We can all be bamboozled Most citizens are oblivious to what they are up against when they contact local councils and associated agencies. Most professionals are trained to deal with the public and see the public coming. Many people will not even realize how cleverly their concerns have been manipulated, reduced or redefined - see Professional trickery (01 Introduction)

Why boasting is so deceitful Boasting of future improvement allows professionals to by-pass reported inadequacies and frustrate legitimate inquiry - see Professional trickery (02 Beginners guide)

Withholding information Professional trickery invariably involves some element of concealment, specialist knowledge concealed from public examination. Some piece of information, knowingly withheld, obscured, mangled or made unintelligible - see Professional trickery (03 Specialist knowledge)

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