"But if society is to work"

But that's the root of the problem - it doesn't work! Cameron's Big Society is the same as Thatcher's No Society - look after yourself because it's not the role of the state to do so. A long way from the ideals of Keanes and those whose idealism and compassion put in place the Welfare State and the HNS. A bloody long way from the ideals that I was brought up to believe in. I'm not excusing or condoning the behaviour of the rioters and looters but inless we see the full picture it's going to happen more and more.