 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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PERSPECTIVE: Whitby doesn't have Chamberlain spirit; The spirit of Joseph Chamberlain has inspired Birmingham for 133 years. But is it fair to judge today's council leaders against the great Victorian radical, wonders Chief Reporter Paul Dale.(Features)
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Byline: Paul Dale
Kumar Bhattacharyya chose his words carefully when he became the latest senior business figure to imply that the leadership of Birmingham City Council is simply not up to the job.
Lord Bhattacharyya, addressing the Birmingham Civic Society, prefaced his remarks by insisting that he was not going to be political.
But what was to follow could hardly have been less political.
Harking back to 1873, he proceeded to draw unfavourable comparisons between the decisive action of Joseph Chamberlain and the performance of the ...
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