RE: Matt Robson's press release "Disarmament Minister Matt Robson is asking the Opposition leader Jenny Shipley to reign in her defence spokesperson."

"I can assure Mr Robson that Mrs Shipley doesn't need to 'reign' me in, rain me in or rein me in, though Helen Clark is infinitely challenged with reining Mr Robson in over his wayward comments. My earlier statement stands.

"I would normally advise Mr Robson to have a word with his press secretary about the wonky logic and murder of the English language in today's release. However I understand such a conversation would require the involvement of lawyers, and accordingly will save the taxpayer any unnecessary expense by refraining from such advice," Max Bradford said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>