I think it's Manchester.

Manchester? Ewww.

No, I live in "The Phoenix of the North". I live 10 minutes away from the pub Karl Marx used to frequent.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/6560968/Salford-Phoenix-of-the-north.html

The UK is going under with a Tory government in power! 750,000 Public service jobs cut and 600,000 private sector jobs will vanish. 25% to 40% Budget cuts. Economic Austerity measures are never good. Debt can be defaulted, there is always the option of not paying it back. 

Yeah... how'd that work out for iceland?

David Cameron launches Tories' 'big society' plan

David Cameron has launched his "big society" drive to empower communities, describing it as his "great passion". 

In a speech in Liverpool, the prime minister said groups should be able to run post offices, libraries, transport services and shape housing projects.

Also announcing plans to use dormant bank accounts to fund projects, Mr Cameron said the concept would be a "big advance for people power".

Voluntary groups and Labour have queried how the schemes will be funded.

The idea was a central theme in the Conservative general election campaign and Mr Cameron denied that he was being forced to re-launch it because of a lack of interest first time around.

While reducing the budget deficit was his "duty", he said giving individuals and communities more control over their destinies was what excited him and was something that had underpinned his philosophy since he became Conservative leader in 2005.

"There are the things you do because it's your passion," he said.

"Things that fire you up in the morning, that drive you, that you truly believe will make a real difference to the country you love, and my great passion is building the big society."

'People power'
The prime minister said community projects would be established in four parts of the UK - Liverpool; Eden Valley, Cumbria; Windsor and Maidenhead; and the London borough of Sutton - as part of efforts to "turn government completely on its head".

Each of the project areas - which Mr Cameron said had approached ministers asking to be involved - will be given an expert organiser and dedicated civil servants to ensure "people power" initiatives get off the ground.

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Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10680062

Looks like the Government are already starting to put the ideas highlighted in the Clegg speech into fruition.

/ignore

Separately related speech by David Cameron made earlier in the year about his visions of a far more transparent, civilian driven Government  - empowered by modern communications.

What do you want Conservatives to do? Keep on spending ridiculous amounts of money at extrodinary rates? If Labour were in power and had done this you would be singing their praises. It appears to me that it doesn't matter what the tories do in power, the old Labour crowd would always say they should do the opposite.

It's not that often i agree with Numonex in 'DaKonsoleWarz' but i agree with him on the way the Coalition it treating the country and the especially the public sector.

They are making very rash decisions and cutting back very heavily, very quickly. They could cut back more sustainably over a longer period of time, support the economy and cut back gradually on the public sector

Every public services employee received an email from 'Dave and Nick' telling us all how important we are, how we're doing such a great job and don't get the credit we deserve, while at the same time laying off thousands and telling the rest of the country that the public service is a waste of money, overpaid and inefficient.

Cutting a million public sector jobs (well 1.3million to be exact) when the economy is not strong enough to provide private sector jobs to replace them will lead to a massive drain on the economy, huge numbers relying on welfare which just isn't able to support such large numbers of people.

Not to mention these now unemployed ex public services staff still having mortgages to pay and no means to do it - leading to repossessions, families without homes and a housing market collapse.

Cameron is a smarmy condesending c**t.

the "big society" is utter dross to hide privatisation and shafting of the poor.

the cuts will devestate much of the UK and young people in particular may never recover from it.

well done Tory Scum, you acheieved what Hitler failed, you have begun the anhilation of the UK.