tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6822501466611668066..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Brian Eno and Nick CleggJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-6137382878306839692009-11-25T21:17:06.829+00:002009-11-25T21:17:06.829+00:00I imagine he turns up with his Oblique Strategies ...I imagine he turns up with his Oblique Strategies cards and shows them one when they're stuck on how to decide on some really hard policy questions.<br /><br />"Honour your mistakes as hidden intentions", for instance, might come in handy.Backwatersmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-30487806233310487342009-11-24T12:43:04.127+00:002009-11-24T12:43:04.127+00:00I don't think he ever was appointed an advisor...I don't think he ever was appointed an advisor on youth affairs. He was appointed as an advisor on targeting hard to reach groups, which included young people but was much wider than that.<br /><br />However, your question on where he is now does of course still stand.Andershttp://www.andershanson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-27554490866874091382009-11-24T10:50:59.953+00:002009-11-24T10:50:59.953+00:00I never understood why Brian Eno was appointed an ...I never understood why Brian Eno was appointed an advisor on youth affairs. However, he would make an excellent advisor on broader issues.<br /><br />He is one of the world's leading creative thinkers. For example, he is involved in the think tank The Long Now Foundation (http://www.longnow.org/); he has produced a brilliant creative tool called 'Oblique Strategies' (http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/); and he writes an interesting monthly column in Prospect magazine.<br /><br />It's a great pity the party does not make use of these skills.Simon Titleynoreply@blogger.com