SubscribeThe following article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, on Wednesday 3 February 2010, in response to an article by Dr Mathew Zacharias entitled Patients’ rights trampled in drive for equality and ongoing talk about user pays models at the Dunedin Public Hospital.
Victor Billot
Southern Hemisphere
Tag: Politics
That’s very generous of you . . . sir
A small mention here at Tumeke for my comments today about our Prime Minister who craves to see the warm and friendly hand of charity extended to the dispossessed.
John Key is a confused man. He wants a British “honours” system, an American “generosity” system and presumably a Burmese employment system to pay for it all.
Dunedin Election Blog 2008
My new election blog for 2008 is online. I’ll be posting on this for the duration of the campaign – see you there.
Campaign trail "08"
I have been selected to stand for the Alliance Party in the 2008 general election for the Dunedin North electorate.
More information as it comes to hand. I haven’t decided yet to blog on my campaign on my old election blog or just keep it all here.
Tim Flannery and the new eco-conservatism
Last Tuesday night, it was impossible to get a seat at Tim Flannery’s lecture at Otago University on climate change. It attracted an overflow crowd. I haven’t read his popular books yet but look forward to it, as I have just got the Weather Makers out of the library.
Jack Yan on the downsides and upsides of globalization
My friend Jack Yan just posted a thought provoking article about globalization and the relationship between economy, business and society on his blog.
Jack is speaking at an open to the public session later this year at the Alliance Party conference in Dunedin on these very topics – and based on his above article, it should be well worth catching.
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