Thursday, October 16th, 2008
When swanning around the net today, I noticed the increasing usage of the phrase 'evidence base'. What on earth does this mean? Does it mean the evidence; if so, there is no need for the addition of the word 'base'. However, if there is an 'evidence base' then I should like to know what is built upon it. I first heard this phrase used by that irritating little fool, Hazel Blears who was dumb enough to pitch for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and came last. Nuff said.
So let's move on to the dropping of the definite or indefinite article. We hear loads of people today talking of 'Conference' or 'Cabinet' or the like as though they were imbuing such things with human or unique characteristics. There are many conferences and cabinets so lets just make it clear about what we are talking about.
The whole thing sounds so pretentious to me.
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