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Interesting study from the Policy Network: "The purpose of this Policy Network study, a sequel to the Southern Discomfort series carried out after the 1992 general election defeat, is to address the crippling weakness that Labour faces in Southern England following the 2010 defeat."
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Brilliant, useful and technical analysis of the CSR2010.
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Peter Beresford absolutely nails it: "A massive contradiction is building in government policy. On the one hand, we are being cheered on to pull together to create David Cameron's "big society" whilst on the other, divisions are seemingly being fostered among us. How is the coalition going to square these two conflicting strands at the heart of its social policy?"
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Nope, not Barack Obama, but another fantastic post from Paul Corrigan on the coalition government's plans.
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"What became clear yesterday is that the government has found few quango functions that can be abolished outright." Wow, what a shock. Quangos, apparently, were set up for a purpose and not just to waste money and apparently water down accountability.
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To my mind this is a significant error. EHRC's role should be much wider than regulation and enforcing law. Law and policy is in as good a place as it ever has been – it's the attitidunal and environmental barriers that EHRC can usefully work on (as, indeed, it has been doing over the last 3 years).
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This is not reassuring; nor does it make for good policy decisions.
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This stuff pisses me off.
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Not much to disagree with here: "But the full benefits of user-focused commissioning will only be realised by taking a long-term view: there is too much at stake to only be motivated by short-term cost-saving. Authorities need to recognise the positive assets within communities and act to ensure they can be expressed to the best advantage."
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arbitrary constant 