The myth of the “big society”

The public don’t want to get involved. Do you blame them?

By Mehdi Hasan

James and I have a column in the mag tomorrow in which we critically analyse David Cameron’s “big society” big idea.

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Mehdi Hasan

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Mehdi Hasan is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and the co-author of Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader. He was the New Statesman's senior editor (politics).

The myth of the “big society”

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