David Walker
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David Walker
@Exauditor77
David Walker was a director of the Audit Commission and editor of Guardian Public.
UK Beigetreten Kasım 2010
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Whenever I see Europeans fretting about falling behind the US in terms of GDP, I think about stories like this ft.com/content/13c66e…
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Rare Corby tree felling on hold as protesters gather to save much-loved black poplar northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/ra…
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Anger after French publisher held in London by counter-terrorism police theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a…
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In @thefabians "Prizing the Public Pound" report - fabians.org.uk/publication/pr… - @Exauditor77 and I proposed an Office of Place Audit. This would be responsible for auditing local authorities and other place based public services, and collaboration between them; and analysing data.
The MJ@themjcouk
EXCLUSIVE: @SirBobKerslake calls for a new Audit Commission as we reveal the draft metrics @luhc is considering for its new watchdog. Link to full story in comments below #localgov
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Danger of oxymoron - ‘evidence’ and à government indifferent to (statistical) accuracy?
The Policy Institute@policyatkings
EVENT: What Works? Lessons and insights from an evidence movement Join our panel @stianwestlake @LigiaTeixeira, @Work_Life_You, Jonathan Breckon, and @mike_t_sanders to discuss the latest thinking and best practice in evidence-based policy making. ➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-works-l…
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Bring back district audit (and surcharge)!
themj.co.uk/Oflog-could-he… via @themjcouk
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Jets privés : ayons le courage de les interdire ! liberation.fr/idees-et-debat…
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Indeed a true Roman. He created a desert in northern, industrial England and called it Conservatism. Wounds haven't healed led to 30 years of division in UK from SNP to Brexit. Italians love Lawson. In 1987 Italy's "Sorpasso" meant Italy overtook in nominal GDP Lawson's UK
Andrew Gimson@AndrewGimson
Nigel Lawson's brio when he was in his pomp! His unwavering trust in his intellect, and in the tradition he renewed. A Roman grandeur, amplitude, arrogance, disdain and wit. A sense of being equal to any occasion.
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Finnland ist offiziell Mitglied der Nato zeit.de/politik/auslan…
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As @DavidGHFrost makes clear in a recent tweet he and B Johnson put a stop to all that as well as triumphantly causing travel chaos :
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The Nihil Nisi principle applies. Lawson made a desert of much of north England and his Conservative Carthaginian peace led, inter alia, to rise of Scottish independence politics and working class Brexit passions. Wonder when T Blair passes if BBC will agree not to mention Iraq?
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Why does this barely mention Lawson’s idiotic climate ‘scepticism’ ( ie using the Lords and other vehicles to denigrate science) ? theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
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Why does this barely mention Lawson’s idiotic climate ‘scepticism’ ( ie using the Lords and other vehicles to denigrate science) ? theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
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"Move along now, move along please, nothing to see here folks, move along now please," said the Secretary of State for the Environment.
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…
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Salaires trop bas, temps passé à bord… Un texte voté contre le «dumping social» sur les ferries de la Manche ⤵️ #Echobox=1680099656-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">liberation.fr/economie/socia…
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“The state of Britain's rivers: Slurry, silage and sewage.”
A lethal cocktail by anybody’s standards. @newscientist continues on its quest to clean up our rivers.
newscientist.com/article/mg2573…
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…au bord de la mer, lorsqu’on peut l’apercevoir!
Libération@libe
🇬🇧 Comme d’autres villes côtières britanniques, Morecambe subit la crise inflationniste de plein fouet. En attendant les aides annoncées mercredi par le gouvernement, la population se tourne vers des associations à bout de souffle. #Echobox=1678994070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">liberation.fr/international/…
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🇬🇧 Comme d’autres villes côtières britanniques, Morecambe subit la crise inflationniste de plein fouet. En attendant les aides annoncées mercredi par le gouvernement, la population se tourne vers des associations à bout de souffle. #Echobox=1678994070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">liberation.fr/international/…
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