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‘This is not about poverty, it’s about culture’: Cameron
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Aug 11, 2011
“I hope that in the debates we have on the causes we don’t fall into a tiresome discussion about resources,” said Cameron. “When you have deep moral failures you don’t hit them with a wall of money.” … He denied that deprivation had caused the problem, saying: “This is not about poverty, it’s about culture. A culture that glorifies violence, shows disrespect to authority, and says everything about rights but nothing about responsibilities.” … But occupying the moral high ground is tricky in a country where some lawmakers and policemen have been embroiled in expenses and bribery scandals, and top bankers take huge bonuses even as the taxpayer bails out financial institutions.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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British PM relaunches ‘big society’ campaign
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Feb. 15, 2011
… the British Prime Minister. relaunched his “Big Society” vision of devolved power Monday, hoping to convince doubters there is more to his coalition government than deep spending cuts. Critics have panned his vision of engaged citizens, less state control and more philanthropy, calling it a vague and poorly constructed idea that may turn out to be little more than a fluffy smokescreen for the government’s cuts agenda. Mr. Cameron says it is his duty to cut a record budget deficit running at close to 10% of national output, but sees it as his passion to create a “Big Society” where citizens have more control over their own destiny.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living
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