Tag: public consultation

Political Governance

Downing Street Launches Five-Year Plan to Make Next Tax Increase Feel Like Childhood Memory

Vivienne Pratfall

Government hopes sufficiently early warnings will transform future fiscal pain into warm nostalgia involving grandparents, school holidays and vaguely remembered Treasury consultations LONDON – Downing Street has unveiled a pioneering five-year programme designed to announce future tax increases so far in advance that citizens will eventually remember them with the hazy affection normally reserved for childhood summers. “Remember when they first mentioned the social-care levy?” “Was that before Sophie started…

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Why Pubs Make Sense

Morag Sinclair

Why Pubs Make More Sense Than Most Governments A Comparative Study of Leadership, Accountability, and Last Orders Clear Leadership Structures: Who’s Pulling the Pints? Pubs have clear leadership. You know who’s in charge because they’re standing behind the bar, controlling the taps, and giving you that look that says they’ve heard your excuse before. Governments often can’t identify who’s in charge without consulting three ministers, a permanent secretary, and someone’s memoirs. Instant…

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Northeast Voters Always Say “NO”!

Caitlin Moran

Northeast Celebrates 1,000 Years Of Consistently Rejecting Terrible Ideas And Voting No on Dumb Referendums is a GOOD thing! NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND — Historians, political scientists, and several confused civil servants gathered this week to celebrate the enduring legacy of the North East of England, a region whose voters have achieved something almost unheard of in modern democracy: occasionally reading government proposals before voting on them. The anniversary is being marked by…