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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 Countering Margaret Thatcher’s famous declaration, David Cameron has asserted that “there is such a thing as society”. His vision for this society is based on his Big Society programme of “social action, public service reform and community empowerment… a shift from state action to social action”. His concept of the Big Society makes a distinct break, [...] Tue, 10 Aug 2010 I suspect if you plotted Pol Pot onto the third (International) map here on this Political Compass page he would come somewhere near the top left hand corner. It’s not really clear where Attila the Hun would fit. He was maybe just a fairly average type of blood-thirsty warrior King of his time. I guess [...] Fri, 06 Aug 2010 Like so many people, I am trying to work out three things. How progressive is our new Prime Minister? How do his values fit with the (somewhat right) Lib Dems in his Cabinet and what on earth is the Big Society all about? Is it just me who wonders at the coincidence that ‘Big Society’ [...] Wed, 12 May 2010 So the people have spoken. They have told us that ‘none of the above’ had a strong enough narrative to deserve sole power. Have we lost the once in an era chance for real change and transition to grown-up co-operative democracy? The Tories shifted their position on PR considerably. But is it enough? It’s AV [...] Thu, 29 Apr 2010 Labour and the Conservatives are trying to cling on to the sinking ship of two-party politics. They’ve got so used to the Punch and Judy, ya-ya, yo-yo politics that they assumed it would rule for ever. So they are falling over each other to tell us how much we would regret a hung Parliament, despite [...] Mon, 26 Apr 2010 If certain news reports are to be believed, David Cameron might just offer Nick Clegg and the LibDems a ‘deal’ in the event of a hung parliament: they can have Proportional Representation, but just not everywhere. It might be ok for Europe and for local Councils, but of course not for Parliament. To many, this [...] Wed, 03 Mar 2010 I saw Michael Moore’s Capitalism – a Love Story last night. I liked it. Yes I agree with the many critics that it’s low on solutions and bombastic. But that’s Moore’s style. Its real strength for me was the insight into the lives of disillusioned Americans who bought into a myth of the American Dream. Any [...] |
