tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post7249298049073038400..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Kim Hill: a postscriptKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-29091025229396643492008-10-04T00:38:00.000+13:002008-10-04T00:38:00.000+13:00Karl: When can we expect a column on the NZ Herald...Karl: When can we expect a column on the NZ Herald's appaent conversion into the National Party house journal? <BR/><BR/>Kim Hill is small fry. The country's largest city is under siege from an APN print media monopoly determined to elect a National Party government. They are explicit on their preference in te their editorials and they act on that preference in their daily coverage organised as it is around National's talking points du jour. <BR/><BR/>Kim Hill spends Saturday mornings talking over the top of whoever her guests are anyway.....so the political views of many of her guests often remain obscure.Steve Withershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105201164365536942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-30113240175829785872008-09-27T00:03:00.000+12:002008-09-27T00:03:00.000+12:00Re Mr Winchester. Check out this interview on Aust...Re Mr Winchester. <BR/><BR/>Check out this interview on Australian radio where he says that some people may have a say in their own governance but others should not because they are, er, "better suited" to autocracy. <BR/><BR/>MARK COLVIN: So the question of whether it becomes democratic is in a sense irrelevant? You don't believe that it is in the title of a recent book - a trapped transition?<BR/><BR/>SIMON WINCHESTER: I think it is irrelevant. I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China. There may be regional democracies in places like Taiwan. But no I think it will always be, the Chinese are better suited I think to a fairly autocratic system.Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105760893956912855noreply@blogger.com