Abbie Vickress

Using privatisation of the public sector as an example, my project looks at the relationship and dysfunctional communication methods between Politics and communities.

The Big Society was the flagship policy idea of the 2010 UK Conservative Party general election manifesto, with the aim to create a climate that empowers and enables local people and communities to take care of their own politics, taking power away from politicians and giving it to the people.

Yet in reality, neoliberalism took priority and resulted in the threat to important societal attributes, ranging from the small local post office to our education systems and the ground we walk on. Ultimately we are falling into a world where we know the price of everything and the value of nothing.