Gordon Campbell: Stealing The US Election
Click to enlarge Judging by the polls, the Republicans’ best chance of victory looks like it will require them to screw around with the machinery […]
October 2008
Keeping The Good Life Going For The Middle Class
Gordon Campbell on National’s welfare plan for the middle class unemployed On Friday, the National Party will unveil the details of its plan to pay […]
Gordon Campbell: Can McCain Make A Comeback
***** Only a week to go, and have John McCain’s attempts at a comeback peaked too soon? Eight days ago, the US opinion polls began […]
National’s dilemma, if elected – if not Labour Lite, then what?
Click to enlarge The irony about National retaining such a handy lead in the polls is that while the public seems to have decided it […]
Gordon Campbell on Lockwood Smith and other embarrassments
Lockwood Smith in happier days – mugging it up for his 2002 novelty calender ***** In the last couple of days, Lockwood Smith and Maurice […]
Gordon Campbell On The Politics Of Poverty
Click to enlarge We knew this already, but its nice of the OECD and its Growing Unequal report to provide the concrete evidence. Yes, the […]
Is Maori Party Flirting With 2011 Electoral Doom?
Gordon Campbell on the Maori Party’s perilous dance with the National Party wolves Eight years ago, which is eons ago in political time, John McCain […]
Is Key's Super Fund Idea So Super?
Gordon Campbell on the National Party’s sudden transformation into New Zealand First, and today’s McCain/Obama debate. Intervention used to be such a dirty word on […]
Is Key’s Super Fund Idea So Super?
Gordon Campbell on the National Party’s sudden transformation into New Zealand First, and today’s McCain/Obama debate. Intervention used to be such a dirty word on […]
Gordon Campbell On The Youtube Leaders Debate
In which Scoop Political editor Gordon Campbell finds the inaugural youtube debate as wet as some of the potential questioners For a party that places […]
Labour's Student Debt Monster Plan – Greens Energy Fund
***** Gordon Campbell on the universal student allowance and the axeing of the Greens’ billion dollar energy efficiency fundIf any election bribe can be justified, […]
Labour’s Student Debt Monster Plan – Greens Energy Fund
***** Gordon Campbell on the universal student allowance and the axeing of the Greens’ billion dollar energy efficiency fundIf any election bribe can be justified, […]
Gordon Campbell's Election Launch 2008 Review
Gordon Campbell on whether not believing what the politicians aren’t telling you is any way to run an election The state of the economy – […]
Gordon Campbell’s Election Launch 2008 Review
Gordon Campbell on whether not believing what the politicians aren’t telling you is any way to run an election The state of the economy – […]
Gordon Campbell on John Key’s economic package
The National Party has billed this tax package release as an “economic management plan,” which could land them in truth-in-advertising trouble with the Consumers Institute. […]
Gordon Campbell previews the Obama/McCain debate
Gordon Campbell previews the Obama/McCain debate At least the ‘Town Hall’ format for today’s debate between John McCain and Barack Obama should play to some […]
Gordon Campbell: Post PREFU Preview Of National's Tax Cuts
Tax cuts are a flexible piece of political ectoplasm. To those who peddle them, as Paul Krugman once noted, there is hardly an economic ill […]
Gordon Campbell: Post PREFU Preview Of National’s Tax Cuts
Tax cuts are a flexible piece of political ectoplasm. To those who peddle them, as Paul Krugman once noted, there is hardly an economic ill […]
Gordon Campbell on the Greens election campaign launch
Images Simon Scott Click for big version ***** Hard to credit such a thing from the Green Party, but their television ads were the star […]
Gordon Campbell on Key and Clark refusing to debate
The debate about the television debates rages on. In the television election debates this year, it seems that Helen Clark and John Key will only […]