5 July 1999
Media release

Does John have the Wright stuff?

New Zealand Democrats' John Wright says the party has never been closer to power than they are at the moment, but the question is exactly what power does he want?

"Mr Wright holds the esteemed positions of business development, regional development and State Owned Enterprise spokesman, and he obviously has his heart set on a financial portfolio in a Labour/Alliance bloc government," said Roger Sowry, Leader of the House.

"I challenge Helen Clark to say that she'd accept his financial expertise in any Labour-led government - or even to say she'd consider his monetary advice."

"While Labour have had only nine years to come up with no ideas? the NZ Democrats have been slogging away at it for 45 years now.

"So far their policies seem to comprise replacing corporate control of business with some weird democratic arrangement, outlawing competition and restricting foreign investment in New Zealand."

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>>