Gordon Campbell on the carnage being caused by Police pursuits
Time for the Independent Police Complaints Authority to produce yet another review of the high speed pursuit policy, which the Police will no doubt ignore
May 2018
Gordon Campbell on showing maximum love to farmers over M Bovis
There is some competition as to who can be seen to be extending the most heartfelt calls for emotional and financial support to the farmers during this time of trial.
Gordon Campbell on the M bovis outbreak
Damien O’Connor will announce on Monday whether the government intends going down the ‘eradication’ or the ‘management’ path with respect to the outbreak
Gordon Campbell on why we should be anxious about Artificial Intelligence
So… should we be anxious about AI? Of course we should.
Gordon Campbell on racism and the Windsors
For all the talk of the modernizing effect Meghan Markle could have on the Royal Family, the House of Windsor may be resistant to any change beyond the purely decorative.
Gordon Campbell on Budget 2018
To put it mildly, Budget 2018 has not been an outbreak of wild-eyed, tax and spend liberalism. “Unfortunately not,” says CTU economist Bill Rosenberg agrees […]
Gordon Campbell on the Gaza killings
The demonstrations had come in the wider context of laws designed to restrict the movement and employment of those penned up in the equivalent of an open air prison…
Gordon Campbell on regressive taxes, and Frightened Rabbit
The headlines would have you believe that inflation is safely under control, but a Statistics NZ press release yesterday indicates that isn’t the reality being experienced by the poor.
Gordon Campbell on the prospects for the US talks with North Korea
On June 12, the leaders of North Korea and the United States will meet across a table in Singapore, and Kim Jong Un must already be feeling giddy at the thought that this meeting is already being described with the word “summit”
Gordon Campbell on nine Trump lies about the Iran deal
The cascade of Orwellian lies that US President Donald Trump has used to rationalize why his country is reneging on the commitments it made under the Iran nuclear deal should be posing a genuine problem for our media.
Gordon Campbell on National’s latest attempts at relevance
National has now moved to Plan B in its pose as the only “responsible” party of government. Having ignored the existence of massive problems in […]
Gordon Campbell on petrol pricing and the midwives march
The public brawl between Energy Minister Megan Woods and BP looks like spinning off – as brawls tend to do – into a whole array […]
Gordon Campbell on hostility against journalists, and Israel’s lies about Iran
Tomorrow (May 3) is the UN’s World Press Freedom Day. At last count, 32 working journalists had been killed this year up until April 30, […]
Gordon Campbell on health promises, BP, and the White House correspondents furore
Remember that classic clip of Homer Simpson reacting to news of the government’s best effort at speed –roasting a buffalo? Keep that impatience in mind. […]