Gordon Campbell on the elections in France, Iran and Britain
As Werewolf predicted a week ago, it was premature to call Emmanuel Macron’s snap election call “a bitter failure” and “a humiliating defeat” purely on […]
France
Gordon Campbell on the Tame interview, and Macron’s endless challenges
National truly is the party of aspiration. Any centre-right voter who watched their champion’s trainwreck interview with Jack Tame on last Sunday’s Q & A […]
Gordon Campbell on the MIQ memo and France’s elections
One word has largely been missing from the coverage of the MoH advice about MIQ: Omicron. The relevant memo was written in November. It was […]
Gordon Campbell on juggling Covid, and France’s Trump-like populist
It is the age-old Covid problem. How to balance the needs for firms (and schools) to re-open against the need to protect public health. In […]
Gordon Campbell on Emmanuel Macron’s no good, very bad year
Earlier this year, PM Jacinda Ardern’s harmonious meeting with Emmanuel Macron was deemed to be the most important political coup of her entire trip to Europe.
Gordon Campbell on why France could become our closest ally in Europe
As PM Jacinda Ardern returns from a triumphant tour to Britain and the capitals of Europe, her officials have probably begun to assess what the […]
Slutwalk and Hijab
An interview Professor Leila Ahmed of Harvard Divinity School
The rise of Islamophobia in Europe
As Europe officially separates its anti-Islamic tendencies from racism it becomes more culturally intolerant of Islam