The Big Society?

Do many people know what David Camerons 'Big Society' is about, do the public at large actually care? Will Cameron do himself any favours for a big society by saying things like state multiculturalism has failed? Already some cities such as Liverpool and Manchester who are suffering from severe council funding cuts are distancing themselves from Mr Camerons big society pilot schemes. I've seen at first hand how government cut backs are destroying inner cities charities and projects topple and fall after many years of hard work, as the Tories put the squeeze on local government spending the big society only looks like it can ever implode. Mr Cameron of course still champions this empty grand scheme. Even people that want to volunteer cannot because the charities or projects they volunteer for are going to the wall.

The victim as I see it in Mr Cameron's big society is indeed us - the society because his scheme is clearly stumbling before it can walk. If projects and charities cannot help those that need it then society on all tiers begins to suffer, from the homeless to the mentally ill, from disabled to elderly, from blind to beaten women. The only way a big society can succeed is by supporting sections of the population that need it most and by cutting spending to these Mr Camerons big society is a contradiction in the broadest sense.