Trust - Anthony Seldon

Ten years into the new millennium, and the high hopes have evaporated, and the aspirations crashed. The world economy is in tatters, the unassailable British economy is in crisis, politicians are respected less than ever in history, the police are not trusted, corporations and banks are reviled, good neighbourliness is at an all time low, fear of crime has never been higher, and parents no longer trust their children to play in the streets. Fifty years ago Michael Shanks wrote The Stagnant Society. Britain has now become the mistrustful society.