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Clear thinking on immigration

Not Government blather, but at least political blather. A Tory hopeful's husband has sent round a racist email joke from her email account (BBC). Her response:

"It was forwarded on by my husband, who took it in the form that he thought it was sent and that was a light-hearted view, which, again, anybody broadly thinking would not have made anything out of it, as has been made to be at this present time."

Quango fight! Part 1

Quango fight: n. Directly contradictory campaigns run by different arms of Government.

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Virtual Sam at Eatwell.gov.uk

But what do they do?

You don't look to Sustainable Communities Update for purple prose, but even so, one article in the current edition just defies comprehension. This is what the new Academy for Sustainable Communities will do (from page 12):

ASC will have a wide stakeholder map that will include people from national, regional and local government; educators; Sector Skills Councils; the property and finance sector; major employers; the community and voluntary sectors; and the media. It will develop close relationships with regional stakeholders to build on existing successful programmes and networks.

Its purpose is to inspire and enable people across
different fields to work together in a coherent,
farsighted approach to creating and renewing
communities. ASC’s long-term goal is to ensure
there are enough skilled and experienced people
working together effectively towards creating
and renewing communities.

Over the coming months, ASC will develop work
programmes that contribute to:

• setting a new agenda;
  
• creating the right skill set; and
  
• engaging all parties.

So there we are.