Labour must avoid the temptation to hoard power in Whitehall
“To avoid the mistakes of its predecessors, the government must recast the relationship between central and local government.”
Tom Brake
We must do all we can to protect the right to peaceful protest
The next few weeks will be an acid test for the Starmer government: as they bring the rioting under control, will they honour the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, and restore our longstanding, traditional right to peaceful protest?
Political parties should be fixing our broken democracy. This is how they can do it.
Our democratic traditions need some TLC
Our politics is plagued by a failure of accountability
Accountability and integrity, as well as honesty, selflessness and leadership, demand of our politicians that they own up to their mistakes
These small steps would bolster our democracy
Democracy is under threat in 2024. But there are reasons to be hopeful about small steps to bolster our democracy.
Proportional representation is key to fixing our broken politics
‘We know that anyone serious about Britain getting its future back won’t be able to do so without PR.’
Scandal fatigue must not inure us to the crumbling state of UK democracy
To renew our politics, power must be wielded by more of the people more of the time. Local communities must exercise greater control over the key decisions.
Shadowy think tanks are a risk to the UK’s democratic integrity
‘There is no requirement, either, for think tanks to be transparent about the sources of their funding.’
Restoring the right to protest is intrinsic to any positive agenda of government
Past protests have led to powerful steps forward and shaped British history for the better.
First Past the Post is at the heart of a lack of trust in politics
In 2019, 71% of all votes cast had no impact on the outcome of the election, either because they went to candidates who lost, or went into padding the majorities of winning MPs.