The audit has become natural in British society. Control is now present at all levels of social and political life. It transfers the management of uncertainty, especially economic uncertainty, from political authorities to individuals. The constant invocation of individual responsibility, which is the quid pro quo of the logic of multiplying the choices offered to the citizen consumer, aids the internalization of controls and the adoption of individualistic strategies that rupture existing solidarities or loyalties. Summoned to take responsibility for the costs of their choices, individuals cannot be the counter powers