The National Trust shows how good government works -Times Online

The National Trust shows how good government works -Times Online: "Last week, in apparent rebuttal of the sleaze and opportunism of recent years, Brown made the startling announcement that a majority of state honours should go to those who deserved them. They should be awarded to the “unsung heroes” of community activism about whom Brown has written a book, to the village Hampdens and mute inglorious Miltons of Gray’s elegy. Brown wants to recognise voluntary and charitable acts, the “third sector”, the nation beyond the state."