If we redefine the protocols we redefine the State.
We must aim for a Society which IS the State, and in which we are all participants, rather than being subject citizens. Complete "embedding" rather than the oil and water State/Society mix we have now.
Politicians and Executive as public servants is a myth.
It was illuminating to hear all the talk and read all about Brown now being "in power".
That is how they see themselves - "in power" over us.
They do not, and have not for a very long time, seen themselves as being "servants", or the State as an "instrument" of Society.
On Brown, I'd say his first steps towards further devolution - which cam wrote about here - are promising and I'll wait to see if he follows up before I make a judgement.
