tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post7645795437856840373..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Forbidden dissentChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-68015790572495219742013-05-14T00:24:05.107+01:002013-05-14T00:24:05.107+01:00I'm guessing wildly that Monika derives her in...I'm guessing wildly that Monika derives her income from taxpayer extortion.Sarton Banderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844470766043319292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-40402919926292499672013-05-11T02:34:07.915+01:002013-05-11T02:34:07.915+01:00Public health is the last bastion of far left ideo...Public health is the last bastion of far left ideological extremism so it is not entirely surprising that it should throw up a vicious undemocratic creature such as Kosinska. What is perhaps not surprising but definitely disappointing is that she is given a moderately high profile platform by the EU and allowed to abuse that platform to insult those who pay her wages.<br /><br />I am not sure what Bill Gates whose foundation partly funds the EPHA thinks about Kosinska's apparent loathing of people who make money. Perhaps someone should ask him?<br /><br />It is the funding that gives her a voice. The fact that most of it comes from the EU is reprehensible and provides further ammunition for parties such as UKIP. I suspect that public support for some of the ideas behind the EPHA would not extend to paying for an unpleasant autocrat at its head.<br /><br />I have to confess to being intrigued by Horton's book which apparently argues for "a new understanding of patients not as subjects but as people". I have seen precious little evidence of such sentiment in The Lancet's editorial but perhaps the good doctor is merely misunderstood. Double standards in the medical profession? Not likely old chap! Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-6827498079426728592013-05-10T20:29:01.136+01:002013-05-10T20:29:01.136+01:00@ King of Scurf.
I doubt that they are in positio...@ King of Scurf.<br /><br />I doubt that they are in positions of authority. More likely to be from the lie and spin department. Junican https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405543859782362078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-89683224931517321802013-05-10T20:20:07.832+01:002013-05-10T20:20:07.832+01:00At this point it's worth remembering that the ...At this point it's worth remembering that the 2005 labour manifesto allowed non-food pubs to allow smoking.Jon Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904262145456772634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-73651510651642988372013-05-10T20:04:09.608+01:002013-05-10T20:04:09.608+01:00How do people like this ever get into positions of...How do people like this ever get into positions of responsibility? <br />King of Scurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584303186903246427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-23945388772068045712013-05-10T18:16:53.818+01:002013-05-10T18:16:53.818+01:00I thought the Brown Gorgon proved in court that &q...I thought the Brown Gorgon proved in court that "manifestos are not worth the paper they are printed on", and cannot be enforced.Dieselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671959970337429705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-27259140762199318452013-05-10T16:54:14.784+01:002013-05-10T16:54:14.784+01:00The government may be elected on a manifesto, but ...The government may be elected on a manifesto, but the debate carries on through the parliament. Proposals are put forward, almost exclusively by the government, and the whole parliament votes on the proposals. This is how parliamentary democracy works, not executive decree adorned by elections every few years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com