Does anyone still recall those brave words about creating the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world by 2010?

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And everyone will have been impressed by the brave words of Tariq Jahan, a father in Birmingham whose son was so brutally and tragically run over and killed.

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It would also be what they used to call in Yes, Minister "very brave", in other words, politically suicidal.

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