The Great Reformer – Deluded, Gordon Brown
Was it only two days ago Gordon told us how he was the great reformer of Parliament and his deluded, grandiose plans for reform with the introduction of AV voting. There he was telling us in his speech at the IPPR
He said:
“I believe that the choice before us is clear: Whether we advance towards a new politics, where individuals have more say and more control over their lives or whether – by doing nothing, or by design – we retreat into a discredited old politics, leaving power concentrated in the hands of the old elites.”
The PM said the agenda for a new politics would revolve around two fundamental debates about change:
- How the Government distributes power between individuals,neighbourhoods, regions and the centre; and
- How the Government restores the legitimacy, credibility and effectiveness of parliament, through reform of the unelected House of Lords, a new electoral system for the House of Commons, and a public life that starts to reflect the dynamism and diversity of Britain
So two days later we hear that this was obviously a man deluded as his government were now ratting on a concrete promise on a date for the Commons to vote on the recommendations of the Wright Committee on Reform of the House of Commons.
According to Martin Salter in the article
Time and time again, Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman have stated their commitment to Parliamentary reform as a means, especially following the expenses scandal, of helping restore trust in our political system. But yet again, the business managers and the whips are doing all they can to put the breaks on these urgent reforms by insisting on a bizarre procedural motion that means that the recommendation will fall if a single Member yells “object”. No doubt a suitable stooge can be prevailed upon to oblige them.
Martin, is of course, another Labour MP who is standing down this year.
This is, I think, about the fifth proposal that Gordon has made this week, that has almost instantly turned to nothing. He is either completely delusional or just plain bonkers.
Time for a Change.
Harriet Harman bottles it on parliamentary reform – Telegraph Blogs.
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