The View from Cullingworth

Cullingworth nestles in Yorkshire's wonderful South Pennines where I once was the local councillor. These are my views - on politics, food, beer and the stupidity of those who want to tell me what to think or do. And a little on mushrooms.

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Monday, 30 December 2013

Another report on housing that ignores the planning system....

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There is a growing number of people who think that the lack of housing - affordable or otherwise - in the UK is some sort of failing of ca...

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Democracy is not enough.

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**** There are lots of people - from both the left and the right of politics - who like the idea of voluntary, shared or common ownership....

Sunday, 24 November 2013

A Co-op memory.

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It's 1977. Mum had sent me to buy an iron. I had complete instructions - the particular iron to be bought, how much it was on sale for...

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Do mutuals scale?

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**** Charles Moore (among many) comments : More attention should be paid to the failure of the Co-op Bank. It suggests that an ‘ethic...

Friday, 24 February 2012

Too few people using The People's Supermarket it seems!

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**** There was a flurry of right-on, luvvie commentary about the People's Supermarket a while back: Arthur Potts Dawson, the mast...

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Thursday, 9 February 2012

Can we reduce the "poverty premium" without repeating those sub-prime mistakes?

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**** Niall Cooper from Church Action on Poverty has written a piece of what he calls “fair pricing”: And secondly, fair prices. Much...

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