Reinventing Democracy
Improving British political governanceBy David Kauders
Length3h 53m
About this audiobook
90% of electors want political reform. But how to escape the mess? Britain should adopt a federal structure with a written constitution and an elected apolitical People's Council replacing autocratic and ineffective bodies.
The result of "Take back control", "Get Brexit done", and "Change"
2024: We wanted change, but got new faces peddling the same old, same old...
2026: What we want is better public services, rising living standards (and please fix the potholes).
Why do we have to vote for tribes making empty promises, or often, tactically against the worst option?
Scotland and Wales are utterly fed up with England.
The obvious problem is excessive central control by the London elite.
The reasons for failure:
a. The governance system that emerged over three centuries ago cannot cope with the complex 21st century, now revealed by Brexit.
b. No channels for upward communication, inability to listen to the people.
c. Endless campaigns are permitted to let off steam, but are invariably ignored while conditions deteriorate.
Example: the suffragettes took a century to gain the vote.
d. The entire premise of neoliberalism, which has resulted in people working harder and longer for less reward.
How to fix it all? A written constitution for a federal and regional UK:
Benefits
of a federal UK with regional powers:
1.
Power devolved to the lowest level, no more absolute power to force anything through a central parliament.
2.
Tax raising and expenditure combined, needs mutual financial support instead of specific funds to buy off the latest complaints (such as the latest pothole fund).
3.
People more involved in our democracy, but this requires prohibition of character assassination.
4.
People should vote for policies, not images. Needs a law that all communications be "fair, clear, and not misleading".
5.
Reduced patronage, less scope for rip-off financial engineering, policy divergence becomes possible, resulting in a more contented people.
Audiobook details
GenrePolitics and Government
Length3 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 28, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
42What else?
2Tables
435 The People’s Council
3About the author
44Functions of the People’s Council
4By the same author
45Organisations forming the British State
5Acknowledgements
46Truthfulness and standards
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6About this pdf
47Requests for referendums
7Dedication
48Listening to the people
8Preface
49Assent to legislation
9Summary of principal concepts
50Ombudspersons
101 A country that has lost its way
51The facts hub
11Uncomfortable truths
52Referrals to the Constitutional Court
12Britain and Europe
53Legislative mandates and venues: The people’s assent
13What rights do you have?
54Choosing and refreshing the People’s Council
14What does the future hold?
551. The regulated group
152 Major UK policy failures
562. The general group
16The seven major mistakes
573. The sortition group
17The cumulative effect of policy failures
58Leadership, building expertise, teamwork
18Measures of living standards
596 The new governments
19Privatisation
60Levels of governance and oversight
20The UK retail energy market
61United Kingdom responsibilities
21Water
62England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and overseas territories
22Rail
63Regions
233 The case for constitutional change
64The need for change
24What makes a society successful?
65Revenue and borrowing
25The dead-end of political evolution: The road to British serfdom
66United Kingdom government revenue
26Other failures
67Revenues of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
27Closing ranks against the truth
68Revenue sources for the regions
28The democratic deficit
69Government borrowing
29Federal systems of governance
70User fees
30Borders
71Wealth taxes
31Direct democracy: Broader economic issues
72Pensions, healthcare costs, and social security
32Overseas territories
73Other changes that are needed
33Linking the issues
747 How change could be achieved
344 Outline of a solution
75England
35Learning from the gross mistake
76Scotland and Wales
36Sovereignty
77Northern Ireland
37Compete, compromise, cooperate, and consult
78Interpretation of preliminary results
38The numerical dominance of England
79Adopting the new constitution
39Central or local? Who pays the piper?
80Timeline
40International agreements
81Appendix A: The Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
41Artificial intelligence and the tech industries
82Appendix B: Rights
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