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After a nasty street riot in Bristol, Ed Miliband decided a nice "Enough Tescos" soundbite would get him a little coverage in the national media. "Local people should have more say over what happens on their high streets," he said, promising a policy review. He knows that some people fear that all high streets look the same. On the other hand, Tesco has not achieved a 30 per cent market share by enslaving people. Shoppers generally vote with their feet and choose to shop at Tesco. However, at the same time the FT dusted down and published a report from the Institute of Government that showed that academics rate the minimum wage as the most successful policy introduced by government in the past 30 years. The smoking ban comes 10th on the list, behind devolution, privatisation and the Northern Irish peace process. And just ahead of free museum entry and free bus passes. What are the strengths of the minimum wage? A low starting level and because it makes it ease...