Post in Request: What issue would you like to hold a public discussion about?

Apr 29 10:48 UTC

Yes agree - but I think the issue is larger than that - it relates to the over
centralisation of our political system - the downgrading (not to say at times
contempt)
for Local Government - the lack of real power and autonomy for local government
- the
rise of quangoes, "community decision making etc. etc. , which are less
accountable and,
usually less efficient than good local government - the crisis of financing
local
government and of finding a fair funding system, which every Government has
irresponsibly shied away from (at the same time as loading more and more things
on to LG
and then blaming them for "over spending) - The way central Government and the
media see
local government simply as a managing agency for central government etc. etc.

  All this leads to disaffection with local government from the very people it
should be
serving .

On a different tack , I would also like to see a discussion on voting systems
and
proportional representation - don't think it would be a pancea, but might move
us off
the constitutional crisis and democratic stalemate we are in presently.