Is it just me...

... or is there an irony in the fact that the man appointed to promote David Cameron's Big Society has found he doesn't have time to dedicate to his voluntary work? Little wonder, then, that one of the pilot areas for the scheme, Liverpool, has withdrawn, citing the fact that the whole concept is unworkable, particularly in the face of local government spending cuts.

Sure it'll have been pointed out before, but there's also an irony in the leader of the Tory Party enthusiastically endorsing the nebulous idea of the Big Society when one of his predecessors maintained there was "no such thing as society"... Both would agree, though, with the fundamental principle that state support should be shrunk and the less fortunate should be left to fend for help themselves.

(Thanks to Sian for the link.)