In an ideal world everyone could agree with John Major that neighbourliness is a good thing. But in this world few have the time or the means to take on responsibility for elderly neighbours, or the mentally ill left to the care of the community. While the government has shirked those responsibilities, there is no real community in place to care for those who cannot look after themselves. The real community appealed to in Major's so-called core values is the community of those few who have a genuine stake in maintaining the status quo. Business can agree with the Treasury that people should take more responsibility for their own upkeep.
Police chiefs can agree with education officers that criminality begins in the home.
The powers that be are happy to agree that the source of all difficulties is ordinary people. But for ordinary people, the only community on offer in the current climate of discussion is a community of blame for everything that goes wrong. Take the question of single mothers. The example of single parenthood shows how self-serving the Tories basic moral values are. Most single mothers would leap at the chance to earn themselves a decent living, but are held back because few jobs earn enough to cover their childcare and their bills.