Andrew Dickens Afternoons

One of the highlights for me this week came on the Mike Hosking Breakfast.Mike was interviewing a construction lecturer from AUT and the guy said something very profound.  He quoted the desert fox himself, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.He said, “Amateurs talk of strategy. Professionals talk of logistics”That phrase was ringing in my head through all the coverage of yesterday’s budget. A lot of money was thrown at issues but there’s was very little talk of how the money was to be used.For instance the funding of free gp visits for under 14s. On the face of it you can’t quibble except you have to ask yourself how we can provide that care.  All this year we’ve had headlines about a shortage of GPs particularly in rural areas.  So the money may be there to get all these kids in front of doctors but what’s the point when we don’t have any doctors for them to see.It takes 7 years of study to make a GP so it’s not like we’re going to rustle up a whole bunch of them in July.I guess we’re going to have to import s