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Big Society (We're In It Together)?
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When I first heard about the Cameron manifesto pledge I thought I was the only person who saw the whole "Big Society" concept and devolving responsibility but also as unworkable given the real public interest...
I might not be the only one though. I particulalrly like one commentator analysis of the "self service check out" analogy being about externalising cost without reducing the customers' bill...
What do you think?
I might not be the only one though. I particulalrly like one commentator analysis of the "self service check out" analogy being about externalising cost without reducing the customers' bill...
What do you think?
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I think in principle, the idea of giving more power to the people sounds reasonable. I think in reality, the vast majority of people would like such decisions to be made by the people with the experience and training to do so.
This whole academy system has been supposedly about empowering parents, and increasing parental choice. Yet in my town, a new academy opened to huge protests from the vast majority of parents, and they closed 3 schools in order to open 1 big one. So there's your choice.
Anyway, funny how "there's no such thing as society" when the Tories want to free up the economy to make as much money for them and their friends as possible, and "we're all in this together" when they want the rest of society to give the country a shot in the arm, isn't it?
Perhaps he'd be taken more seriously if he wasn't so bloody dishonest about what he intends to do about the deficit.
The idea of the general public being allowed to set policy of any kind frightens me. At the moment school staff and senior police officers are selected on merit by trained professionals. Yes, it might nt be perfect but at least they're picked objectively and not on the basis of how popular they might be.
Snort, so true!
What it boils down to is ...if we get in power we're doing fuck all for any of you ...your on your own.