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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 05:43 AM
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Government committing Britain to "radical, long-term policies for which no-one voted".
Edited on Thu Jun-09-11 05:47 AM by malaise
-Archbishop of Canterbury
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13706710
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In a wide-ranging attack, he accused the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition of creating "anxiety and anger" in the country by introducing reforms without sufficient debate.

Dr Williams was critical of Prime Minister David Cameron's flagship Big Society initiative, which aims to shrink the state and hand more control of services to volunteer groups, describing it as a "stale" slogan, viewed as an "opportunistic" cover for spending cuts.

Talking specifically about the government's key health and education policies, he said they were being introduced at a "remarkable speed".

Dr Williams even questioned the coalition's use of its democratic mandate”

"At the very least, there is an understandable anxiety about what democracy means in such a context," he said.
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All these so called Western Democratic governments need to hear this

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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 05:44 AM
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1. Sounds like he's talking about Wisconsin.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 05:46 AM
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2. or Kingston
or anywhere in these so called Western democracies
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 08:04 AM
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3. This British atheist says Amen!
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