Reinventing Democracy
Improving British political governanceBy David Kauders
Length4h 15m
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
Length4 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 28, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TABLES
2FIGURES
3ABOUT THE AUTHOR
4BY THE SAME AUTHOR
5ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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6PREFACE: WHAT CAN BE DONE?
7INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION
81 A COUNTRY THAT HAS LOST ITS WAY
9UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS
10BRITAIN AND EUROPE
11WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE?
12WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
132 MAJOR UK POLICY FAILURES
14THE SEVEN MAJOR MISTAKES
15THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF POLICY FAILURES
16PRIVATISATION
17The British retail energy market
18Water
19Rail
203 THE CASE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
21PEOPLE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENTS
22WHAT MAKES A SOCIETY SUCCESSFUL?
23THE DEAD-END OF POLITICAL EVOLUTION: The road to serfdom
24OTHER FAILURES
25CLOSING RANKS AGAINST THE TRUTH
26THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT
27FEDERAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE
28BORDERS
29DIRECT DEMOCRACY: Broader economic issues
30OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
31LINKING THE ISSUES
324 OUTLINE OF A SOLUTION
33LEARNING FROM THE GROSS MISTAKE
34SOVEREIGNTY
35COMPETE, COMPROMISE, COOPERATE, AND CONSULT
36THE NUMERICAL DOMINANCE OF ENGLAND
37CENTRAL OR LOCAL? WHO PAYS THE PIPER?
38INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
39ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE TECH INDUSTRIES
40WHAT ELSE?
415 THE PEOPLE’S COUNCIL
42INVERTING THE STRUCTURE OF POWER
43FUNCTIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S COUNCIL
44Organisations Forming the British state
45Truthfulness and standards
46Requests for referendums
47Listening to the people
48Assent to legislation
49Ombudspersons
50The facts hub
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