Gordon Campbell on stoking fears about cannabis law reform
It was always going to be hard to have a rational debate on cannabis reform. Far easier for politicians to win votes by stoking alarm.
Paula Bennett
Gordon Campbell on the poisoned chalice Simon Bridges has won
Voters on the centre-right of politics need to pray that Simon Bridges is not the only winner from the National leadership contest.
Gordon Campbell on National’s leadership rumbles
There’s a ritual to leadership changes after an election loss, and the National Party is dutifully following the script.
Gordon Campbell on scrapping the legal rights of gang members
So, Police Minister Paula Bennett thinks some New Zealanders deserve “fewer human rights than others”
Notes on National’s Election Campaign, in Poem Form
Because English is nothing is not Shakespearean
Gordon Campbell on National’s current inability to find its target
Early days yet, but the National Party seems to be having trouble in finding a credible line of attack on Jacinda Ardern.
Gordon Campbell on the politics of boredom
Last weekend’s Cabinet shuffle of the same old names around a few different chairs didn’t tell us much.
Gordon Campbell on the National leadership “contest”
Key’s endorsement of English has turned this “contest” into a race for second place.
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?
Ten Myths About Welfare
The politics behind the government’s welfare reform process
From the Hood: Boraxing poetical
Odes for the malodorous