Reinventing Democracy: Improving British political governance90% 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.Table of Contents 3 min. summary Read an excerpt Public details and reviews of the book are here. Are you ready to reimagine the United Kingdom's governance? This book critically examines the current political governance system in the United Kingdom and suggests a major overhaul to bring it up-to-date. It calls for major reforms like implementing federalism, creating a written constitution, establishing a People's Council, and redefining the monarchy's role. It investigates the failures within the system, poor policy decisions, and the negative impacts of neo-liberal policies, proposing solutions to improve democracy, economic performance, and international status.
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Table of contentsPreface Summary of principal concepts 1 A country that has lost its way Uncomfortable truths Britain and Europe What rights do you have? What does the future hold? 2 Major UK policy failures The seven major mistakes The cumulative effect of policy failures Measures of living standards Privatisation The UK retail energy market Water Rail 3 The case for constitutional change What makes a society successful? The dead end of political evolution The road to British serfdom Other failures Closing ranks against the truth The democratic deficit Federal systems of governance Direct democracy Broader economic issues Overseas territories Linking the issues 4 Outline of a solution Learning from the gross mistake Sovereignty Compete, compromise, cooperate, consult The numerical dominance of England Central or local? Who pays the piper? International agreements Artificial intelligence and the tech industries What else? 5 The People’s Council Functions of the People’s Council Organisations forming the British state Truthfulness Requests for referendums Listening to the people Assent to legislation Ombudspersons The facts hub Referrals to the Constitutional Court Legislative mandates and venues The People's Assent Choosing and refreshing the People’s Council 1 The regulated group 2 The general group 3 The sortition group Leadership, building expertise, team work 6 The new governments Levels of governance and oversight United Kingdom responsibilities England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Overseas territories Regions The need for change Revenue and borrowing United Kingdom government revenue Revenues of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland Revenue sources for the regions Government borrowing User fees Wealth taxes Pensions, health care costs and social security Other changes that are needed 7 How change could be achieved England Scotland and Wales Northern Ireland Interpretation of preliminary results Adopting the new constitution Timeline 8 First draft constitution of the United Kingdom Notes The draft constitution Overseas territories of the United Kingdom Citizens The state and the citizen The law Social objectives Relations between the arms of government; financial equalisation; legal relations Foreign affairs Military, security, police, emergency services Culture, education, religion, charters Essential services and infrastructure Government accounts; the national debt; taxation Health care Business, the economy, common regulation and standards Pensions and benefits Elections to parliaments and local authorities Legislation Ombudspersons The People’s Council Membership of the People’s Council Honours Entry into force Changes to this Constitution Further transitional provisions The Constitutional Court Appendix A: The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Appendix B: Rights References Index (Print edition only)
Reinventing Democracy: Improving British political governance by David Kauders Print ISBN: 9781907230202 E-book: 9781907230226
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David Kauders FRSA was educated at Latymer Upper School, Jesus College Cambridge and Cranfield School of Management. He is an investment manager and author.
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