The impenetrable British constitution gives the winning party unlimited power with few constraints. Labour are likely to struggle to fix the mess caused by decades of failed policies, impacting every walk of life: law, economics, finance, health, society, diplomacy are all affected.
A new book offers a vision for a better future, with key changes including:
A federal structure, one federal parliament and four national legislatures, replacing absolute central power by dispersed power.Federal responsibilities to be mainly defence, foreign affairs, the currency, trade, and common standards.The people of each of the four nations would be sovereign in everything else.Replace the Privy Council, House of Lords and enquiry functions of the Commons by a strong, apolitical People’s Council able to investigate any part of the State and force change.There should be a written, comprehensible, constitution that encourages consensus, and has clear objectives. The book includes a draft – t..
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