Gordon Campbell on the best music of 2019
In a year where so many of the highlights came from female musicians, there was one standout album…
Lana Del Rey
Gordon Campbell on the Supreme Court review of the Peter Ellis case
There is a sense of inevitability about the Supreme Court being asked to review the Peter Ellis case.
Gordon Campbell on Ardern, Davos, and the wellbeing schtick
The ‘wellbeing budget’ sounds like a marketing slogan… It’s just as easy to forget that GDP – the common measure of how well an economy is performing – is also a marketing device
Gordon Campbell on the best music tracks of 2018
Oliver Godji, who records as Octavian, is a French/British/Angolan rapper based in London. As someone born in Lille, France, he didn’t qualify for welfare in Britain…
Gordon Campbell on the Tax Working Group’s road map
Trying to analyse the interim report on the Tax Working Group (TWG) is like trying to review an entire All Blacks game, but at the half- time mark.
Gordon Campbell on DHB deficits and free trade
DHBs are under intense pressure to reduce deficits within a climate of chronic underfunding.
Gordon Campbell on the Mt Albert aftermath
Now Labour has got a Jacinda Arden – young, smart, compassionate, politically and media adept – what on earth does it do with her?
The Complicatist : Serengeti, Del Shannon, Lana Del Rey
Learning survival tactics from Brian Dennehy