Liberalism, empowerment, responsibility, redistributing power so that people in their everyday lives don’t turn to officials or central government for … Continue reading “Government cannot build the Big Society”

Tory leader David Cameron scored well on rhetoric yesterday – but fell down badly on detail. His vision is of “a … Continue reading “Cameron’s “Big Society” smacks of bureaucracy not empowerment”

Liberalism, empowerment, responsibility, redistributing power so that people in their everyday lives don’t turn to officials or central government for … Continue reading “Government cannot build the Big Society”

Tory leader David Cameron scored well on rhetoric yesterday – but fell down badly on detail. His vision is of “a … Continue reading “Cameron’s “Big Society” smacks of bureaucracy not empowerment”

Most people view the “democratic deficit” as imperfections in the way that voters’ wishes are communicated to governments (and governments’ … Continue reading “The real democratic deficit”

In his recent article in The Spectator, David Cameron tells us that “the public must be given a core reason … Continue reading “Cameron’s “post-bureaucratic age””