General Chat

Reading this report in The Independent today - makes me wonder if The Big Society project could have dome more harm than good :-(

Voluntary sector groups have become “collateral damage” in the push to funnel funds and projects to David Cameron’s flagship Big Society Network, a leading charity executive said yesterday.

The report says that Andy Thornton, a former government adviser and chief executive of the Citizenship Foundation, said funding to established charities with strong track records had dropped significantly while money was poured into failed Big Society Network projects.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/voluntary-sector-suffers-collateral-damage-in-push-for-david-camerons-big-society-9631891.html

Politicians have an occupational hazard in that they believe they are indispensable.

They also have a pathological unwillingness to admit to making a mistake, let alone committing a crime.

I don't trust David Cameron at all He's arrogant and talks a lot of eyewash so won't be surprised about anything he sets up.

Lizx

'The Madness of Mammon' - by Anthony Cronin.

"The sins of the rulers shall be visited on the people, forever and ever. The poorer we are, the more honest we're required to be."

S'funny, whenever I've typed that word lately, especially in relation to the government, that typo happens.
Do you think it's my subconscious trying to politely indicate what I really think about them in power? :-)

Was that a deliberate or accidental typo in you post of 12:03 maggiewinchester? ;-)

So much for Cameron's Geography.
Didn't I read a report where Universities don't like public schoolchildren, cos they're thick :-D

Oh yes - the Daily Fail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2696132/Dont-send-kids-private-school-University-students-went-public-school-perform-WORSE-state-education.html

Please excuse inevitable stretched thread :-S

Well we here in Teesside ARE north of Watford so I doubt he knows anything about us and cares even less!!

Kath. x

David Cameron was in Teesside the other day and he admitted that he thought he was in Tyneside!!!!!

Nuff said.

maggiewinchester - when an MP, of any political persuasion, becomes a minister, they are given an endless supply of beer mats so..............
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they can scribble down the policies they thought up after a few beers in the pub with their cronies ;-)

Another 'jolly good wheeze' costing public money down the drain :-|


Don't they teach people to think things through in pubic schools?

Sounds about right ,every party is in the same class ,hands in the till and bugger the people ,Fred. :-|

The Prime Minister David Cameron’s flagship Big Society Network is being investigated by the Charity Commission over allegations that it misused government funding and made inappropriate payments to its directors – including a Tory donor.

The organisation, which was launched by the Prime Minister in 2010, was given at least £2.5 million of National Lottery funding and public-sector grants despite having no record of charitable activity.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-camerons-big-society-in-tatters-as-charity-watchdog-launches-investigation-into-claims-of-government-funding-misuse-9629848.html

So, has "The Big Society" done anything to improve your community or your life?