, < Regeneration, < New Start editorial index page When I was stalled halfway up a hill in deepest Kent and preparing to fail my driving test yet again, my instructor came out with his familiar homily: ‘Give her the power to do the job’. He had a simple vision of empowerment, which could probably be reduced to an equation: acceleration plus correct gearing equals motion. Sadly, the equations we come up with to give our communities power are far more complex and much less reliable. Julian Dobson, editor * New Start Online Online magazine