National’s Commanding Poll Lead Clipped Slightly
3News is reporting that its latest poll shows the lead National has had over labour in recent polls has taken a slight beating in its […]
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Gordon Campbell Talks To Jim Anderton
Images Kevin List ***** It is unusual to talk about a 70 year old in terms of untapped potential, but the aura of ‘what might […]
Gordon Campbell on the Immigration Bill, striking health workers, and the Obama Veepstakes
Great to see that the various players in the blogosphere – from the usual great stuff by No Right Turn, to the new website started […]
Gordon Campbell on big, bad government spending
Click to enlarge On Wednesday, the ANZ economist Cameron Bagrie provided some economic data that – co-incidentally, I’m sure – sought to back up the […]
Gordon Campbell on John Key, personality politics and the Immigration Bill
Some of the more excited posts on my last column queried whether I lacked the fortitude to accuse John Key of corruption over his use […]
How National will deliver social services
Gordon Campbell The National Party’s reluctance to reveal its policy plans passed the point of diminishing returns quite some time ago. Trying to control the […]
John Key and Things That Come Out Wrong
By Gordon Campbell The “ we’re a country which came peacefully together” account of New Zealand’s march to nationhood that John Key delivered yesterday on […]
What A National Government May Entail – Part Two
By Gordon Cambell Unless we get a few choice email leaks from John Key’s office – yoo hoo, ready and waiting – we can only […]
What a National Government May Entail
By Gordon Campbell Economic uncertainty is National’s latest rationale for why they’re not releasing their main policy positions and costings until the election campaign has […]
Labour’s problems with the young
Gordon Campbell The wrangle between the government and insurance industry over third party motor vehicle insurance reflects a wider problem for the Clark government – […]
Gordon Campbell talks to Peter Dunne
Images Kevin List The interesting thing about Mr. Common Sense & Reliable is the body of evidence that indicates he is neither. I’m not talking […]
Obama’s Readiness to Talk To America’s Enemies
By Gordon Campbell ***** Almost every other day, the US presidential race – and the place the Iraq war plays within it – manages to […]
Gordon Campbell Reviews Working with David
Working With David by Michael Bassett – Hodder Moa Images Kevin List from Working with David’s launch at the National Library Wellington Michael Bassett signs […]
Labour’s Human Rights Nightmare: The New Immigration Bill
Click for big version Few Labour voters may realise the full extent of what the Clark government has in mind – or has allowed to […]
Gordon Campbell: Russel Norman’s Entry and Hillary's Exit
As predicted on Scoop last Friday. former Green Party MP Mike Ward has done a U-turn, and will now step aside to enable Greens co- […]
Gordon Campbell: Russel Norman’s Entry and Hillary’s Exit
As predicted on Scoop last Friday. former Green Party MP Mike Ward has done a U-turn, and will now step aside to enable Greens co- […]
One News Poll 01/06/08: Nat 55, Lab 29
One News Colmar Brunton Poll: May 2008 Party Vote %: National 55 (up 1) Labour 29 (down 6) Greens 7 (up 3.3) NZ First 4.4 […]
TV3 Poll 01/06/08: Nat 50 Lab 38
Party Vote %: National 50 (up 2) Labour 38 (down 3) Greens 5.8 (steady) NZ First 3.9 (up 0.5) Maori 2 (down 0.9) Act 1 […]
WTF: June 3 2008 – Don Brash and the Greens
Gordon Campbell on the Resurrection of Don Brash and the Greens 1. The Resurrection of Don BrashDon Brash faces the media shortly after the release […]
WTF: 30 May 2008 – Stone, McClellan and the Greens
Gordon Campbell on Sharon Stone, Scott McClellan and the Greens annual conference 1. In the wake of Sharon Stone’s comments at the Cannes Film Festival […]
Gordon Campbell on the Vietnam vets apology
On compassionate grounds, the apology extended to the troops who fought in Vietnam was justified – so long as it was not extended or regarded […]
National’s secrecy about its policies
By Gordon CampbellWhat does this sound like? A tiny group of politicians develop policy and hide it from the rest of their colleagues – all […]
WTF: Gordon Campbell on Obama’s Speech Last Sunday
If you haven’t yet read Barack Obama’s speech a couple of months ago on race, it can be accessed here. While nominally about Obama’s controversial […]
Gordon Campbell talks Budget fallout with Michael Cullen
Images Kevin List Click for big version*****Labour can argue loud and long all it likes about its sundry achievements during its eight and half years […]
Cullen's Cannily Constructed Budget
Words Gordon Campbell – Images Kevin List Finance Minister Michael Cullen*****In better times, this cannily structured Budget would have been a circuit breaker for Labour […]
Cullen’s Cannily Constructed Budget
Words Gordon Campbell – Images Kevin List Finance Minister Michael Cullen*****In better times, this cannily structured Budget would have been a circuit breaker for Labour […]
The risks of Exxon-Mobil in New Zealand waters
By Gordon Campbell Exxon-Mobil are the elephant in the room that the Government refuses to confront, as it throws open the ecologically vulnerable Great South […]
WTF: Beating up on Goff
Click to enlargeWhenever the media whines in future about politicians refusing to answer their questions, Phil Goff’s interview on Alt TV is a perfect example […]
WTF 20 May 2008: Brady needs to inquire into Immigration Bill
Minister of Immigration Clayton Cosgrove – Auditor-General Kevin Brady will soon be snuffling through his department*****No indication yet as to how any of the various […]
New Zealand’s illegal trade in North Africa
By Gordon CampbellScoop Image – Lyndon Hood*****On May 25, a Turkish owned ship called the Cake is due at Lyttleton harbour, and similar port records […]