Unfit To Govern

David Cameron once again tried to explain his "Big Society" concept in a speech in Liverpool.  He describes the idea of empowering communities, as his "great passion".

OK, so what's behind this concept that no one but himself pretends to understand.  The way I read it is that he is hoping that people will give their time free to take over from services currently provided by charities and local councils, both of which are going have their budgets so severely cut that they can no longer provide these services.  Fundamentally if people are doing these things free you don't need to pay people to do them.

To take just one example; the idea that you form a committe to run a local post office is preposperous.  People just want the basics; a job which brings in sufficient money to pay the bills, a roof over their head a stable family life. Whilst there are a few who want to get involved in local politics most expect the Government to provide adequate local services so that they can get on with their lives.

I also understand that funding will be found to send in civil servants to 'guide' and 'train' local representatives? This funding will come from dormant bank accounts  At a time when we are being told that decreasing the deficit is the first priority why, oh why are we embarking on yet another costly wacky idea? (We've already learned that about £2 billion is going to be found to fund the restructuring of the NHS as posted here.).

You can read more in this BBC News article.