Gordon Campbell: On Labour’s Tax Package (And Rupert Murdoch)

For once, the tax package gives Labour a potent set of policies that is consistent with what the party routinely says it stands for, yet so rarely does.

Suddenly, Labour appears to be setting the policy debate parameters for this election, a situation that will require Key to project something more substantial than mere likeability. On recent form, that could be a stretch. More>>

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