<b><b>Robert Jones argues that the election manifestos confirm that the political consensus on planning has broken down and the need to develop in suitable locations has been washed away in a tide of nimbyism. It is time, he says, to rebuild that consensus</b></b><br><b> I suppose I am showing my age if I say that when I was at school the education system placed much greater emphasis on what you know. It was after all the era in which you were expected to know the dates of battles, the capitals of countries, and the sources of famous quotes. One of the latter which I remember most vividly was &amp;"I fear the Greeks, even when they come bearing gifts.&amp;" I don't suppose it would be on any approved list now even if kids did learn Latin. It would be regarded as racist and uncommunitaire. Yet it still sticks in my mind because of the underlying truth of the implied warning &amp;"Be careful in case people are not what they seem.&amp;" </b><br><b><b>An apt warning </b></b><br> Perhaps, since this was the first General Election since February 1974 in which I was not a candidate, I am particularly demob-happy, but it seems to me that …