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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 […]

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 […]

***** 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 on the universal student allowance and the axeing of the Greens’ billion dollar energy efficiency fundIf any election bribe can be justified, […]

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 whether not believing what the politicians aren’t telling you is any way to run an election The state of the economy – […]

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 At least the ‘Town Hall’ format for today’s debate between John McCain and Barack Obama should play to some […]

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 […]

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 […]

Images Simon Scott Click for big version ***** Hard to credit such a thing from the Green Party, but their television ads were the star […]

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 […]

Gordon Campbell on the House rejection of the bailout plan So the House has rejected the bailout plan – or more correctly, the House Republicans […]

Luckily for Sarah Palin, the focus on the presidential debates and the $700 million bailout plan helped to bury a horrific series of news events […]

***** Gordon Campbell interviews Hone Harawira about Maori Party election strategy – Images Kevin List While the Maori Party does at times consciously project an […]

This is crunch week for the US financial system, and the Democrats need to play hardball and vote against the $700 billion bailout plan. Because […]

By Gordon Campbell Image – Lyndon Hood ***** This week, the public itself could be forgiven for treating Parliament with contempt. In a majority decision, […]

By Gordon Campbell Click to enlarge ***** So, what impact is the world’s biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression having on the New Zealand […]

Words Gordon Campbell – Images Kevin List ***** The final lingering image of the privileges committee investigation of Winston Peters was an apt one – […]

Click to enlarge So election day is November 8 which – it seems from media commentary over the weekend – was totally obvious to political […]

Image – Lyndon Hood ***** Winston Peters goal last night was simple survival. And if the rules of natural justice rules still apply, he did […]