The type of community engagement that mainstream politics has abandoned
Monday, J July 2009
An IWCA youth football tournament last weekend, as well as providing an enjoyable day out for families in several working class communities, highlights the way that mainstream politics has completely abandoned community engagement as a legitimate activity.
After all the recent publicity over politicians’ expenses, it is worth noting that the IWCA’s under-12s mini football tournament in Oxford was part-funded from the Oxford IWCA councillors’ allowances. (more…)