The Big Society?
‘The Big Society could turn out Victorian, Feudal, Democratic Socialist, Swiss, even Anarcho-Syndicalist. It could draw influences from anywhere. But it is unambiguously a move off the traditional left-right axis of politics and I believe this is why we are all so confused by it.’
– Vinay Gupta, on the Tories’ halting attempts to define a new politics
‘My aim is to bake a cake that actually can consume itself, because that – in a sense – is what the fourth sector is doing. We’re baking a self-eating cake.’
– Nicola Murray MP (Rebecca Front), The Thick of It
