Gordon Campbell on Israel’s murderous relapse, and Peters’ sad decline
In the past week, Israel has reverted to slaughtering civilians, starving children and welshing on the terms of the peace deal negotiated earlier this year. […]
Gordon Campbell On Luxon’s Survival Chances, And The India FTA
Whenever Christopher Luxon drops a classically fatuous clanger or whenever the government has a bad poll – i.e. every week – the talk resumes that […]
Gordon Campbell On Winston Peters’ Battle Against The Phantom Legions Of The Woke
ByIn a month’s time, the Right Honourable Winston Peters will be celebrating his 80th birthday. Good for him. On the evidence though, his current war [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Stubborn Refusal To Invest For Growth
ByEconomists have earned their reputation for jargon and tunnel vision, but sometimes, it takes an someone as perceptive as Simplicity economist Shamubeel Eaqub to identify [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why GP Practices Are In Crisis
ByIn a week when PM Christopher Luxon and Health Minister Simeon Brown have been blowing their own trumpets about how supportive they are of GPs, [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why Having Elections Less Often Is A Bad Idea
ByAre we feeling the country is in such capable hands, that we can afford to take a longer break between elections? Outside the parliamentary bubble [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On School Lunches, And The Coalition Government Eating The Young
ByThe school lunches saga gets worse by the day. Bland, repetitive menus, failures in heating, failures in timely delivery, failures to deliver halal meals that [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why Our China Panic Is About To Get Expensive
ByAllegedly, the defence environment has changed, and New Zealand thus needs to spend significantly more on Defence. The rationale is that China (our main trading [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Fall And Rise Of Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
ByGood to see that this year, the New Zealand film societies are celebrating what would have been Sam Peckinpah’s 100th birthday with what they are [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why Europe Is Being Made To Go It Alone
ByNow that the US has ripped up the Atlantic alliance, Europe is more vulnerable now than at any time since the mid-1930s. Apparently, Europe and [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why “Golden Visas” Are A Losing Bet On Growth
ByFor obvious reasons, people feel uneasy when the right to be a citizen is sold off to wealthy foreigners. Even selling the right to residency [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Surviving The 47th US President
ByThree weeks in, and the 24/7 news cycle is not helping anyone feel calm and informed about the second Trump presidency. One day, the US [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Epic Fails In Jobs And Housing
ByThrough its austerity measures, the coalition government has engineered a rise in unemployment in order to reduce inflation while – simultaneously – cracking down harder [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Trump’s Tariff Wars
ByTrump being Trump, it won’t come as a shock to find that he regards a strong US currency (bolstered by high tariffs on everything made [...] Read More »