Let’s Rethink Parliament: The Momentum Mismatch Committees are designed for serious scrutiny — but often operate under pressure. This post explores how time, urgency, and momentum quietly sideline them..
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Let’s Rethink Parliament: The Silent Engine
Let’s Rethink Parliament: The Silent Engine. Committees are where Parliament slows down to think. This post explores how they work, why they matter, and why they’re often overlooked.
Let’s Rethink Parliament: Outcomes Over Optics
Let’s Rethink Parliament: Outcomes, Not Optics. Parliament is highly visible — but its most important outcomes are often quiet. This post asks what gets lost when optics crowd out stewardship.
Let’s Rethink Parliament: The Transparency Trap
Let’s Rethink Parliament: The Transparency Trap. Cameras brought transparency to Parliament — but also changed how work is seen and rewarded. This post asks what that’s done to time, focus, and outcomes.
Let’s Rethink Parliament: The MP’s Invisible Workload
Let’s Rethink Parliament: Not All MPs Work the Same Way — And We All Pretend They Do. Some MPs are highly visible, others work quietly. This post explores why Parliament struggles to talk about contribution — and what that does to trust.
Let’s Rethink Parliament: How Often Does Parliament Really Sit?
The House of Commons sits around 150 days a year. That scarcity quietly shapes behaviour, incentives, and how politics actually works.
Let’s Rethink Parliament: What is Parliament Actually For?
Parliament has always changed — often reluctantly, often under pressure. So why does change now feel taboo? This is the start of a series asking what Parliament is really for, and how its incentives shape behaviour over time.
Let’s Rethink Parliament: Change Is the Tradition
Parliament has always changed — often reluctantly, often under pressure. So why does change now feel taboo? This is the start of a series asking what Parliament is really for, and how its incentives shape behaviour over time.
Lets Re-Rethink HealthCare: let’s revisit what we proposed — and see if housing might have the cure.
Lets Re-Rethink HealthCare: let’s revisit what we proposed — and see if housing might have the cure.
When we finished Let’s Rethink Health, we didn’t pretend the NHS was broken because people didn’t care.
We were clear that:
staff care
patients care
and most policy intent is, broadly, well-meaning
The problem wasn’t values.
It was how the system is asked to function.
Lets Rethink Housing: Surely we can do something now? Without new laws?
Lets Rethink Housing: Surely we can do something now? Without new laws?
So let’s imagine this has gone well.
We’ve got a solid idea.
We’ve persuaded a government to back it.
The legislation is being drafted.
The machinery is grinding into life.
Which means — realistically — we’re waiting.
Not months.
Years.
And while all that process is happening, another question naturally pops up:
Is there anything we could start doing now, using the laws and powers we already have?
