Owen is CEO of Precision Agriculture for Development. He has worked in the office of the UK Prime Minister, the British Treasury, the Department for International Development; and at the Center for Global Development.
Good article on Devex Pro about Precision Development based on an interview with our excellent India Country Director, Niriksha Shetty.
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10 Comments
Mr Burrard · November 4, 2005 at 1:13 am
Brilliant spoof, because it’s so plausible. You obviously aren’t too concerned about getting your DFID job back then?
Johnathan Pearce · November 4, 2005 at 11:14 am
Go for it Phoney!
Phil Hunt · November 5, 2005 at 10:32 am
Very Good! I particularly like the links at the right “Watch scenes from the last ever parliamentary debate”, “How freedom helps terrorism”, “Be very afraid”
Mad Minerva · November 5, 2005 at 12:44 pm
Wonderfully clever!
Rob · November 16, 2005 at 1:29 am
Brilliant – and really rather chilling, because it doesn’t take a huge leap of the imagination to see Blair doing exactly that – to ensure his legacy, of course…
Thanks for this, and congratulations on a very elegant site.
Ephems of BLB · November 4, 2005 at 2:04 pm
It couldn’t happen here
It couldn’t happen here. But that’s what we said before they abolished detention without trial, the presumption of innocence, double jeopardy…. [More >>>]
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Not Little England · November 4, 2005 at 3:17 pm
Elsewhere: It sounds so True
Owen has a nice little skit up about the future of democracy under Blair.
The Sharpener » Blair announces abolition of elections · November 5, 2005 at 11:00 am
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Tim Worstall · November 6, 2005 at 6:35 am
Britblog Roundup # 38
Here ’tis my luvverlies, this week’s Britblog Roundup. As you know you can nominate posts for inclusion by simply emailing the URL to britblog AT gmail DOt com. We’re interested in what you think were the best posts of British
Blairwatch · November 10, 2005 at 8:09 am
OMB News, BlairAnnounces Abolition of Elections
Advice from the police
Mr Blair said that the police had advised him that elections would be dangerous. “They would divert attention from the war on terror”, he said. “If the public chose a new government, that would be a victory for terrorism. We…
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