Posted by Richard D North under Dare to be dull / Post-Bureaucratic world on 5 April 2011. No comments.
After a year in power, Cameron is now governing like Tony Blair. That’s to say, his use of the levers of power is increasingly bunkered in Number 1o, with message control and management of ministers and Whitehall by party trusties. Here’s an assessment of how it happened. More »
Posted by Richard D North under Post-Bureaucratic world / The Political Class on 1 March 2010. No comments.
Michael Cockerell’s BBC TV shows on the three Great Offices of State are a sad and not very useful commentary on the state of national debate. Here’s a proposal. More »
Posted by Richard D North under Dare to be dull / Post-Bureaucratic world on 5 November 2009. No comments.
Making government better by making it businesslike has a certain appeal. The trick is not to confuse policy with delivery. More »
Posted by Richard D North under Dare to be dull / Post-Bureaucratic world on 7 September 2009. No comments.
There is fresh and useful interest in improving the way a Prime Minister should engage with the Cabinet, and through the Cabinet with the Civil Service. By the way, hardly anyone is being too nostalgic for an imagined golden yesteryear. Here are some of the signs. More »
Posted by Richard D North under 'Power To The People!' / Dare to be dull / Death of ideology / Post-Bureaucratic world on 6 June 2009. No comments.
Here’s a quick guide to Parliamentary Reform
It’s in two parts (after v brief remarks by MBG editor):
(1) Current proposals for the reform of Parliament
(2) Some shakers and movers on the reform of Parliament
Posted by Richard D North under Dare to be dull / Death of ideology / Post-Bureaucratic world on 28 October 2008. No comments.
In the post-ideological world, political parties have a clear choice. Robbed of the chance to pretend to want to change the world, parties need to convince the voters they are managerially sound. That, or offer to be sexy, smooth, celebrity types – in the manner of Blair. Likewise, they can offer proper government or insist on ruling informally from a sofa in The Den at Number 10. Where are the Tories in this game? More »
