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Gordon Campbell on the scrapping of Agenda and the future of state broadcasting The recent axing of TVNZ’s current affairs programme Agenda has been only […]

Famous fictional boss CJ didn’t get where he is today by not planning for a financial crisis ***** On paper, the new government’s reaction to […]

By Gordon Campbell Local Government Minister Rodney Hide talks about slashing red tape on Close Up 25.11.08 ***** Giving the local government portfolio to Rodney […]

Image: APEC The clip on last night’s television of George W. Bush genially patting new boy John Key on the back at the APEC gathering […]

Prime Minister in waiting John Key announces his Cabinet ***** The new Cabinet has been greeted with such hosannas from the mainstream media we can […]

***** Despite sitting outside Cabinet, Rodney Hide, Roger Douglas and their ACT Party mates are positioning themselves to be the bean counters in the new […]

***** Despite sitting outside Cabinet, Rodney Hide, Roger Douglas and their ACT Party mates are positioning themselves to be the bean counters in the new […]

The premise of Labour’s election campaign was that John Key was either (a) a vacuum waiting to be filled by political expedience or (b) a […]

Not unexpectedly, Phil Goff’s first press conference as Labour leader did include a mea culpa of sorts for the “disconnect’ that had occurred in Labour’s […]

Gordon Campbell on John Key’s peculiar government, and its response to the economic crisis That John Key certainly is a joker. In the face of […]

Click to enlarge From now on, this 2008 election can serve as the poster child of MMP. In future, anyone who wants to seriously diss […]

Click to enlarge From now on, this 2008 election can serve as the poster child of MMP. In future, anyone who wants to seriously diss […]

Live blogged by Scoop Co-editor Alastair Thompson Postscript – 11am 9 November 2008 – Historically speaking the scale of National’s 45.5% vote share in this […]

Live blogged by Scoop Co-editor Alastair Thompson Postscript – 11am 9 November 2008 – Historically speaking the scale of National’s 45.5% vote share in this […]

LIVE ELECTION RESULTS>> Party Status – Overall Graphic – Electorate Table  Scoop’s version of the live results can be viewed at the above links. These […]

Gordon Campbell Hope you enjoyed Scoop’s blogging on the US elections yesterday. Sure was fun to do. In the aftermath of the victory of Barack […]

8.20pm Ok, time to wrap this up for the night But first a recap, and then some consideration of the parallels to New Zealand. First, […]

Click to enlarge On Wednesday, as results come in from the US election, I’ll be blogging the signs/consequences live on Scoop. The target to win […]

Click to enlarge Voting commonly plays out as an act of retribution, with the motivation to vote being either a desire to wreak vengeance on […]

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 […]

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 […]

***** 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 […]

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 […]

Lockwood Smith in happier days – mugging it up for his 2002 novelty calender ***** In the last couple of days, Lockwood Smith and Maurice […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 National Party’s sudden transformation into New Zealand First, and today’s McCain/Obama debate. Intervention used to be such a dirty word on […]