Yes Claire, we definitely do need to tackle the Quangocracy. Not only is it unaccountable, it is inefficient and ineffective. Blair used to talk about joined-up government but single issue quangos are the opposite. Ofgem wants energy bills to come down, the Climate Change Committee is quite happy for them to go up. Ofwat wants the water companies to build more reservoirs, the Environment Agency says they can't.
Perhaps we can leverage the current row over the Sentencing Council to get some traction on the problem.
Thank you so much for the hard work you do, Claire and not least for being so open about the issues - the unelected House of Lords is a travesty in a democracy but I'm glad you're in it!
I despair, how the hell has our world been turned upside down so fast. Starmer is just the latest iteration of someone obtaining power then shafting those that gave him that power (I was not one btw). He’s betrayed the trust of the nation and therefore needs to go as he cannot be trusted with the power invested in him. His pants are on permanent fire, nothing he says bears any resemblance to the truth…and as for him saying we have free speech in the Oval Office, it was cringeworthy. Such an obvious lie in front of JD Vance who knows it’s a lie. He’s a dangerous yet pathetic clown!
Yes Claire, we definitely do need to tackle the Quangocracy. Not only is it unaccountable, it is inefficient and ineffective. Blair used to talk about joined-up government but single issue quangos are the opposite. Ofgem wants energy bills to come down, the Climate Change Committee is quite happy for them to go up. Ofwat wants the water companies to build more reservoirs, the Environment Agency says they can't.
Perhaps we can leverage the current row over the Sentencing Council to get some traction on the problem.
Thank you so much for the hard work you do, Claire and not least for being so open about the issues - the unelected House of Lords is a travesty in a democracy but I'm glad you're in it!
Great stuff. Thanks, Claire.
I despair, how the hell has our world been turned upside down so fast. Starmer is just the latest iteration of someone obtaining power then shafting those that gave him that power (I was not one btw). He’s betrayed the trust of the nation and therefore needs to go as he cannot be trusted with the power invested in him. His pants are on permanent fire, nothing he says bears any resemblance to the truth…and as for him saying we have free speech in the Oval Office, it was cringeworthy. Such an obvious lie in front of JD Vance who knows it’s a lie. He’s a dangerous yet pathetic clown!
Thank you.
I would like to share this piece by Iain McGilchrist.
It sums up my feelings about our current predicaments.
https://open.substack.com/pub/iainmcgilchrist/p/laughter-in-heaven?r=ylgqf&utm_medium=ios