You either like Tressell's book or you don't (I'm not keen), but the term 'Ragged Trousered Philanthropist' is - in itself - a good term for a lot of what the Big Society seems to be pushing.
The thing is, the idea itself - using social capital to replace poorly implemented government solutions - is a good one. But it seems to me to be the Tory super-ego in service of the Tory id....
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"But it seems to me to be the Tory super-ego in service of the Tory id...."
Oooh oooh oooh
Very very good.
*blush*
Eye thanquew.
I used it in a conversation the other day and someone (annoyingly) said "Oh, that's .....'s line, isn't it?"
Can't even remember who ..... was now...
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