tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post2385302077065208802..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: 'Shiny' regeneration and the 'Big Society'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-5745633399224457722010-10-10T11:15:34.415+01:002010-10-10T11:15:34.415+01:00What is your evidence for saying physical-led rege...What is your evidence for saying physical-led regeneration doesn't work any more? Town centres across the country have been put well on the way to being transformed into more vibrant places on the back of physical regeneration (Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester). Clearly this approach doesn't work all the time and of course community renewal is as important, but I don't understand why you completely write off physical regeneration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-81503729192235845822010-10-09T17:53:38.120+01:002010-10-09T17:53:38.120+01:00If we had a big state and a small society with aut...If we had a big state and a small society with authoritarian Labour then a big society means a small state.<br /><br />However Tories can be just as authoritirian so they will have to learn to use their power properly and allow others control over their lives.<br /><br />Ultimate power is allowing others to use the power at their own levels and to be able to revoke this delegated power at any time. Power doesn't mean making up useless laws every other second.SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-86880721665322108422010-10-09T14:10:06.105+01:002010-10-09T14:10:06.105+01:00This post I think helps to explain why the propert...This post I think helps to explain why the property led regen has such a grip. Because we are seen as 'tax-take opportunities' for Whitehall: http://leedscd.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/what-if-leeds-was-a-tax-take-opportunity-for-whitehall/Mike Chittyhttp://leedscd.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-11560808177034275812010-10-09T09:20:11.808+01:002010-10-09T09:20:11.808+01:00My intention dear Anonymous was to be positive by ...My intention dear Anonymous was to be positive by saying 'so-called deprived' - most folk in these places aren't helped by our characterisation of them a poverty struck, damaged places. And of course it includes City Bankers - and for that matter multi-millionaire Guardian columnists.Simon Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586896340482296341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-23208575178840665522010-10-08T16:07:27.870+01:002010-10-08T16:07:27.870+01:00So the Big Society is, effectively, the coalition ...So the Big Society is, effectively, the coalition government doing nothing. This begs the following question: Why doesn't David Cameron quit politics then and let someone who wants to lead the country get on with the job?<br /><br />Of course, as you make abundantly clear in your blog, the Big Society concept clearly demonstrates that this Government hasn't got any ideas of its own and hasn't got the first idea about how to run the country. <br /><br />Even Frances Maude told the coference that the Big Society was "chaotic and disorderly". It sounds like he thinks it's a complete mess too!J. Richardsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-13219754074890437312010-10-08T15:50:57.395+01:002010-10-08T15:50:57.395+01:00At last! Mr Cooke, allow me to be the first - on w...At last! Mr Cooke, allow me to be the first - on what I am sure is normally a very active blog - to congratulate you on articulating exactly what the big society is all about. Perhaps if our Prime Minister had expressed the concept with such clarity 18 months ago, Ms Townsend, the vast majority of the rest of the media, the opposition and, let's face it, most Conservative activists would not have been left scratching their heads for so long.<br /><br />Do you and Mr Cameron share a telepathic link? Do tell! If so, there are plenty of other questions that I would love answered. For instance, when the Prime Minister tells us that "we're all in this together", does that include City bankers? Or does the fact that they are able to bribe HM Treasury by threatening to bunk off to Switzerland excuse them of their duties as citizens of this proud nation? Also, and this one has been troubling me since Jeremy Hunt's appearance on Wednesday's News Night, just how many children is it acceptable for poor people to have?<br /><br />Finally - and this one is just for you - what do you mean by "so-called deprived communities" in our inner cities? (Actually, you write 'so-call deprived', but I'll let that go.) Good grief man, at least IDS bothered to visit the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow. And you had the nerve to describe Ms Townsend's reporting as 'snide'. The mind boggles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com