Fourth Labour Government

The Prebble adventure: Reading I’ve Been Thinking, a quarter century on

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For all its faults, writes Danyl Mclauchlan (whose new book Tranquillity and Ruin is itself published this week), the Labour-turned-ACT politician’s 1996 books speaks for something that now seems almost old-fashioned: a group of true believers that had a vision of how the world works. Read Richard Prebble’s reflections on I’ve Been Thinking, 25 years … Read more

Richard Prebble: I’ve been thinking about I’ve Been Thinking, 25 years on

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in 1996, as he completed his journey from Labour to Act, the polarising politician Richard Prebble wrote his bestseller: I’ve Been Thinking. Today he looks back on its genesis and impact. It is a quarter of a century since I wrote “I’ve been thinking”, an account of how my experience in government made me rethink … Read more