One of the biggest debates in New Zealand at the moment, if not the biggest, centers around the possible sale of the Auckland International Airport. In recent days a very generous take over offer has been received from Dubai Aerospace Enterprises for $NZ 2.6 billion. The rationale in recommending shareholders reject the offer would, it seems, be based not so much on economic or commercial considerations as the price offered is considered a generous one, as on political expediencies and prejudice.
In an interview with local media today, visiting British MP George Galloway simply poses the question, 'why sell to anyone?' I think his reasoning makes good sense and also challenges us to look closely at what may be a growing sense of Islamophobia on our part.
The link below is to a short video recording of his intweview with the NZ Dominion Post News Paper this morning. It's well worth the 3-4 minutes it will take to listen to it.
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