Vox Pop: What is the Big Society?

Article published: Tuesday, February 22nd 2011

MULE rode up to the corner of Oxford Road and Whitworth Street in Central Manchester to ask the passing public just what they thought of David Cameron’s “Big Society”…

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Brilliant !
Comment by Pablo on February 22, 2011 at 8:04 pm

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