He quickly got the big idea, he tells me today, as he'd already been a long-time reader of two of the sports sites, McCovey Chronicles for the S.F.
"It's the kind of document that we could show to our CEO, and he could get the big idea, or we could show to someone in the office, and they could get it," says Perkins.
(He reminds me, of course, that the big impediment to the "do nothing" plan is that eventually, you get to the UI benefit extension in early 2012, and that's when someone in Congress will get the big idea to "do something" to make the "do nothing" plan no good anymore).
If you think of your favorite activities, foods, sports, and even places, that may get the big idea in your head.
To get the big ideas to compete with the Crossrails, and rebalance spending more evenly across the country, we need more major plans like One North.
Showing a nice line in self-deprecation, Bacon went on to list his TV credits since leaving the children's show – Rent Free, Get Staffed ("yes, I really did present a show called Get Staffed"), The Big Idea, Castaway Exposed, Flipside, Back to Reality, 19 Keys … "It's like a parlour game in which you have to list TV shows you've never heard of".
Rent Free, Get Staffed, The Big Idea, Most Annoying People, 19 Keys, Castaway Exposed, Back to Reality, Up For Hire Live, Hidden Talent and Show Me the Telly.
Making his stand-up debut at the Edinburgh festival last year – broadcast live on his 5 Live show – he said it read like a "parlour game in which you have to list TV shows you've never heard of", including forgotten gems such as Rent Free, Get Staffed, The Big Idea, 19 Keys and Castaway Exposed.
But the politicians' certainty about the right shape for the economy is nevertheless worrying, for the experts often get it wrong.Three years ago the big idea was that Britain's recovery would be based on exports, investment and a "march" of manufacturing firms.
Some Church of England bishops have declared this cap "profoundly unjust" (see Bagehot).But the Work Programme, launched in June, is the big idea for getting more people off handouts.
