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 […]
With one day to go, this election campaign continues to be a foregone conclusion that stubbornly refuses to turn into a real contest. The narrative […]
With one day to go, this election campaign continues to be a foregone conclusion that stubbornly refuses to turn into a real contest. The narrative […]
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 […]
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 […]
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