🗣 'If anyone wants a system like the United States, then they need their heads examining.'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer , former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire, to launch a report on constitutional change and political reform that would spread power, wealth and opportunity across the UK. Picture date: Monday December 5, 2022.
The great success of Germany since the Second World War has been achieved, in part at least, because of their regional banking system which is, of course, local, not national.For there to be a massive shift in regeneration and renewal in those parts of our nation which need it most, we cannot rely on largesse from the centre, no matter how benign.
If local government is to be given both additional powers and greater responsibility, then skilling those with leadership potential is a vital pre-requisite.One of the reasons local government and democracy has been so diminished over the last decade is not just the denial of resource, but of powers and the capacity to respond.
Reflecting, more effectively, the regions and nations of the UK with a much smaller membership, and clearer powers and relationship with the House of Commons make sense.Yet, the paradox is that the House of Commons is supposed to “reflect” the regions and nations in a world where if we are frank, any system that sought to provide greater representation for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be at the expense of representation from England.
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