Chris Trotter

Making the world’s labour parties safe for educated middle-class reformers

Making the world’s labour parties safe for educated middle-class reformers

If nobody moves, then nobody, or at least nobody in the top one percent of income earners, is going to get hurt

If nobody moves, then nobody, or at least nobody in the top one percent of income earners, is going to get hurt

Why didn’t the Prime Minister tell his Rotorua audience to simply 'harden-up and stop whining,' it would have saved a lot of time

Why didn’t the Prime Minister tell his Rotorua audience to simply 'harden-up and stop whining,' it would have saved a lot of time

The 'pro-natal' policies Winston Peters announced over the weekend have been tried in a great many countries. They do not work

The 'pro-natal' policies Winston Peters announced over the weekend have been tried in a great many countries. They do not work

New Zealand’s a place where comments that raise eyebrows tend to be forgiven if they also raise a smile

New Zealand’s a place where comments that raise eyebrows tend to be forgiven if they also raise a smile

Do we still love our country enough to fight and die for it?

Do we still love our country enough to fight and die for it?

Chris Trotter separates the Australian and New Zealand protest vote leaders, noting that Winston Peters simply doesn’t possess the repressed political rage of Pauline Hanson, or the ability to communicate it

Chris Trotter separates the Australian and New Zealand protest vote leaders, noting that Winston Peters simply doesn’t possess the repressed political rage of Pauline Hanson, or the ability to communicate it

In any struggle between Parliament and the Courts there can be only one winner – and it’s not the Courts

In any struggle between Parliament and the Courts there can be only one winner – and it’s not the Courts

Political parties threatening to pare back the conservation estate, even by 'bits and bobs,' do so at their electoral peril

Political parties threatening to pare back the conservation estate, even by 'bits and bobs,' do so at their electoral peril

When a nation’s protective shell of institutions is being ripped away, its only concern is finding a safe place to hide

When a nation’s protective shell of institutions is being ripped away, its only concern is finding a safe place to hide

Why would the party that struck down the social-democratic state ruffle up the voters most likely to mourn its assassination?

Why would the party that struck down the social-democratic state ruffle up the voters most likely to mourn its assassination?

It’s a new term, deployed as an ideological prophylactic across the entire Western World: 'Far Right'

It’s a new term, deployed as an ideological prophylactic across the entire Western World: 'Far Right'

Can AI help Nicola Willis to cut public expenditure?

Can AI help Nicola Willis to cut public expenditure?

NZ First’s foray into transgender issues might be ethically dubious, but politically it could be a winner

NZ First’s foray into transgender issues might be ethically dubious, but politically it could be a winner

To identify educational winners requires creating educational losers. Can we afford them?

To identify educational winners requires creating educational losers. Can we afford them?

You can’t take the politics out of politics

You can’t take the politics out of politics

Chris Trotter asks whether Treasury is suggesting we change everything – so nothing changes

Chris Trotter asks whether Treasury is suggesting we change everything – so nothing changes

The latest report on social cohesion in New Zealand reveals a nation chafing for change, says Chris Trotter

The latest report on social cohesion in New Zealand reveals a nation chafing for change, says Chris Trotter

Sometimes the observations of old-time socialists are spot-on

Sometimes the observations of old-time socialists are spot-on

John Key proved that National did not need a global pandemic to win half the voting public

John Key proved that National did not need a global pandemic to win half the voting public

If Chris Bishop means to use political power for a purpose, then he should seize it now, says Chris Trotter

If Chris Bishop means to use political power for a purpose, then he should seize it now, says Chris Trotter

Neither Labour nor National have survived the revolution that New Zealand had to have

Neither Labour nor National have survived the revolution that New Zealand had to have

When it comes to national security, small countries can either obey or think

When it comes to national security, small countries can either obey or think

Parliament does not exist for the purposes of making gestures, it exists for the purposes of making laws

Parliament does not exist for the purposes of making gestures, it exists for the purposes of making laws

Who is willing to argue that the business of politics should not be the politics of business?

Who is willing to argue that the business of politics should not be the politics of business?