Basildonboy.
If CP advertised them self as a marxist think tank and recruitment/selection center i doubt very much they would infiltrate any thing more than the local communist party.
Basildonboy.
If CP advertised them self as a marxist think tank and recruitment/selection center i doubt very much they would infiltrate any thing more than the local communist party.
Common Purpose Charter -
In every democracy, there is an invisible, open space.(see public sphere below) It lies between the citizen and the state. Between the immediate responsibilities facing each individual and the institutional responsibilities of the government. It is political, but not party political: a place where people come together and act for a greater good. And it is open to everyone, from every sector of society Common Purpose is concerned about a strong civil society and the need for good leaders who are in contact with each other.
WESTERN MARXISM
Civil society which the term used by Karl Marx and later popularized by Antonio Gramsci to describe the sphere of life defend by the church, schooling, the media and forms of popular culture, and other social institutions. The public sphere, as defined by Frankfurt School theorist Jurgen Habermas, Jurgen Habermas describes a set of institutions and public spaces that stood between civil society and the state and which mediated between public and private interests. What Habermas called the “bourgeois public sphere” consisted of literary salons and publications, pubs and cafes, and other spaces that made it possible to form a realm of public opinion that opposed state power and the powerful interests that were coming to shape bourgeois society. A vital public sphere is thus a key component of democracy for Habermas.
Prof Douglas Kellner PHD
CULTURAL MARXISM
For the Italian Marxist theorist, Antonio Gramsci, the ruling intellectual and cultural forces of the era constitute a form of hegemony, or domination by ideas and cultural forms that induce consent to the rule of the leading groups in a society. Gramsci argued that the unity of prevailing groups is usually created through the state (as in the American revolution, or unification of Italy in the 19th century), the institutions of "civil society" also play a role in establishing hegemony. Civil society, in this discourse, involves institutions of the church, schooling, the media and forms of popular culture, among others. It mediates between the private sphere of personal economic interests and the family and the public authority of the state, serving as the locus of what Habermas described as "the public sphere."
Prof Douglas Kellner PHD
MEDIA STANDARDS TRUST
Board of Trustees
The Trust is governed by a board of trustees made up of leaders of integrity selected from civil society and the media, with representatives from civil society always in the majority. The trustees reflect our diverse contemporary society and have the necessary range of skills and knowledge to lead this initiative; as individuals, they command widespread public respect for their expertise and independence.
The Board members are:
Sir David Bell (Chairman, Financial Times Group) <-----Common Purpose Trustee
Julia Middleton (CEO, Common Purpose)
Sir Cyril Chantler (Chairman, King's Fund)
Sir Robert Worcester (Founder, MORI)
Tim Waterstone (Founder of Waterstones bookstores and Daisy & Tom children's department stores)
Robert Peston (Business Editor, BBC) - <--------------- Lord Peston Labour Peer
William Davies (Goldsmiths College, London)
Roger Graef (Films of Record)
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC <---------------------------Labour Peer
John McCormick (Scottish Qualifications Authority)
The Right Reverend Stephen Platten (Bishop of Wakefield)
Geraint Talfan Davies (Chair, Institute of Welsh Affairs)
Anthony Salz (Executive Vice Chairman, NM Rothschild)
Sue Stapely (Quiller Consultants/Sue Stapely Consulting)
Amelia Fawcett (Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley)
Albert Scardino (journalist, editor) <-------------------------ex Guardian Editor
Sir Philip Otton (retired judge)
Last edited by fotley; 08-03-2008 at 07:34 PM.
Dear Mr xxxxxxx
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 18 February 2008.
Your request has been carefully considered and I am pleased to confirm that the Audit Commission does hold the information you have requested and this is set out below:
2005-6 £31,372.50
2006-7 Nil
2007-8 Nil
I can also confirm that Mr Bundred was not an advisor to Common Purpose when he took up his position at the Audit Commission.
I hope the above information is what you were expecting. However, if you are unhappy with what has been provided, you can raise a complaint under the Audit Commission’s Access to Information Complaints Procedure, a copy of which is attached.
As at the date of this email, the request is now treated as closed.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Executive PA to xxxxxxxx
Audit Commission
Tel: 0844 xxx xxxx
According to Common Purpose's own web site at the time Steve Bundred was a Common Purpose Advisory Grouip Member
london 2005 Advisory group
London Advisory Group Circa 2002-3
London Advisory Advisory group Circa 2002
Judging by those lists they are creaming in the money from the public sector.
Ea of dune
See post bewlow
Last edited by fotley; 09-03-2008 at 09:15 AM.
The following e-mail was sent to me by a forum member yesterday.
The Chief Executive of Hull City Council Kim Ryley (Common Purpose advisory group member Hull & Humber) is informed on the 13th Oct the Common Purpose Hull programme director that North Lincolnshire Council had been approached for information re expenditure, in other words a freedom of information request.
If you are wondering how Common Purpose acquired this this information then you will be please to know that the ex Chief Executive of North Lincs Council Mike Hunter used to sit on Common Purpose's advisory group in Humber also.
On receipt of the e-mail from Chris Burn at Common Purpose Mr. Ryley asks his p/a to e-mail Hulls legal dept (they obviously deal with all freedom of information requests)
As you can see from the document below, the the legal team have been asked to tip Mr Ryley off as soon as they receive any freedom of information requests in relation to Common Purpose
Why ?
hull city e-mail - legal services
Last edited by fotley; 09-03-2008 at 09:12 AM. Reason: add information
My New BLOG ...Good luck Mr McSmorsky
One of the reasons I left UKIP is becasue the branch that had raised a sum to fight elections instead voted to send letters and information packs to all MPs warning about the Bilderbergers.
I recall attending branch meeting where all they talked about was the Bilderbergers (and faked moon landings!)
Now the new 'conspiracy' is Common Purpose.
Step back and they sound just like the loonies going on about the Bilderbergers.
Last edited by fotley; 09-03-2008 at 01:10 PM.
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