Tuesday, April 25, 2006

"How Labour turned the UK into a Soviet Tractor"

This is a withering analysis (with NZ parallels). Simon Caulkin describes how, despite the right motivation, the UK's planning culture has snowballed;

Despite its professed dedication to market disciplines, New Labour is the most micromeddling administration in history, creating detailed specification and prescription for everything from school lesson planning to the way documents are processed or calls answered in local government offices.

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