Is there such a thing as a Big Society?
I don’t know about you but David Cameron going on and on about the so called Big Society is giving me a headache. In the same way that Tony Blair insisted on saying “Education, education, education”over and over again until our ears collectively bled it’s just a lot of hot air. I’ve heard people debating the benefits of a big society, but really what does it actually mean? Today David Cameron described the Big Society as his “passion”in a speech which he denies was a re-launch of the same old tired idea. As far as I’m concerned it’s just a cover for all the privatisation of our national services which will inevitably happen. The Big Society is meant to be all about the community volunteering in order to make the towns and cities where we live better, more helpful places. But how can people volunteer in a library or a children’s centre for instance when these things have been shut down as a result of the government’s cuts? The whole thing is illogical. Since the credit crunch kicked off in 2008 times have been really hard here in the UK and many people are struggling (financially) more than they ever have in their lives. It’s become much more popular to take out same day loans and frankly I can see why. There are times in the month when I need to pay a bill before it mounts up and at first glance it seems a really simple solution to get a quick loan and pay it off later. Of course it’s not always as easy as that but what’s really shocking is the fact that so many of us need to borrow more than ever before. I wonder if there will come a time when the impact of the cuts is not felt by the poorest and most vulnerable in the society because frankly at the moment I can’t see that happening.
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