Blog – Page 46 – werewolf

Gordon Campbell on John Key’s do’s and don’ts list when it comes to detainees

November 13, 2015 11

Since Prime Minister John Key plainly has trouble with the leadership thing, maybe we should keep it simple for him. So, here’s a list of […]

Gordon Campbell on the John Key smear attack, Russia’s sports doping and Allen Toussaint

November 11, 2015 8

The rationale behind Prime Minister John Key’s smear attack against Labour yesterday (and the subsequent walkout from Parliament) was obvious enough. When you’re in a […]

Gordon Campbell on being accountable, and holding the powerful to account

November 5, 2015 7

Don’t know how you feel about it, but the selective unavailability of Ministers and senior public servants to media scrutiny seems to be a growing […]

Gordon Campbell on Malcolm Turnbull, and rugby mania

November 3, 2015 14

When Malcolm Turnbull took over as PM across the Tasman, much was made of him citing the populist touch of Prime Minister John Key – […]

Gordon Campbell on our role in the deliberate non-defeat of Islamic State

October 29, 2015 0

Unlike the US and (allies like New Zealand) Russia and Iran have a very clear goal for their intervention in Syria. Russia and Iran want […]

Gordon Campbell on the gender pay gap

October 27, 2015 6

Column – Gordon Campbell Care to know what Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence thinks about the gender wage gap? No? Well, I suppose she is […]

Gordon Campbell on copyright, the Authors Guild case and the TPP

October 23, 2015 4

A few days ago, Google finally and comprehensively won a very long-running case brought against it by the Authors Guild which had claimed that Google’s […]

Gordon Campbell on the lessons of the Canada election result for the Labour Party

October 21, 2015 4

So Canada has delivered a resounding goodbye and good riddance to Stephen Harper and his Conservative government. Yesterday’s ‘landslide’ victory for Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party […]

Gordon Campbell on the government’s refusal to tax sugar drinks and tackle obesity

October 20, 2015 13

True to form, the government seems more concerned about the financial health of the food industry than the actual physical health of New Zealand children. […]

Gordon Campbell on Australia giving us the flick

October 19, 2015 1

Nice bloke, but you wouldn’t want him to run the country. Once again, the failings of John Key on the world stage have been cruelly […]

Gordon Campbell on Labour-bashing over the TPP and Canada's election

October 16, 2015 3

Should we be surprised that Labour has ended up as the media’s cheap and easy target over the TPP? Clearly, it would be more risky […]

Gordon Campbell on our apparent inability to stand up to Australia

October 13, 2015 3

If you fight your bullies, the TV series Freaks and Geeks suggested, it can be painful at the time… but you earn respect and they […]

Gordon Campbell on John Key’s trip to Iraq

October 8, 2015 4

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has just returned from a quick visit to our troops in Iraq, where he reportedly discovered that (a) Iraq […]

Gordon Campbell on Serco’s emerging role as the government’s favourite corporate crony, and the TPP fallout

October 7, 2015 3

There’s no success like failure, as Bob Dylan once said, and Serco’s failures mean nothing but trouble on the horizon for ordinary New Zealanders. Unfortunately, […]

Gordon Campbell on the TPP deal reached in Atlanta

October 6, 2015 13

If the TPP was the Rugby World Cup, the New Zealand team probably wouldn’t be making it out of pool play. While the final details […]

Gordon Campbell on the TPP countdown, and Mary Margaret O’Hara

October 5, 2015 0

While Australia and the US have reached agreement on the patent exclusivity term for biologics – the new drugs that have been one of the […]

Gordon Campbell on the lack of accountability over the Philip Smith case

October 2, 2015 0

In New Zealand, accountability is an exotic creature rarely glimpsed at ministerial level, or among senior management. The flight to Rio by the paedophile /murderer […]

Gordon Campbell on Putin’s diplomatic coup over Syria

October 1, 2015 0

There’s a simple historical precedent for what is occurring in Syria. During WWII, the Allies joined forces with a known butcher and tyrant – Joseph […]

Gordon Campbell on the Chris Brown furore

September 30, 2015 0

Thank goodness Dame Tariana Turia has been able to inject a bit of common sense into the Chris Brown visa issue – her argument being […]

Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes

September 28, 2015 0

For five years, the public has been denied any meaningful information about the content and progress of the TPP – on the bogus excuse that […]

Gordon Campbell on the Greens bad deal over the flags

September 24, 2015 0

Click for big version. So thanks to the Greens, the Red Peak design has now been added to the options for the flag referendum in […]

Gordon Campbell on Paula Bennett’s gaffe, and Luna in Newtown

September 23, 2015 0

Local Government Minister Paula Bennett’s statement of support for cutting red tape in the building industry was probably self-certified as being politically OK, but it […]