Great analysis of the challenges facing Whitehall and government Ministers. Will they listen? We may allow ourselves a small glimmer of hope - after all, the new PM is at heart a public servant, and so is his Chief of Staff!
Sadly I suspect your final paragraph is bang on... policy civil servants don't like democracy - which exemplifies why we need deep reform of the Civil Service. And politicians mostly desire "power", not the privilege of representing their constituents, which is why we need deep reform of our so-called "democracy". PR would be a small step, but in today's connected world there are no barriers to Direct Democracy except the resistance from politicians and policy civil servants who would be disempowered.
Great analysis of the challenges facing Whitehall and government Ministers. Will they listen? We may allow ourselves a small glimmer of hope - after all, the new PM is at heart a public servant, and so is his Chief of Staff!
Sadly I suspect your final paragraph is bang on... policy civil servants don't like democracy - which exemplifies why we need deep reform of the Civil Service. And politicians mostly desire "power", not the privilege of representing their constituents, which is why we need deep reform of our so-called "democracy". PR would be a small step, but in today's connected world there are no barriers to Direct Democracy except the resistance from politicians and policy civil servants who would be disempowered.