Category: Politics

Inequalities

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The above conversation considers a book called ‘Capital in the 21st Century’. It is an economic view and so is interesting to hear something on the subject from a non-health viewpoint. Maybe then, as it concerns money and core politics, it will generate more traction than the health considerations.

I found this video from reading John Naughton’s blog.

New Zealand Politics

This is standard fair for John Key and the National Party. Image is all and Key has always been sold as ‘the likeable guy’. He is a light weight, and promotes himself and the politics of the party via this sort of thing and appearances on breakfast television and talk-back radio. He is not a politician for a political discussion.
However, Kiwis still seem to like him. The ‘humble beginnings’ story seems to still have legs.

‘Civil liberties? They’re safe.’ And if you believe that… | Technology | The Observer

‘Civil liberties? They’re safe.’ And if you believe that… | Technology | The Observer: My hunch is that the proposals were an attempt by the security services to slip one over politicians by selling them to senior officials in the Home Office, who, like their counterparts across the civil service, know sweet FA about technology and are liable to believe 10 implausible assertions before breakfast. In that sense, the Home Office has been “captured” by GCHQ and MI5 much as the health department has been captured by consultancy companies flogging ludicrous ICT projects.

Love the analogy