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. […]
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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
Gordon Campbell on Bill English living in denial
The working poor have been a direct byproduct of the economic policies in vogue for the past 30 years or more, all over the Western world.
Gordon Campbell on Britain’s pleas for mercy
On Brexit, the Europeans clearly want Britain to get on with it, but no British politician seems willing to step up
Gordon Campbell on the Shewan Inquiry into our tax haven rules
Like the political equivalent of lithium, John Key is routinely administered to dull any politically dangerous mood swings amidst the general public…
Gordon Campbell on the aftermath of Brexit
Now that it has woken up from its Brexit victory hangover, is Britain acting as if it has just won the World Cup? Hardly.
Gordon Campbell on the Ombudsman’s verdict on Paula Rebstock and Ian Rennie
The Ombudsman’s report on the inquiry into events at MFAT pulls back the veil on a far wider issue
Greens + Labour, Aussie Version
…And Other Notes On The Looming Aussie Election
Gordon Campbell on the delusions driving the “Leave” option
On the brink of the Brexit vote, the irrationality of the “Leave” option is now apparent.
Getting Roasted, Kiwi Style
Marketing coffee can be a mug’s game…
Tour of Duty
Taking the “guilt” tour in Auckland Art Gallery
Gordon Campbell on the “T” word, and this Sunday’s election in Spain
Once again, news packages from the US and UK underlined the difference in the treatment of the Pulse night club killings and the murder of Jo Cox.
Gordon Campbell on the RCEP trade deal and other entanglements
So China and the US both have competing trade deals on offer – the TPP for the US and the RCEP for the Chinese – each of which pointedly exclude the other superpower.
Gordon Campbell on the Teina Pora payout
Oops, sorry and $2.5 million in cash as a settlement for wrongful conviction.
Gordon Campbell on political smears and begging
Can a ministerial spin merchant ‘accidentally’ pass on to a journalist the fact that a prominent critic of their Minister is under Police investigation?
Gordon Campbell on our paltry refugee response and a brazen US rewrite of the TPP
The miserly nature of New Zealand’s response to the global refugee crisis continues apace.
On the new Defence White Paper
Once again, government spending on Defence is increasing by leaps and bounds, without any rational cost/benefit analysis.
Gordon Campbell on Muhammad Ali
As with Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali changed the times so thoroughly that anyone coming along afterwards will probably struggle to understand.