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ROBIN FIELDING

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LAST OF THE BIG SPENDERS?
Positive Nation reader Robin sent in this piece at the beginning of December. What do you think?

Positive Nation is brilliant in its full-gloss way. Yet I feel like, I expect, many readers, that you and your owners, the UK Coalition (UKC) do not represent the views of people with HIV or Aids. Could it be possible that the UKC has got some things so right in terms of self-funding and corporate bribes that you have forgotten to represent the needs of positive people?
What are the specific objectives of the UK Coalition? What do you hope to achieve for people with HIV in general rather than locally?
The UKC has direct contact with many readers via Positive Nation. Could the UKC not research and make recommendations as a central monitoring body on the actual effectiveness of overall HIV services in London and then nationally?
How many millions have been spent on nonsense? You took the money and spent it! If the UKC were eliminated then computer companies and the drug companies could spend their money on positive people and drop you as an expensive middle man. Time for you to go - and time for letters to MPs.
One reflection on your effectiveness is that a lot of people with HIV have less

economic protection than ever before. How many guys are out there working

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