Posts by Angela Hart
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Thanks Brent, I remember those but didn't look for the links. Point is you can't trust any information sourced from the slater.
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Up Front: Cui bono?, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I suppose it's possible those rankings are realistic, in which case you're right. But at a quick glance it looks as if this site uses visit numbers and page views to make the ranking. So you can, for instance, have a single person (or perhaps a computer programme) make lots of visits and skew your rankings very easily.
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Hard News: How the years flew by ..., in reply to Bart Janssen,
It’s almost like we need a government that makes policy that is good for us, not merely popular.
Actual governance, not selfish (ab)use of power
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Hard News: How the years flew by ..., in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
yes and you get the "Spirit Level" effect with the consequence of gated communities and fear, private islands or emigration with your ill gotten gains to more accepting populations.
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Hard News: How the years flew by ..., in reply to Luke Williamson,
there you have it
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
rationalising the number of providers in communities.
That is, contract a monopoly service, underfund it and contractually gag it.
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Hard News: How the years flew by ..., in reply to Andre,
There has been a breakdown in trust that may take a generation to mend.
Maybe it will motivate a generation to vote or revolt to get the change that is needed
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in the absence of any formal damage control surely our best option here is to ignore the bugger. We are only helping him do more damage by offering his words to a wider audience.
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Up Front: Cui bono?, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Kuha’s benefit had increased by 41 per cent because he was now receiving his full entitlement.
wish there was more detail so that others could better understand what they might be entitled to
It is also a case where you do wonder at the fairness. Should he really have to pay for damage that was covered by insurance and which was in fact the only way he had to get WINZ to look again at his problem. -
Don Matheson's paper is frightening. Are the Nats really stupid/greedy enough to take a route which has already failed badly in the U.S? Are we silly enough to let them?