"Who are the remaining radicals in British political life who will take on the task of reform?"
Thee, me, the majority of the Lib Dems, some Tories (not many, but they're there) and a lot more Labour members than you'd expect. They came to power promising radical constitutional reform. But constitutional reform doesn't sell newspapers, so doesn't get headlines, so the spin machine dumped it.
We need to prove there are votes in it. I think, if L-C is to do anything, it needs to be a publicity machine for existing reforms, and a discussion forum for different ideas, a meeting point.
I need to get over my personal problems and start getting really involved, may need to wait until August unfortunately (work). We'll get there.
Excellend post by the way, pretty much agree with most of it, have linked.
Wonder if we can get that much devolution through? Incidentally, not sure devolution is the right word, "power devolved is power retained" as the saying goes.
Yes, but it needs to be something other than a talking shop too. That's why I think the Constitution is so important. If you could get backing for a finished text from other organisations then you might be getting somewhere. I don't think we are likely to get much support from the political classes. As I mention in the post, there are few radicals left in political life now.
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