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Topic for July/August - Government in the 21st Century
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The following is an outline Agenda the Deep Thought Pie and Pint Group are using to discuss this topic.
Any thoughts and comments on any aspect are welcome. You may even like to use it as an agenda for your own Pie and Pint group.
Topic
How should Government (and UK Democracy) change to be fit for purpose in the 21st century?
What should ‘Governing for all’ mean in practice?
Agenda
Level of democracy we have
How can we as individuals influence Government?
How much does our vote count?
How well are we represented?
Is the party system a good or bad thing?
Is the adversarial system in parliament a good thing?
Diversity in Parliament
Short-term v long-term government
What do we like about the current system? What don’t we like? Are there attributes we would like to see?
How should ‘Government for all’ actually manifest itself?
How well does it cope in a technological age?
Parliament, Government, Lords, Civil Service
Is this competitive with a system like China’s
Quality of Decision Making and Speed of action of Government
Other
Financial Management and Accountability
Govt. and Media
Quangos
Relationship between Unions and Government
Political lobbying
London centricity
This post was edited by Tony Clack at July 10, 2018 11:21 AM BST -
The Output of the Deep Thought Pie and Pint Group is now available at:
http://www.probably42.net/documents/2/35/government-in-the-21st-century
Do add your comments.