This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.