In a survey of local residents conducted by the Liberal Democrats, 92% said they thought the Conservative-led council should already have put a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) on the site to get a redevelopment under way.
This knowledge was honed by decades of reading the classics of conservative thought and having spent much of his life publicly debating those whose views were diametrically opposed to his.
But a poll of 501 adults carried out on behalf of the Conservative Party found 72% thought truancy and poor discipline in schools had worsened.
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For the conservative side, Justice Antonon Scalia said that he thought the Michigan system amounted to a quota, and questioned whether it furthered racial harmony if it upset many people who fell foul of its provisions.
Saxby Chambliss, the conservative in Georgia, was never thought to be in trouble.
In the Wyeth case, the court's liberals were joined by Clarence Thomas, the most conservative justice, because he thought that state laws should trump federal regulations.
The senator was quick to warn that he thought Bork's conservative ideology would be dangerous for the country.
Bossie, who had become president of the group in 2000, thought that it needed a niche to distinguish it from the other conservative organizations in Washington.
The Conservative Richard Bacon suggested the NHS had "thought it was buying a Rolls-Royce, but had ended up with a second hand Datsun".
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Plans to legalise same-sex marriage have divided the Conservative Party and more than 100 Tory MPs are thought to be against the idea.
Downing Street is also thought to be seeking advice from the Conservative Party in Canada - which has increased its popularity among minority voters.
Senior Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin said he thought the government may have been trying to divert peoples' attention away from a difficult week for the Tory party and the coalition.
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This all brings back fresh memories from 2005, when conservative Republicans thought they were on top of the world.
Lib Dem members are thought likely to resist any alliance with the Conservative party, but Mr Clegg may find it difficult to sustain a Labour government in power if they are not the largest party, as the polls suggest may be the case.
On the other hand, 21% thought that it would become less conservative.
David Davies (Conservative, Monmouth) asked whether the first minister had given any thought to what would happen when top-up fees are introduced.
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The irony is that the Democrats adopted it in the first place because they thought that it would help them secure conservative support.
Unlike his new conservative colleagues, Stevens, like Souter, thought that the law should develop slowly, over time, with each case building logically on its predecessors.
And one reason why he was so interested in conservative intellectuals was that he thought that their ideas on the primacy of the family and the organic nature of society might be able to revitalise his party.
Conservative councillor Zameer Shah said that the new scheme was "not well thought out" and echoed the concerns of his leader, Glenn Miller, by saying that fly tipping would increase.
He has suggested many Lib Dem MPs would find it "hard to swallow" proposed changes to Commons constituency boundaries in 2015 - thought to favour Conservative chances of getting a future majority - if changes to the House of Lords do not proceed.
Today, Sullivan is thought of as conservative, and certainly he personally preferred show tunes and standards to the rock 'n' roll he put on.
Quite frankly, I thought the program was too progressive, diverse, and well-rounded to come from a conservative organization like the Cardinals, as the marketing generally seen from teams of their ilk can be insular and without risk.
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During the last debt ceiling debate I put together a variety of quotes from reputable conservative economists to show this, and I thought it might be worth bringing them out again.
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In a foreword to the report, Mr Hague said "many of the proposals are already government policy, some could well become future government or Conservative Party policy and some may require further thought".
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