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Comment on Some of this week’s economic news… by matthew bond

matthew bond — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:48:58 +0000

Excellent blog. Needs to be pointed out the unprecedented global coordination to the crisis. Gordon Brown and Labour Government instrumental in organising the response. Labour leads the world while Cameron and Osborne recite 30 year old defunct economic mantras.
Only Labour knows how to lead on the economy.

Comment on The economic divide by matthew bond

matthew bond — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Exactly. It is ditzy Dave against the world. He’s pathetic. This looks like easy win for Labour.

Comment on LDV update by liambyrnemp

liambyrnemp — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:33:47 +0000

not sure i have got them can you resent

Comment on The economic divide by Kaz

Kaz — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:27:29 +0000

This is more reason Labour needs to start making this known to the general public!
The media at th emoment are cosying up to stylish but no substance David Cameron at the moment but Labour needs to let the public understands they’ve got what it takes in term of policies and people.

Comment on Osborne detached on Marr by matthew bond

matthew bond — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:10:26 +0000

Great points about Osborne. His arguments are deeply flawed. I think 1981 budget was disaster but it would be worse now because private sector is in crisis and could not substitute for public sector investment. In other words, the ‘Treasury View’ is obviously bankrupt.
It is also interesting to note how isolated the Tories are. G20 includes governments with wide range of ideological commitments but they all agree to stimulus plan. The Tories have adopted a dangerous and obscure economic position.

Keep up the good work.

Take care

Comment on Amartya Sen by James

James — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:33:42 +0000

Sen is a very impressive guy in his field. But my fear about the use of the “equality of capacity” concept is that it will be used to justify further privatisation of public services – to the benefit of shareholders and detriment of service-users and staff.

I hope you will have something to say about co-production of services. Look forward to reading it.

Comment on ‘Total Place’ in Birmingham by Stuff I’ve missed during my quick holiday | Podnosh

Stuff I’ve missed during my quick holiday | Podnosh — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:36:11 +0000

[...] ‘Total Place’ in Birmingham « – Total Place is an important idea, one which I first came across many years ago when Dr Dick Atkinson was trying to work out the total public spend for Balsall Heath. I know he shared that passion with both government an opposition. It helps at city level, but I think key decision making will change when there is also some way of making ti work at neighborhood level. To quote from one of the local MP’s: “The BeBirmingham partnership recently estimated that in total around £7.5 billion of public money was invested in the city in 2008-09. That’s a huge amount. Over a billion is spent on education.” [...]

Comment on ‘Total Place’ in Birmingham by andrew holman

andrew holman — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:35:21 +0000

Glad to see you havent forgotten people with learning disabilties in the total place pilot. It seems a hueg challenge to produce something more efficient and espec in the time scales. It will be interesting to follow up and see the results next year.

Comment on Good news on crime by Data & Stuff » Blog Archive » The value of data, a tale of Birmingham parking tickets.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:20:23 +0000

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Comment on American economics by Ken

Ken — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:57:38 +0000

Liam – let’s hope that the stock market is playing its historical role of leading indicator. There is little doubt it is ahead of itself and a late summer correction might be on the cards. Commodity futures are also predicting an imminent recovery. Let’s hope they are right. Congratulations on the new appointment!