Disraeli Room

"... When debating UK security policy it is easy to forget about the most important change that has occurred in modern times and particularly since the end of the cold war - the move from ‘Geopolitics’ to ‘Biopolitics’ ..."

"... Be you a charitable beneficiary, a community group administrator, a neighbour, a community member, a human rights campaigner, a left-wing battler whose raison d'etre is fighting poverty, or a right-wing crusader who believes we can do better than rely solely on the state, or simply an observer interested in the progressive advancement of the commonweal - you all have an interest in seeing the Big Society campaign succeed, and yet there is a deafening silence from you ..."

"... The Big Society is here to stay. And this signals a far more profound shift in British politics than is commonly recognised ..."

"... Although a solid majority of people (57%) could be categorised as ‘community participants’, attending events or helping out, a minority of 1 in 5 (21%) are ‘community organisers’ who really make things happen. These people, while spread across the population, are most likely to be middle-aged, middle-class women working part time ..."

"... Positive interventions, otherwise known as incentives or nudges, are in vogue, if you didn’t already know. Behavioural and financial incentives are the way to change people’s behaviour in a market economy. But what examples of successful incentives are there for recycling? ..."