Big Society, Big Problems
David Cameron called the Big Society his “passion” and it is now a cornerstone of the Coalition Government’s legislative programme. This plan to “mend the broken society” and foster local community empowerment –while on the face of it a laudable proposal– has had a life fraught with criticism and setbacks. Ed Miliband quickly accused the Conservatives of [...]
Cameron and Counter-terrorism: Creating a Shared Sense of Identity?
David Cameron’s speech on radicalisation and Islamic terror delivered at the Munich Security Conference outlined the Coalition Government’s standpoint regarding multiculturalism and counter-terrorism strategy. Significantly, only weeks after the Conservative co-chairman Baroness Warsi announced that Islamophobia had become socially acceptable in Britain, Cameron’s attack on multiculturalism appeared to align the Government with the ideology of [...]
Rich, upper class and elitist…welcome to Whitehall
The secondary school education (age 13 to 18) of David Cameron cost £149,310. The institution he attended was, of course, Eton, known for educating the male children of the rich and powerful, including royalty. With average yearly household incomes at £27,769 and two in five children in London living below the poverty threshold, I ask [...]
