Gordon Campbell on why the opinion polls for Key and Trump defy gravity
The commentariat tends to treat politics as boxing – the public, however, seem to experience politics as the static pageant of a wrestling match
July 2016
Gordon Campbell on Todd McClay’s faulty memory
McClay’s obvious difficulty in getting his story straight is part of a wider credibility problem with this government.
Gordon Campbell on the IOC’s treatment of Russian sport, and lone wolf terrorism
An IOC blanket ban on Russian athletes would have been marked contrast to its treatment of the track and field team from Kenya
Gordon Campbell on the Reserve Bank, the UN shortlist, and Trump
Can there really be there any link between the US presidential elections and yesterday’s RBNZ signals on interest rates and the NZ dollar? Well, maybe. […]
Gordon Campbell on what John Key should be asking Joe Biden
Key needs to be asking Biden about how – and why – the White House is busily circumventing the TPP deal signed earlier this year
Gordon Campbell on China Steel Dumping Allegations
Over the course of the past decade, MFAT had managed to concoct a China policy of infinite subtlety, a gossamer illusion that – alas – […]
Gordon Campbell on the censorship wreaking havoc within South Africa’s state broadcaster
Decrees include no further negative news about the President and an end to camera angles that made him ‘look shorter’.
From The Hood: An Unexpected Bill
Consoling the Finance Minister over an English Bitter
Zimbabwe: From The Trenches
The ongoing struggle against the Mugabe dictatorship
Theresa May, Compassionately….
Why Britain’s new Tory PM is talking about inequality
Sabotaging Democracy
Voter turnout is being actively suppressed in this year’s US elections
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s housing policy, and TPP rewrites
Driving round Dunedin South yesterday was an interesting place to be hearing the news of Labour’s new housing policy launch.
Gordon Campbell on Tony Blair and the Chilcot Report
Alongside this litany of criticisms of Blair’s style of government and decision-making, Chilcot has also given Blair a remarkable amount of wiggle room.
Flying Blind
Why won’t airlines abandon (or upgrade) the black box system?
Gordon Campbell on John Key’s weird pilgrimage to Europe
The current Key/McClay expedition to the UK and Europe looks decidedly peculiar.
Gordon Campbell on a bad week for Malcolm Turnbull, and the Queen
Malcolm Turnbull’s immediate goal – mere survival – is still within his grasp… In every other respect, this election has been a disaster for the Liberals
Gordon Campbell on bidding bye bye to Boris
Boris Johnson’s exit from the Conservative leadership contest supports the conspiracy theory that he never really expected “Leave” to win