I admire Cameron for trying to change that

Though I agree with you that he may be pissing in the wind

I didn't get the Big Society thing till I heard a radio interview with a bloke who owns a greasy spoon in Oxford which Cameron used to have brekkie in as a stooodent. He said how Cameron was a regular, chatted to him, found out he had small children, offered to babysit, and when babysitting taught his kids to read and do basic maths. The bloke said something on the lines of "he was a posh bloke and there wasn't anything in it for him but he did it because he likes helping people"

When I heard that I thought - THAT's Cameron's idea for the Big Society. He wants everyone to share that sort of conscientious attitude to life.

Trouble is, he doesn't seem to be aware that there are an awful lot of people who don't believe in helping others, and that not everyone has his own approach to life

Posted By: Old Git on February 2nd 2011 at 14:19:09

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You couldn't make it up, could you (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 2, 13:46:58
- Yes, and ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 2, 13:48:27
  - He's the guy in charge of selling the idea of the Big Society to us. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 2, 13:52:14
    - Oh, dint know that didoi (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 2, 14:48:39
    - Here's another report on that... (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 2, 13:57:37
      - We're all in it together. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 2, 14:03:02
        
        No, *We* are, they aren't. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 2, 14:05:18
        
        haha what a chump (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 14:07:47
        
        He got a life peerage out of it (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 2, 14:09:47
        
        I know but it's a blow for the Big Society isn't it. (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 2, 14:11:34
        
        it was never going to work anyway (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 14:13:29
        
        I admire Cameron for trying to change that (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 2, 14:19:09
        
        Lovely chap, was that cafe one of the ones that was smashed up by the bullers? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 2, 14:23:37
        
        Hmmm - turns out to have been his dealer (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 2, 14:35:24
        
        I know. Which shows what a fatuous policy it was in the first place. (General Chat) - jafski, Feb 2, 14:18:02
        
        precisely. It's all very easy to volunteer when you make a stack and don't have to work (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 14:32:29
        
        I'm sorry, Worz, but that is bollocks (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 2, 14:38:22
        
        "most people" OG. Of course ordinary people volunteer (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 14:49:50
        
        which begs the questions (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 2, 14:31:02
        
        Let's elect a Labour government and let them run things for 13 years (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 2, 14:39:14
        
        we could start by stringing Thatcher and Blair up from adjacent lamp posts? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 14:35:59

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