The Town and Country Planning Association has secured an influential position close to the government's housing and planning policy of late. However, David Lock, its chairman, may not have increased the likelihood of securing future government contracts at the organisation's House of Commons reception last week. A joke about Gordon Brown's "Mugabe-like rise to power" was greeted with gasps and a stunned silence by the audience. One wonders how well it went down with the numerous Labour MPs present.
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