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Listed below are comments made by matthewcain between Wednesday, 10th December 2008 and Friday, 18th September 2009.

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Old Father Thames Restored 10:36am on 18 Sep 2009 Or it could all have been a sham 'controversy' in order for the Mayor to look "in touch with the public mood".
The shrinking economy 1:20pm on 24 Jul 2009 There's an interesting reaction from Frances Crook of the Howard League who basically says that a cut in criminal justice funding would be a good thing. http://www.howardleague.org/francescrookblog/public-services-funding
Is the web's amateur hour over? 11:49am on 05 Jun 2009 I agree absolutely that it's harder for the amateur to get heard so I'm creating a bloggers circle with Matthew Taylor @ the RSA to enable small bloggers to make a bigger impact. Amateur bloggers can join in here: http://blog.matthewcain.co.uk/would-you-join-a-blogging-collective/
Map of the Week: Waste not, want not 09:01am on 17 Mar 2009 Our street has a local informal recycling scheme for bulky items where you leave them outside and neighbours will take them if they want. Freecycle is great too.

I reckon one reason this works is because Hackney council will only collect a few bulky items each year free of charge. So by leaving it outside, you cut the cost of having to pay for it to be collected.

That highlights an ongoing challenge at the heart of waste policy: how do you value waste to deter creation but not value it so highly that it encourages fly-tipping?
What now for cricket? 4:04pm on 03 Mar 2009 Sigh. It doesn't feel like the right time to 'Fisk' you again but your sweeping statement:
"the theory fashionable in some parts of the western world that life in the developing world is cheap."

is so sweeping, so provocative and so unsubstantiated that it just can't be allowed to stand unchallenged.
ECB hit for six by Stanford 09:41am on 19 Feb 2009 It's a shame that Mr Bose doesn't come on to this blog to respond to some of the criticism.
ECB hit for six by Stanford 9:47pm on 18 Feb 2009 @splendidcricketnut (comment #10) Mr Bose may indeed be "on the money as usual".

The point is that unless there is some evidence to back up the assertions, we'll never know
ECB hit for six by Stanford 6:05pm on 18 Feb 2009 I can see that this article is full of bold assertions but is there any evidence to substantiate these claims?
Tory 'watch-list' of 'potentially embarrassing' candidates 9:35pm on 06 Jan 2009 I'm a Labour Party member and activist but struggling to understand why this is an embarrassment to the Tory party.

Can we just be a bit more grown-up, BBC?
When the going gets tough... 3:59pm on 10 Dec 2008 Matthew Taylor has an interesting insight into the debate and he also speculates on an election next spring!

http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/welfare-reform-a-complex-debate/

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