I think we also need to be careful we don’t talk this into being. The media and TV News pundits never stop doing it. Reform would never where be where it is today without constantly being platformed as if its irrelevance was relevant. Christ almighty.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with the analysis, the problem is what do you propose instead? A "deep state" of independent agencies that aren't subject parliamentary scrutiny or public accountability? Or a change in our voting system to prevent gaining a 2/3 majority on 1/3 of the vote? How about severe penalties for "lying", if you could possibly define that?
The problem is that to defend the status quo, the status quo has to serve a majority in a democracy (or at least more than 1/3 of the electorate). And ours doesn't. Whilst considerable gains have been made in personal freedoms over the last 40 years, economically, the majority of Britons have be left at a standstill, and the next generation have been royally f*cked with student debt, ridiculous house prices & fewer opportunities.
Putting up constitutional barriers to change just makes the deluge worse when the dam breaks. If anything we need more radical thinking, not less.
A really interesting piece. One question, and it's genuine, is whether the Crown has any power in the situation you outline? I assume it would be limited to advisory and possibly the issue of embarrassment...but as you said they just might not care.
It could absolutely happen here. The fightback should start now.
I think we also need to be careful we don’t talk this into being. The media and TV News pundits never stop doing it. Reform would never where be where it is today without constantly being platformed as if its irrelevance was relevant. Christ almighty.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with the analysis, the problem is what do you propose instead? A "deep state" of independent agencies that aren't subject parliamentary scrutiny or public accountability? Or a change in our voting system to prevent gaining a 2/3 majority on 1/3 of the vote? How about severe penalties for "lying", if you could possibly define that?
The problem is that to defend the status quo, the status quo has to serve a majority in a democracy (or at least more than 1/3 of the electorate). And ours doesn't. Whilst considerable gains have been made in personal freedoms over the last 40 years, economically, the majority of Britons have be left at a standstill, and the next generation have been royally f*cked with student debt, ridiculous house prices & fewer opportunities.
Putting up constitutional barriers to change just makes the deluge worse when the dam breaks. If anything we need more radical thinking, not less.
A really interesting piece. One question, and it's genuine, is whether the Crown has any power in the situation you outline? I assume it would be limited to advisory and possibly the issue of embarrassment...but as you said they just might not care.