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Soviet Style
It really is quite alarming how the chorus of self-interested voices advocating the smashing up of the English planning system keeps banging on about Soviet-style controls.
It is, of course, a familiar technique in the populist press. Take some casual slander and endlessly repeat it around several n...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 02 July 2020
Making Communities Wilder
A long-standing tradition among national environmental groups is not to challenge one another publicly.
That is not to say there are no occasional private disagreements, but generally the tradition has worked well. Right now, however, three national bodies have tossed a stick of dynamite on to the f...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 18 June 2020
Cummings Corporations
Normally, ministers and civil servants consigned to the naughty step like to keep their heads down for a while, but that seems not to be the case with Dominic Cummings and Robert Jenrick.
Both got into trouble over lockdown rules and the public gripes with Mr Cummings would fill a book. Indeed, seve...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 09 June 2020
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Added on 19 January 2017
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Added on 11 October 2016
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Added on 03 October 2016
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Added on 26 September 2016
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Added on 23 September 2016
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Added on 20 September 2016
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Added on 17 September 2016
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Added on 17 September 2016
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Added on 14 September 2016
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Added on 12 September 2016