NZ First unfit for government

"In my view, Winston Peters abused parliamentary privilege to bring the reputation of a judge, the police and a crime victim into disrepute - that is reckless and irresponsible" Progressive leader Jim Anderton said today.

"Mr Peters has not presented verifiable facts. His charge of political interference in police processes is an extraordinarily serious allegation. But it has been denied by the police and by all concerned, with no response from Mr Peters.

"Actually, I believe Mr Peters never had any real evidence and that he opportunistically thought he could get a headline.

"In parliamentary terms, that was the behaviour of a lout.

"But at least his conduct will assist parties and voters making choices at the next election," the Progressive leader said.

"Is this the kind of conduct that any responsible political party which aspires to govern New Zealand should engage in and should other political parties see NZ First as a serious option as a coalition partner? I would give a resounding no to both questions," Jim Anderton said.

ENDS

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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>>