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A bit of substance on housing to end the season?

By admin on October 2, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

We’re most of the way through the Party Conference season, with only the Liberal Democrats left to play. So far it’s been a bit underwhelming on the housing policy front. Labour offered a number of proposals. Some of them had been announced previously. Many of them were rather […]

Contortions and distortions – The party conference currency

By admin on October 4, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )

Conference season brings out the worst in British politics. No question about it. Bad jokes intended to tickle the faithful. Set piece speeches designed to rally them if they’re flagging. All sprinkled with the odd soundbite designed to hit the news headlines in the mainstream media. We are […]

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(Samuel Johnson, 1709-94)

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable"
(JK Galbraith, 1908-2006)

"A person is not likely to be a good political economist who is nothing else"
(JS Mill, 1806-1873)

"No section of the people has ever been excluded from political power without suffering legislative injustice"
(Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1847-1929)

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd"
(Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970)

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