One of the (dare I say it) 'big ideas' of the Conservative Party's election campaign, now incorporated into the new UK coalition government thinking, is the replacement of 'big government' by the 'big society'.   Although not explained much at the time of the election, and dismissed subsequently by the opposition as the 'do-it-yourself-society', necessitated as a consequence of severe cuts in public expenditure,  the policies behind the slogan are beginning to emerge.  David Cameron spoke recently of devolving power from central government to local government and to comm