In the eyes of most young people, the status quo has been tried and found wanting. Something far more worthwhile and exciting is needed.
The Prime Minister tried to offer a grander vision with the notion of the Big Society. It sounded promising, but seems to have petered out.
Gordon Brown, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, bravely attempted to define British values, but little came of it.
Worthwhile values are not vague aspirations, but hard won and enduring moral and ethical principles which shape national policies and personal behaviour.
The truth which needs to be told, and of which politicians of all hues fight shy, is that the origin of the United Kingdom’s moral direction is grounded in the Bible.
I cringe whenever I see a Christian leader reducing the Christian faith to a ‘value system’.
The world is already upside down. It needs Christ to turn it right side up.