A tribute to the charities helping the lonely, sick, isolated and dependent on Thursday – and throughout the rest of each year.
They just want a smaller state and a bigger society.
People willing to give their time and experience for nothing in support of others is a valuable and precious part of our society.
While Brand’s vision of a Big Society for anti-capitalists might not sound like a whole lot of fun, it does represent a challenge to the mechanistic, top-down statism of the conventional left
As it happens, I live only a few hundred yards from his house.
More freedom. Strong families. New jobs. More giving. This year’s Prosperity Index from the Legatum Institute is a rebuke to the doomsters and gloomsters.
Support from local businesses, active citizenship, and the occasional competition – these are the ingredients for a strong civil society.
My regret is that, blamed for the disappointing result of 2010, the Conservatives dropped it as a slogan, and adopted a policy of “show not tell”.
It is neither paternalistic nor libertarian, but grounded in a “compassionate conservatism” whose roots lie in Adam Smith and Edmund Burke.
The boards running hospitals, schools and housing associations often just believe what the staff tell them.
One has to question whether the influence of academia on our politics matters much compared to the influence of the media
Prisons are meant to be places of punishment – and if you count enforced, soul-destroying idleness as a punishment – then they are fulfilling this function
Compared to previous generations, children are no more likely to come to harm when playing outside.
The 2010 candidate offers his newly-selected successor, Chamali Fernando, some tips.
Members of the armed forces, doctors, nurses, shopkeepers…and, yes, news journalists.