Peters Challenges Brash To Tv Debate

Rt Hon Winston Peters has offered to appear on TVNZ’s Holmes show with National leader Don Brash tonight to debate the major political issues facing New Zealand.

Mr Peters said that it would be a win-win situation for both TVNZ and Dr Brash because the show would attract a bigger audience and it would overcome problems of lack of balance and fairness.

“As Dr Brash and TVNZ are very keen on a public debate, and the Prime Minister is unavailable, I would be pleased to face the National leader on the Holmes Show to discuss subjects of major importance.

“Of particular interest are race relations, health and education funding, superannuation, immigration and National’s record on Treaty of Waitangi issues.

“I’m only a phone call away,” said Mr Peters.

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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>>