Comments on: Double or quits http://www.redbadge.co.uk/notes/?p=8 for liberty - against authoritarianism Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pete http://www.redbadge.co.uk/notes/?p=8#comment-34 Pete Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:49:33 +0000 http://www.redbadge.co.uk/notes/?p=8#comment-34 I think the problem may be that essentially they just make this stuff up as they go along. Nothing is ever really thought through, and because they seem to lack any real ideological or moral underpinning, it is utterly directionless. The Milburn state would only be small in terms of direct employment of service providers - there would still be a vast army of overseers and enforcers - and no democratic accountability at all. I think the problem may be that essentially they just make this stuff up as they go along. Nothing is ever really thought through, and because they seem to lack any real ideological or moral underpinning, it is utterly directionless.

The Milburn state would only be small in terms of direct employment of service providers – there would still be a vast army of overseers and enforcers – and no democratic accountability at all.

]]> By: Jonah http://www.redbadge.co.uk/notes/?p=8#comment-32 Jonah Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.redbadge.co.uk/notes/?p=8#comment-32 Miliband's comments aren't exactly a new departure; but I think that you're right to point to to the fact that it will be the state that will select the groups with which it works; as indeed it already does at local and regional level. It follows <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1714367,00.html" rel="nofollow">Alan Milburn's</a> piece in the Guardian a couple of days ago, and it's something that I've written about on my blog :D Miliband’s comments aren’t exactly a new departure; but I think that you’re right to point to to the fact that it will be the state that will select the groups with which it works; as indeed it already does at local and regional level. It follows Alan Milburn’s piece in the Guardian a couple of days ago, and it’s something that I’ve written about on my blog :D

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