tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post2062266829084692654..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: Thinking about reformTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-24703099226032468242009-05-22T16:09:10.588+01:002009-05-22T16:09:10.588+01:00Most of these ideas seem to come straight from the...Most of these ideas seem to come straight from the US system. Do they work particularly well there? The House of Representatives, in particular, doesn't seem to be held in very high regard by the American people.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187238468370381052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-72123372529034821092009-05-22T14:48:02.630+01:002009-05-22T14:48:02.630+01:00Can anybody post a in item on this blog or do you ...Can anybody post a in item on this blog or do you have to be a member of the inner circle with a PhD in political science and suitable contacts in high places to vouch for one?<br /><br />Anyway, as I don't knowingly have posting rights I'd like to post, for what it's worth, I tried to post what I had to say as a comment to this thread, but it went over the word limit and wasn't allowed. As a paid-up Fabian I think I have as much right to a voice as anybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-59962423453033231392009-05-21T17:27:06.233+01:002009-05-21T17:27:06.233+01:00"Reform the private members bill system. All MPs s..."Reform the private members bill system. All MPs should be allowed to propose legislation. Some kind of transparent filtering mechanism (probably involving select committees) should decide which bills go forward, and enough time should be allowed in the parliamentary schedule for these bills to have a realistic chance of becoming law. This would break the executive’s stranglehold on the parliamentary schedule. Bills could be co-sponsored to encourage bi-partisan solutions."<br /><br />I think it would be a good idea to use the system currently used for EDMs to let MPs display approval for business priorities... the bill with the most signatures goes forwards, budgets are automatically proposed...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801341846218646357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-59542240716984335362009-05-21T16:14:21.013+01:002009-05-21T16:14:21.013+01:00The first thing we should have is an English Parli...The first thing we should have is an English Parliament and Secretary of State for England to give England parity with the other home nations. <br /><br />To that end I hope you will sign the English Claim of Right.<br /><br />http://www.englishclaimofright.com/<br /><br />Lets have real constitutional reform that stops the people of England being second class citizens within the UK.FloTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17869774332551536232noreply@blogger.com