I'm not religious in any way, but today all my respect goes to the Arch Bishop of Canterbury.
Cameron's 'Big Society' idea has come under The Archbishop's critisim as being 'stale', and coalition reform is not only promoting a 'deserved' / 'undeserving' poor, but by rushing through a manifesto that lacks any real detail, it's undermining democracy itself. People voted for change, yes, they knew change had to happen, yes, but those people are still not clear 'how' exactly that change is going to happen. And it's this that brings into question the whole democracy debate: can you really pass a mandate that is nothing but a sketch drawing.
I know from a personal pov claiming D.L.A. for a disabled hubby, that Cameron's policies have created nothing but social tension and fear. His idea for a 'big society' comes with 'big boots', and they don't seem to care who they kick.
A few months back, a mother looking after a disabled daughter--who voted Cameron in for these changes--sent a message to friends saying that she had no choice but to put her child into care because she couldn't get the help she desperately needed. It took thousands of replies to this woman to get Cameron's head turned in her direction.
They coaltion have been in power a while now and still we've had no clarification on how these changes to Income Support will affect us. We're left dangling.
The coalition's reply was ricidulous. They were 'baffled' by the comments. Apparantly they've missed the student protests, the NUTs threats of strike, the threat of coordinated strikes across the country which the Government is trying to stop by raising the strike numbers, not to mention the big health reform bill that's got Cameron scrambling round the hospitals trying to placate.
One Tory mp said that while the Arch Bishop can be intregal part of connecting and communicating with society with his eloquence and verbal skills, he should tread carefully with politics.
So much for the big society, eh? This we're all in it together so long as you stick to your fence and I'll stick to mine.
As for the Arch Bishop: nice to see someone in such a strong position has some minerals.
Cameron's 'Big Society' idea has come under The Archbishop's critisim as being 'stale', and coalition reform is not only promoting a 'deserved' / 'undeserving' poor, but by rushing through a manifesto that lacks any real detail, it's undermining democracy itself. People voted for change, yes, they knew change had to happen, yes, but those people are still not clear 'how' exactly that change is going to happen. And it's this that brings into question the whole democracy debate: can you really pass a mandate that is nothing but a sketch drawing.
I know from a personal pov claiming D.L.A. for a disabled hubby, that Cameron's policies have created nothing but social tension and fear. His idea for a 'big society' comes with 'big boots', and they don't seem to care who they kick.
A few months back, a mother looking after a disabled daughter--who voted Cameron in for these changes--sent a message to friends saying that she had no choice but to put her child into care because she couldn't get the help she desperately needed. It took thousands of replies to this woman to get Cameron's head turned in her direction.
They coaltion have been in power a while now and still we've had no clarification on how these changes to Income Support will affect us. We're left dangling.
The coalition's reply was ricidulous. They were 'baffled' by the comments. Apparantly they've missed the student protests, the NUTs threats of strike, the threat of coordinated strikes across the country which the Government is trying to stop by raising the strike numbers, not to mention the big health reform bill that's got Cameron scrambling round the hospitals trying to placate.
One Tory mp said that while the Arch Bishop can be intregal part of connecting and communicating with society with his eloquence and verbal skills, he should tread carefully with politics.
So much for the big society, eh? This we're all in it together so long as you stick to your fence and I'll stick to mine.
As for the Arch Bishop: nice to see someone in such a strong position has some minerals.
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