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The Council and Consultation

Argus title : People, not politicians, deserve a proper say in how our city will develop in the future

There’s a kind of listening that isn’t listening at all.

We’ve all met people who do it. They ask questions, but don’t wait for the answers. Their gaze wanders and they talk through the reply or fill the first pause with a conversation-stopping non-sequitur.

They may ask question after question of the people they’re not listening to, driving them into frustrated silence. Continue reading