tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2374962672933190062..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Thatcher's Big Society (And Big Birthday)Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46839592369020263962010-10-19T10:16:18.773+01:002010-10-19T10:16:18.773+01:00Thank you .your website is quite helpful to me. I ...Thank you .your website is quite helpful to me. I liked the theory of billionaire’s loop hole. And your logic of anonymous transactions, It shows how to avoid taxes legally. Thanks guys. <a href="http://www.byebyebigbrother.com" rel="nofollow"> tax heaven</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884595883262029358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86215067045625103662010-10-14T20:41:39.569+01:002010-10-14T20:41:39.569+01:00Thanks, Iain, for finding this very apt quote. I&#...Thanks, Iain, for finding this very apt quote. I'm reminded of how much the 1987 "no such thing as society" quote gets bandied about on the left, conveniently leaving out the part where individuals are challenged to help their neighbours:<br /><br /><i>It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour</i><br /><br /><a href="http://briandeer.com/social/thatcher-society.htm" rel="nofollow"><i>"There is no such thing as society"</i></a>, Women's Own magazine interviewMichel S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18276434692621679521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42224383561705927472010-10-13T15:26:17.964+01:002010-10-13T15:26:17.964+01:00The natural order of things has returned-coalition...The natural order of things has returned-coalition government!Manfaranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16672026288937285646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31476536975168860172010-10-13T15:15:54.218+01:002010-10-13T15:15:54.218+01:00So Lady Thatcher is back in Downing Street and the...So Lady Thatcher is back in Downing Street and the "natural order of things has returned".<br /><br />Come off it. Under both of Cameron's Labour predecessors, the old bat was hardly ever out of the place, wheeled up the road for a photo whenever one of them wanted to make a point about looking steely and bold. In fact, given her evident mental deterioration, they just looked like rather nasty care home workers polishing their own importance on the hem of an old lady's skirt.<br /><br />I trust that this evening will provide for happier fare.HampsteadOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579484010636107402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5541866684248252222010-10-13T13:35:07.114+01:002010-10-13T13:35:07.114+01:00"I wonder if Cameron's "Big Society&..."I wonder if Cameron's "Big Society" is in fact Thatcher's "Responsible Society"?"<br /><br />Let's face it there are only so many ways you can say "Up yours paupers."Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42754421813577209062010-10-13T12:34:15.854+01:002010-10-13T12:34:15.854+01:00What the Cameroonians fail to grasp is that 'T...What the Cameroonians fail to grasp is that 'The Big Society', as your quotation explains, is a spirit or ethos. It is not a policy.<br /><br />To provide services you need policies which contain provision for how they should be delivered.<br /><br />Relying on volunteers to step forward and replace rather than enhance provision of services is a sure way to fail, because<br />a) In some places (usually where they are most needed) people will be unwilling or unable to come forward<br />b)Some of the people who step up will be stupid, incompetent or barmy<br />c) There will be no democratic control over what and how such services are delivered - you will get what people want to give you not what you need etc etc<br /><br />By all means encourage Big or Responsible societies but we need policies to run the country - as Mrs Thatcher understood.Weygandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11359751090279735138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50153293969781974592010-10-13T10:58:08.348+01:002010-10-13T10:58:08.348+01:00The "what should be" never did exist, bu...The "what should be" never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no "what should be," there is only what is. <br /><br />Lenny Bruce <br />Born 13th October 1925Paddy Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17847108655078927970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6828932787587394342010-10-13T10:48:22.807+01:002010-10-13T10:48:22.807+01:00Sad that all politicians feel the need to spout su...Sad that all politicians feel the need to spout such motherhood platitudes. Thatcher no better or worse than all the rest on this. Awful rubbish.Paddy Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17847108655078927970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45243062247530267522010-10-13T09:55:46.416+01:002010-10-13T09:55:46.416+01:00Basically everything she said in that speech never...Basically everything she said in that speech never happened under her government. Never.Simon Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328606546904222885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9006661025997687832010-10-13T09:50:00.990+01:002010-10-13T09:50:00.990+01:00You missed off the bit where she said
"And ...You missed off the bit where she said<br /><br /> "And to pay for this community building, how about we introduce a "Community Charge", that's the spirit"RonLiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781908939258281742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8946092730657166702010-10-13T09:47:05.797+01:002010-10-13T09:47:05.797+01:00Happy Birthday to Mrs Thatcher. I hope she's ...Happy Birthday to Mrs Thatcher. I hope she's well enough to enjoy it.<br /><br />As you say Iain, the natural order comes round again.Stephen Wigmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604582974059809054noreply@blogger.com