All Comment articles – Page 82
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Sarah's present to Gordon is no party blockbuster
Sarah Brown's edited highlights of Gordon's achievements are sweet but probably won't woo the voter
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Overseas PPP: cold comfort in the credit crunch
With PPP just taking off in central Asia, why aren't British firms racing over there?
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Labour Party conference: Where is everyone?
A leadership challenge may not be imminent, but Gordon Brown has failed to attract the crowds to his party's conference this year
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Labour Party conference: Party on!
Everybody at the conference seems to be having a whale of a time - except Gordon Brown, of course
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Standing up to the mob
Discussion about the merits and demerits of immigration usually takes the form of endless tabloid flood warnings. Nick Raynsford urges us to put the other side of the argument
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Experts predict more pain for construction industry
Economists and industry leaders in gloomy mood at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV's Future Forecasting seminar
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Sun, sea and Irish country dancing
If life wasn't dangerous enough at sea at Little Britain, there was also the evening entertainment to contend with
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Payback time
The government’s housing rescue package is too little too late, says Michael Gove, and it has left the public to pick up the tab for past mistakes
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What Kazakhstan can teach the Thames Gateway planners
Despite Lord Foster's amazing architecture, Kazakhstan's new capital city lacks life - because people don't like artificially grown settlements
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The secret stature of the Burj Dubai
The world's tallest tower is going up in Dubai, but just how tall it will be is a well-kept secret - and for good reason
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A year in the life of the borrowers: the credit crunch one year on
Twelve months on from Northern Rock, Tom Bill looks back at how an unprecedented series of events unfolded, leaving most construction firms residing in the pockets of their clients and bank managers …
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Tooth fairy visits freerunner after bloody night out
Freefrunning, the art of Jumping off buildings, sounds dangerous and often is. Just ask the competitor who landed headfirst at last night's World Freerun Championships
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Boom and bust in Birmingham
Not long ago people were queuing to buy city centre appartments, now you can pick up a ‘luxury’ flat for a fraction of the price
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To hell with the cost of 2012
Maybe bidding to host the Games was a little rash, but all we can do now is stop penny-pinching and give it our best shot
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The mandarin and the tsar
Once upon a time, says Chris Addison, there was a simple man who was given a simple job to do. Little did he know what lay in store for him …
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV buys a pint … for Cornhill construction
It’s still summer in London, just about, but it goes without saying that it’s raining. As the team from Cornhill trudge into All Bar One on New Oxford Street sporting skin tones ranging from subtly bronzed to lobster chic, it’s clear they’ve not spent all of the past three months ...
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Blood out of every stone
There are grim times ahead for specialist contractors and savings will have to made. Greg Verhoef explains why value engineering alone will not be enough
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Who guards the guards?: Arson and intimidation in Glasgow
Some security firms in Scotland don’t bother with tenders when they bid for work. Instead they make an offer you find difficult to refuse, and if you do, they apply a bit of muscle. But why do the authorities let it happen?
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The Mongol Rally: to the death
Our charity rallyist from EC Harris finally reaches the finish line in Ulan Bator - although not quite in the manner he had hoped
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Beijing's 'green Games'?
The 2008 Olympics may not have scored a perfect 10 on sustainability, but it has achieved some impressive green innovations - and will be a hard act to follow