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Drew Peacock

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2. Well we must agree to differ but....

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 01:53 PM

Oct 2014

"We talk about housing policies when people want a home. We talk about jobs as an end in themselves when people see them as the start of something – the ability to make a downpayment on a dream. We see life as a set of problems to be solved by policies when people see life as something to be lived and enjoyed."

I can't see how anyone could argue with that.

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Spot on this, imo [View all] Drew Peacock Oct 2014 OP

Bullshit. Pure Blairite bullshit. T_i_B Oct 2014 #1

Well we must agree to differ but.... Drew Peacock Oct 2014 #2

No. T_i_B Oct 2014 #3

"How do you address the housing shortage without a housing policy?" Drew Peacock Oct 2014 #4

Pfft! T_i_B Oct 2014 #6

Do you know what T_i_B Drew Peacock Oct 2014 #7

What do you mean by "the focus should be on the houses, rather than the policy itself"? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #8

Perhaps I should have said, Drew Peacock Oct 2014 #9

Nationally, Labour cannot build houses without getting back into power muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #10

Well, to be honest,being Julia Gillard's ex-director of communications isn't such a recommendation.. LeftishBrit Oct 2014 #5

Progress is a cancer in the Labour Party Anarcho-Socialist Oct 2014 #11

I find it unimpressive, I'm afraid. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2014 #12