Dreaming of some shining city

Sunday column

A big chunk of this year’s budget coverage was brought to us by the words crass, gauche and venal. The big questions being put were what's in it for me, what's in it for you, and did you get something, or were you a loser?

It fell to the audience to offer a larger perspective, to say, that's not how I see it.

On social media, Darien Fenton posted

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