so-great week

February 18, 2015 0

No, it hasn’t been a terrific week so far for Andrew Little. The Labour leader’s decision to exclude the Greens from the (toothless?) committee that […]

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Gordon Campbell on Labour’s latest stance on Iraq

February 17, 2015 0

On RNZ this morning, Labour leader Andrew Little expressed his support for air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State – and by doing so, he […]

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Gordon Campbell on the SkyCity debacle

February 16, 2015 0

“What is this? A centre for ants? …I don’t wanna hear your excuses! The building has to be at least three times bigger than this!” […]

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Gordon Campbell on the latest arm-wrestling bout over Greece’s austerity crisis, and Father John Misty

February 13, 2015 0

This morning’s meeting between Greece and Europe’s finance ministers seems to have broken up without any substantial agreements being reached, beyond a bit of bridging […]

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Gordon Campbell on how Iraq’s visiting Foreign Minister embodies an Iraq that’s not worth fighting for

February 12, 2015 0

When Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari makes a whistle-stop visit to Auckland on Friday, he will be issuing a formal invitation for New Zealand to […]

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Gordon Campbell on the government’s reluctance to treat the enemies of Islamic State as its friends

February 11, 2015 0

While the government attacks the left’s alleged reluctance to respond militarily to Islamic State, it continues to be strangely timid about another aspect of its […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Maori “separatism” bogey

February 10, 2015 0

Leadership requires the leader to set aside self-interest. It is a concept that sometimes seems quite alien to Prime Minister John Key – who has […]

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Gordon Campbell on the reluctance to support the Kurds against Islamic State

February 9, 2015 0

The boundary line between our troops having (a) an ‘advise and assist’ role in Iraq and (b) an actual combat role – which Prime Minister […]

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Gordon Campbell on the government’s narrow conception of Waitangi Day

February 5, 2015 0

Come Waitangi Day each year, Treaty settlements have become a de facto scorecard for New Zealand’s progress in race relations. It is not a good […]

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Gordon Campbell on a desperate health system merger of lab testing services

February 4, 2015 0

The economic version of the sound of one hand clapping is a “market” with only one provider – and that is exactly what the three […]

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Gordon Campbell on the freeing of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste

February 3, 2015 0

Well, so much for all that enthusiasm about free speech in France. A couple of weeks ago, a 16 year old student was taken into […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Russel Norman resignation

February 2, 2015 0

While not the decisive factor, last year’s election result must have made it easier for Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman to finally call it a day. […]

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