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This is not an age for plain-speaking," sings the doctor and yet McEwan uses plain and direct language, black irony and blacker humour to convey each character's chaotic contradictions.
The plain-speaking Lancastrian - who replaces Sir Ian Blair who was ousted after three years of controversy - takes charge for five years.
Hats off to Harrow council, the latest local authority to listen to its plain-speaking residents, but mostly to the Local Government Association, which set the ball rolling by publishing a list of 100words or phrases public organisations should avoid.
 
 
 
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