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general election 2020

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Gordon Campbell on what lessons the Greens should take from the demise of Winston Peters

October 30, 2020 0

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Gordon Campbell on National being shafted by its own creation

October 21, 2020 0

As it licks its wounds, let’s hope the National Party can still find time to look back with some pride at what it has achieved […]

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Gordon Campbell on why the Greens shouldn’t join the government

October 19, 2020 0

We know she’s a miracle worker, but can Jacinda Ardern really find a cure for capitalism? Tough job. Especially when Ardern is being expected to […]

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Gordon Campbell on some electorates to watch on Saturday night

October 16, 2020 0

On the eve of Election Day, Judith Collins can claim that she has done exactly what she was chosen to do: namely, she looks like […]

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Gordon Campbell on National going rogue, and US militia madness

October 14, 2020 0

In the wake of Judith Collins descent into negative politicking, the real question has to be – did she slip, or did she jump? Was […]

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Gordon Campbell on last night’s debate, and beyond

October 7, 2020 0

It really hasn’t been a good week for Judith Collins to be wheeling out her Little Me impression of Donald Trump, yet the similarities have […]

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Gordon Campbell on debates as game-shows, and why mixing politics and religion is a bad idea

October 2, 2020 0

Political debates have dominated the week’s campaign cycle, here and elsewhere. Routinely, leaders’ debates ( and polls) are the roadside diners and comfort stops on […]

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Gordon Campbell on the SFO’s investigation of New Zealand First

September 30, 2020 0

On one level, New Zealand First has been the agent of its own misfortune. The New Zealand First Foundation handling the donations at the centre […]

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Gordon Campbell on whether this election is already a foregone conclusion

September 28, 2020 0

Currently, this election looks like being a no contest. The weekend’s Newshub poll has the centre left enjoying a roughly 57-36% lead over the centre […]

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Gordon Campbell on National’s rampant pandering to the farming vote

September 25, 2020 0

What on earth has happened to the political parties n the centre-right? Once upon a time in the US, the party of Lincoln was a […]

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Gordon Campbell on last night’s leaders debate

September 23, 2020 0

Do political debates change voter intentions, and cause voters to switch sides? According to a 2019 Harvard Business School study conducted across 61 elections in […]

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Gordon Campbell on saving small firms, and disowning Peter Thiel

September 9, 2020 0

According to Business NZ, over 97^ of New Zealand firms employ only 20 or fewer staff. One of the political myths about such firms is […]

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Gordon Campbell on the election delay

August 17, 2020 0

Hi, team. While the majority of the team of five million has gritted its teeth and obeyed the rules throughout the Covid-19 crisis, a sizeable […]

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Gordon Campbell on Judith Collins’ apparent inability to read the public mood

August 13, 2020 0

The basic skill that a successful politician needs is the ability to “read the room” and gauge the public mood. If National Party leader Judith […]

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Gordon Campbell on the new lockdowns, leadership and Lebanon

August 12, 2020 0

As Melbourne has shown, the webs of urban life overlap so extensively that community transmission can be very hard to trace, let alone control. Each […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Greens’ attempts to look like underdogs

July 28, 2020 0

The Greens’ opposition to homecoming New Zealanders being required to pay about $3,000 towards the cost of their two week Covid-19 quarantine, needs to be […]

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Gordon Campbell on the mainstream media’s romance with Judith Collins

July 17, 2020 0

Crikey. It feels like the media and Judith Collins should just get a room and be done with it. Such has been the commentariat’s love […]

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Gordon Campbell on National’s Great Leap Backwards

July 15, 2020 0

It isn’t surprising that at the height of its disarray, National should have looked for certainty and picked the least introspective candidate on offer. With […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Todd Muller resignation

July 14, 2020 0

Given the factions within National’s own caucus, anyone picked as the new leader of the National Party will struggle to unify their own troops, let […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Clark exit, convention centres, and the killing of Hachalu Hundessa

July 3, 2020 0

Goodbye, David Clark. In the end, the outgoing Health Minister decided that in the midst of a pandemic the best thing he could do for […]

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Gordon Campbell on the media collusion with National’s attack lines

June 26, 2020 0

For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of Covid-19 would think New Zealand was actually Brazil, or Texas. The media […]

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Gordon Campbell on Labour’s list, and our Victorian monuments

June 16, 2020 0

We’re currently in the “phoney war” stage of the 2020 election campaign, before the contest begins in earnest. Yesterday’s release of Labour’s party list rankings […]

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Gordon Campbell on why women with opinions can be SO annoying

June 10, 2020 0

Good grief. Well, we shouldn’t be all that surprised at National MP Paul Goldsmith and his “ stick to your knitting” comment yesterday. Sexism and […]

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Gordon Campbell on the Twitter wars, and the Muller muddles

May 29, 2020 0

Whatever the failings of our own politicians, spare a kind thought for the majority of Americans who did not vote for Donald Trump. Sure, it […]

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Gordon Campbell on why welfare reform has no champions in Parliament

May 27, 2020 0

Ever since Victorian times, the unemployed have been a problem for those more fortunate, wealthy and powerful. Down the ages, society has been torn between […]

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Gordon Campbell on not buying what Todd Muller is selling

May 25, 2020 0

Chloe Swarbrick is number three in the Greens Party list released this morning. Todd Muller has released his new party line-up today, which will excite […]

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Gordon Campbell on National’s day of reckoning

May 21, 2020 0

Congratulations. You are one of the 55 members of the National caucus being called together tomorrow to choose who will lead you to either (a) […]

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