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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Obviously it is convenient to want
community groups to do more, when the State runs out of money due to the bubble
created by casino capitalism and equally obviously people tend to do less
volunteering and community work at time of recession; and for a long time, all
throughout New Labour, the talk from government was about the state doing less
and citizens, residents etc having to do more. None of this is new. Big
Society; no money; how can that work? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What I really wanted to flag up was the phony
debate the voluntary and community sector is having with itself right now. Most
large charities are complaining about there being no money and claiming to be
linked into deprived neighbourhoods, and generally being down with the activist
cause but the truth is that most voluntary / community groups never had any
money in the first place and when, during the New Labour boom years for
charities, money did come into public services and the ‘third’
sector, the majority of smaller groups got smaller and poorer. The last people
you should be listening to when it comes to critiques about the big society are
big charities. If the focus is on small community groups, as is now the case, there
is something of value in that – this doesn’t mean you have to be a
red tory, only to recognize the abject failure of the previous administration and
large swathes of the marketised third sector who followed the money not their
principles – if you want to reclaim or radicalize / democratize the big society
then you’ll need to do the same for the voluntary sector, and build from
grassroots community associations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Mark</st1:PersonName> Barrett [mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 July 2010 12:05<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
campaignforrealdemocracy@lists.aktivix.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> sitavana@gmail.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b>
[Campaignforrealdemocracy] Beggar Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"It is going to be very challenging for them to play a bigger role
if they have less resources to do it," said <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Ben
Kernighan</st1:PersonName>, from the National Council for Voluntary
Organisations.<br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">David Cameron launches Tories' 'big
society' plan</font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10680062">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10680062</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Here is a thread from a different list on the matter. What do CRD
people think?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mark</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>trouble is that people's way of life need to change if there is to be a
community / local sevrice provision renaissance. And that requires a new
political economy not more volunteerism or social entrepreneurship although
these things have their place. It will be interesting to see how Labour
responds to this. What's needed, IMV is an acceptance of the ideal of a
Social Revolution (ie A Big Society) but then a challenging critique of the
Tory approach which brings into the square new ideas in relation to taxation,
banking, education, constitution and other areas. This will require a new
embrace of Clause 4, albeit in different form to genuinely empower (with real
sovereignty, redistributed monies and a requirement for horizontal democratic
constitution at the neaighbourhood level). Some of the ideas of Tories can be
taken forward eg Your Square Mile, perhaps. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hopefully by such a path Labour can re-occupy the centre ground.
However I do not think they are capable of such thinking with the current
crop of prospective leaders, without a new injection of ideas and possibly
without a social movement that pushes them in that direction. I
certainly don't expect the Tories to go far with this, due mainly to the
reasons you've identified regarding lifestyles, time poverty etc. What's needed
is a genuine politics of emancipation linked to a renaissance of civil society.
I am ambivalent about these concepts being promoted as it may help people
to consider how different things could be, spark debate etc and maybe Labour or
the social movements can position themselves in order to take it further once
the central ground is established. However I also fear the ideas get polluted,
abused and discarded by serious minded people / commentators once 'Red Tory'
co-option has gone where it can with them and failed. Overall however I am
optimistic as people are increasingly aware of the links between our
broken community fabric and the democratic deficit, environmental
challenge, limitation of the state and private cos to provide public goods that
only communities can deliver, atomism and mental health, shallow consumerist /
celebrity culture etc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lots to say but no time. Thanks for raising the issue however what do
others think?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mark</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 19 July 2010 11:03, jyoti <<a
href="mailto:sitavana@googlemail.com" target="_blank">sitavana@googlemail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On 19 Jul 2010, at 01:31, jyoti <<a href="mailto:sitavana@googlemail.com"
target="_blank">sitavana@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>hi mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>yeah well who knows, the devil will be in
the detail, but it is the central plank of his vision, and lots of powers will
be devolved down to local and parish councils, Eric Pickles, who hails from
local government originally and is influential, isn't too keen on the
layer of local government about parish level. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>i think the key will be the financial
settlement, how much dosh comes down, but this guy was saying basically they
will want parish and local councils to run programs/projects and they will get
say a 10% slice but that willl only have a 3 - 5 lifetime. we need strucrural
change. (see telegraph article embedded below Ed Millibands comment sums up the
cynical position, but let's wait and see: “Cameron’s
government is cynically attempting to dignify its cuts agenda by dressing up
the withdrawal of support with the language of reinvigorating civic
society.”)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>also will people suddenly start
volunteering and engaging with the democratic process locally. most parish
councils struggle to get people, and when people finish a long day at work,
cook a meal, childcare, housework, there isn't much time and energy left. its
not like the 50s when there were a pool of stay at home mums and ladys who
lunch to call on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>the challenge for them and us is how do we
sex community engagement up, make it exciting?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>my tuppence worth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>From thevSunday
Telegraph yesterday: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Snip <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Cameron launches his
Big Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:05:23 +0100<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>David Cameron launches
his Big Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Local communities will get the power and
money to run bus services, set up broadband internet networks and take over
neighbourhood recycling schemes under a mass transfer of power from the state
to the people, David Cameron will announce on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><img border=0 width=300 height=187
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alt="David Cameron launches his Big Society"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=1 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic'>David Cameron launches
his Big Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>In his first major speech on the theme of the “Big
Society” since winning the election, the Prime Minister will announce the
“biggest redistribution of power from elites in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Whitehall</st1:place></st1:City> to the man and woman on the
street”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Mr Cameron - who is keen to present his administration as offering
optimistics new policies that are not just about cuts - will say that the
“liberation” of volunteers and activists to help their own
communities is the vision which drives his premiership.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>As part of his drive to roll back the reach of the public sector,
the Prime Minister will attack the previous Labour government for turning state
employees into “disillusioned, weary puppets” and communities into
“dull, soulless clones”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>He will announce that four areas in diverse parts of the country
have been chosen to form a “vanguard” in realising his dream of
“people power” in which individuals rather than the state come
together voluntarily to solve their problems.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>The four – the greater <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>
borough of Sutton and Cheam, the leafy Berkshire council of <st1:City w:st="on">Windsor</st1:City>
and Maidenhead, rural <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Eden</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:City w:st="on">Penrith</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Cumbria</st1:country-region> (MP Rory Stewart) and the metropolitan
city of <st1:City w:st="on">Liverpool</st1:City> - were chosen after they
petitioned <st1:place w:st="on">Downing Street</st1:place> to start their own
projects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>They will be the first to be invited to submit applications to the
Big Society Bank, a fund which will allocate the proceeds of dormant bank
accounts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to help set up volunteer schemes
to improve communities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>But Mr Cameron hopes that putting flesh on the bones of his vision
will persuade critics that it can be shared by millions of ordinary Britons who
care about their community and are tired of having so many aspects of their
life dictated from the centre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>The four pioneer communities will be helped by dedicated civil
servants who will give expert advice if they encounter legal problems or bureaucratic
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Officials will also identify local residents with a particular
aptitude for taking part in Big Society projects – they will then receive
training to become community organisers, motivating their neighbours to take
part in action schemes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>They will also be able to draw on the Big Society Bank, which, Mr
Cameron promised, would use “every penny of dormant bank and building
society account money” to help finance social enterprises, charities and
voluntary groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Accounts left untouched for at least 15 years will be channelled
to good causes. Over time, Mr Cameron said, the Bank would provide
“hundreds of millions of pounds” to Big Society projects, with
money starting to be distributed from April.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>“This process is all about learning. It’s about
pushing power down and seeing what happens.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>“It’s about unearthing the problems as they come up on
the Labour leadership contender, claimed that the Big Society was a
means of enabling the Government to cut vital public services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>He said: “Cameron’s government is cynically attempting
to dignify its cuts agenda by dressing up the withdrawal of support with the
language of reinvigorating civic society.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"simply asking questions that draw the attention to areas where strong
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On 18 July 2010 09:26, <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Mark</st1:PersonName> Barrett <<a
href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com" target="_blank"></a><a
href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com" target="_blank"></a><a
href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com" target="_blank">marknbarrett@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hi Jyoti Thanks for posting this. What is
your view on the Big Society<br>
agenda? A convenient if well meaning front for cuts or something<br>
potentially more substantial? Is there any meat in it, do you think it<br>
will work in any meaningful, transformative sense? <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Mark</st1:PersonName><br>
<br>
On 18/07/2010, jyoti <<a href="mailto:sitavana@googlemail.com"
target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:sitavana@googlemail.com" target="_blank"></a><a
href="mailto:sitavana@googlemail.com" target="_blank">sitavana@googlemail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Today we had a short talk from the head of the Local Government Assoc.
(LGA)<br>
> who has an inside track to Cameron's thinking on 'Big Soceity'; still very<br>
> much in the running and essential really to balance the 25% cuts to
services<br>
> with volunteers and private company outsourcing, ‘society vs
state’; the<br>
> 'Big Soceity' agenda has now been outsourced to a social enterprise: the
Big<br>
> Society Network <<a href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/idea.html"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/idea.html"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/idea.html"
target="_blank">http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/idea.html</a>>, see the press<br>
> release from last Wednesday:<br>
><br>
>> 'An introduction of the Big Society Network<br>
>> Last night (13/07/10) David Cameron hosted a great event to help
introduce<br>
>> the Big Society Network. We are delighted that dozens of social<br>
>> entrepreneurs, voluntary sector organizations and other partners were
able<br>
>> to join. If you are interested in getting in touch with the Network,<br>
>> please<br>
>> register on our site,<br>
>><br>
> or contact <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Steve Moore</st1:PersonName> at
078705 15025.'<br>
>> We've put together a brief press release here .<br>
>> <a
href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/pdfs/100713_Press_Release_.pdf"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/pdfs/100713_Press_Release_.pdf"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/pdfs/100713_Press_Release_.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/pdfs/100713_Press_Release_.pdf</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> Surfing the zeitgeist it continues to focus on the decentralising and<br>
> localism agenda by talking about 'Your Square<br>
> Mile<<a href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/square-mile.html"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/square-mile.html"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/square-mile.html"
target="_blank">http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/square-mile.html</a>>',<br>
> Total Place <<a href="http://www.localleadership.gov.uk/totalplace/"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.localleadership.gov.uk/totalplace/"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.localleadership.gov.uk/totalplace/"
target="_blank">http://www.localleadership.gov.uk/totalplace/</a>> (a kind<br>
> of balanced ecology approach to services); LGA picked up this thread by<br>
> talking about 'decision<br>
> miles<<a href="http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=12326004"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=12326004" target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=12326004" target="_blank">http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=12326004</a>>'<br>
> (think 'food miles' <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_miles"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_miles"
target="_blank"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_miles"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_miles</a>>) its all about<br>
> community power, devolving planning down: the Decentralisation &
Localism<br>
> Bill will implement many of the proposals in the Tories' Control<br>
> Shift<<a
href="http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2009/02/tories-plan-radical-power-shift.html"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2009/02/tories-plan-radical-power-shift.html"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2009/02/tories-plan-radical-power-shift.html"
target="_blank">http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2009/02/tories-plan-radical-power-shift.html</a>>,<br>
> Housing <<a
href="http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Housing.aspx"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Housing.aspx"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Housing.aspx"
target="_blank">http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Housing.aspx</a>>and<br>
> Open<br>
> Source<<a
href="http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2010/02/radical-reboot-of-planning.html"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2010/02/radical-reboot-of-planning.html"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2010/02/radical-reboot-of-planning.html"
target="_blank">http://centreforcities.typepad.com/centre_for_cities/2010/02/radical-reboot-of-planning.html</a>>Planning<br>
> green papers returning<br>
> power to local communities and setting sets out how the Tories would shift<br>
> power from the centre to local people and councils, leaving behind the old<br>
> Thatcher 'Bugger Soceity' model behind for a shiny Philip Blond 'Red<br>
> Tory'<<a
href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/02/riseoftheredtories/"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/02/riseoftheredtories/"
target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/02/riseoftheredtories/"
target="_blank">http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/02/riseoftheredtories/</a>>new<br>
> model army. Cameron<br>
> has earmarked a cool £300 million for Youth Engagement.<br>
><br>
> Interestingly the LGA parliamentary track has trouble getting MP's on
board<br>
> this year however they are clamouring to get in, including the quite<br>
> remarkable Rory Stewart <<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart" target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart" target="_blank"></a><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart</a>>...<br>
> "Stewart seems to be living one of the most remarkable lives on
record."<br>
> *The<br>
> New York Times.*<br>
><br>
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