What the country needs instead is a clear and coherent plan for public service reform.

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But something vital is missing: a clear and coherent view of what is done best by whom.

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No 10 insisted the government's overall approach was "clear and coherent" and designed to overcome obstacles in the mortgage market that were stopping people from getting finance and reducing the number of new homes being built.

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If no clear and coherent measures are implemented the capital markets will tear into the UK. Still if the bankers react well be sure that the Labour opposition, frustrated backbenchers and the minority parties will start taking pot-shots at the emergency budget that we should have in place by July 1.

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"We worked like a team, " he said, once it became clear that the captain "was just not coherent" and could become dangerous at any instant.

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