The Return of the Public?

I enjoyed reading at article on Al-Jazeera today on "The return of the Public?", found here:

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2010/12/201012187957340755.html
With:
 - Trade union leaders threatening widespread action,
 - Students and other supporters shouting "shame on you" at top of their lungs
 - Hundreds crowding into high street stores, not to buy, but to protest at rampant tax evasion in the UK
 and
 - Bankers poised to award themselves huge bonuses in a time of financial crisis caused directly by their actions

I wonder if they are right.  Has enough gone wrong, has enough been screwed up by the entire main stream political spectrum in the UK (Labour, Libs & Tories) and have enough decisions been in favour of the guilty instead of the victims, for the British public to at last stand up and say no more, I want my country back!