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Denzil_DC

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5. It may have different connotations in the USA.

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:26 PM

Oct 2020

Its recent use internationally seems to have begun with UN approaches to improving resilience after disasters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Back_Better

There's even a UN publication with that title: https://www.unisdr.org/files/53213_bbb.pdf

In the UK, it's been a campaign bringing together groups from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to Quakers and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants: https://www.buildbackbetteruk.org/

The slogan's been co-opted by the Tories in recent times.

The main problem lies in how you define "better" and who things end up better for.

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Boris Johnson calls coronavirus pandemic a 'massive opportunity' the Tories can exploit [View all] Denzil_DC Oct 2020 OP

Why would he say "build back better?" dhill926 Oct 2020 #1

Cummings and the Tories are very big on three-word slogans. Denzil_DC Oct 2020 #3

But it's Biden's slogan.... dhill926 Oct 2020 #4

It may have different connotations in the USA. Denzil_DC Oct 2020 #5

Ah...thanks for the info... dhill926 Oct 2020 #6

Maybe it could have been a massive opportunity for the Tories T_i_B Oct 2020 #2

Yeah, since the Tories have done such an exceptional job exploiting the manipulated Brexit abqtommy Oct 2020 #7