Wednesday, February 13, 2013

IPPR The Condition of Britain

"IPPR The Condition of Britain:  In many neighbourhoods, there is significant concern about the pace of change.  Sometimes this is about the churn in population, including the impact of new arrivals, but
it also extends to concerns about the influence of big business on our high streets and a sense of powerlessness about decisions that af fect our local communities."

The above is a quote from an IPPR initiative The Condition of Britain which is apparently the basis of a Jon Cruddas speech due to be delivered tomorrow.

"Churn in population"?  That's one way of describing the most fundamental (and democratically illegitimate) social change we have experienced in this country in the last 15 years.  I'm afraid if they are going to use such weaselly euphemisms we cannot expect much in the way of intellectual honesty from either IPPR or Jon Cruddas.

http://www.ippr.org/publication/55/10325/the-condition-of-britain

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