Big State vs Big Society
Is this going to be one of the “defining themes”? Labour say the (big) State will look after you “cradle to grave” – but our increasing expectations do not match the reality (no matter how much that...
View ArticleThat first debate
I found it rather strange watching three people asking me to vote for them, when I can’t actually vote for any of them. OK, so I can vote for the parties they represent, but: The system is flawed and...
View ArticleThe Demographic Gap
With the increased emphasis on “Big Society” and the use of Charity, it is possibly worth pausing to consider where we are going to find the required army of volunteers and paid charity workers. With...
View ArticleFood banks: Big Society in Action or Society in Failure?
The use of food banks (a staple part of America’s “safety net” e.g. Feeding America) are a growing part of our society. In 2011-12 food banks fed 128,687 people nationwide, in 2012-13 we anticipate...
View ArticleArmy Reserves: Outsource and Big Society It
I find the latest revelations about Army Reserves recruitment staggering and worrying. The BBC reports a Sunday Times investigation (behind a pay-wall). As part of the coalition government’s defence...
View ArticleVolunteers – In a Pickle
The Conservatives’ latest whimper from their Big Society study group – or what ever it is that thinks up these ideas – would be worrying if it was not so contradictory. Under the Conservatives’...
View ArticlePrivatising Welfare
Part of the present Government’s philosophy is that Government should be small. If something does not need to be done; it should not be done. If it does need to be done; it does not necessarily need to...
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