Robert McNeil: Championing the third way between our splendid lotteries of patronage and funding
Published Date:
02 December 2008
NEWSPAPERS are fulminating against the Sovietisation of Britain as if this were a bad thing. Regions such as Inverclyde have been shown to have 40 per cent of their citizens in public-sector employment, with all that entails: warm offices, often with flourishing pot-plants; a cosy feeling of security; a deep sense of accountability; and an ethos of serving one's fellow man.
The ratio rises in the magnificent sounding Castle Morpeth, a district of north-east Englandshire, where a whopping 57.1 per cent of voters are servants of the public, cheerfully dispensing aid, advice, taxes and so forth. That this situation has ari...
The full article contains 1091 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
02 December 2008 1:13 AM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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