tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post4964318289176456829..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: GUEST POST The limits of the Big SocietyJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-47138599407600057792011-02-12T07:39:58.621+00:002011-02-12T07:39:58.621+00:00It is no surprise to read that Cameron probably do...It is no surprise to read that Cameron probably doesn't understand liberalism. But I turn to extremism and the mention of universities, for I remember that 40 years ago the concern in universities about extremists was not about radical Islam infecting students but about radical Christianity doing the same. So this is a perennial problem: some people who want to dominate others will pervert any creed to do it.<br />Now to the term representative. An organisation called Passenger Focus claims to represent the users of public transport (was just for rail services, now rail and bus). But they are publicly funded, and the rules under which they were set up mean that I have no way of influencing them (other than by berating them in public and not-so-public forums), so they do not represent me or indeed any citizen or visitor.<br />Where am I? Simply suggesting that we do indeed need to get very clear the relationships between the public and those in power. I believe that the LDs are trying very hard from a position of understanding, but the Tories haven't quite got it - were not ready for government.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.com