Posts By: Paul Comrie-Thomson

Posted October 10th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

The impetus for the original shift away from First Past The Post (FPP) to our ...Read more »

Posted October 2nd, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

It was clear that Brash would have to take note of the Green Party approach ...Read more »

Posted September 25th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Features.

In 1994, then-Prime Minister Jim Bolger said he believed New Zealand could cut ties with ...Read more »

Posted September 19th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

Fundamentally, the aims under-lying National Standards are undeniably sound. Developing skills in reading, writing and ...Read more »

Posted September 12th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

Released just over a week ago, the National Party list holds few surprises and it ...Read more »

Posted September 5th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

The beginning of the mid-term break marked 100 days until Election Day, and during the ...Read more »

Posted August 15th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks. First there was the US debt-crisis, which alone ...Read more »

Posted August 8th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

Emulating the 2008 agreement between Helen Clark and John Key, the Prime Minister pulled out ...Read more »

Posted August 1st, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

It seems ridiculous, but Paul Goldsmith—biographer for both Act Party leader Don Brash, and Act’s ...Read more »

Posted July 25th, 2011 by Paul Comrie-Thomson & filed under Columns.

Labour’s capital gains tax (CGT) has been at the forefront of political discussion for a ...Read more »