I am pleased to be taking part in this event organised by West Country Voices:
As the blurb says:
The bills currently going through parliament and the planned assaults on our human rights seem to be all part of an erosion of our democracy, our access to justice and our ability to hold our politicians to account.
Are we right to feel that democracy is in danger? If we are, what can we do to arrest the process? How do we raise awareness of the issues with our fellow citizens? How do we counter the narrative spewed out by this government and the mainstream media?
Our panel will help us to navigate the issues facing the UK: Peter Jukes, founder of the truth-telling, mould-breaking investigative paper, Byline Times; Molly Scott Cato, former MEP for the SouthWest, green economist and democracy champion; Naomi Smith, chief executive of the civil society campaign, Best for Britain; and Richard Murphy, academic, columnist and hard-hitting critic of the current government's policies on his blog and social media.
Free tickets are available here.
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The hour maybe later than we think on this question I’m afraid.
An awful lot of damage has been done to democratic and political institutions already.
I agree, PSR, but perhaps better late than never? Unless it is too late, of course. And I wonder how many feel it just might be too little, too late. I’m not sure I think that, yet.
My comment is not advocating not bothering; all I’m doing is squaring up to the reality.
As a result of the Iraq war, the infrastructure to curb our ability to hold any Government in this country accountable was laid down then. And I’m not the only one who knows that but sometimes it feels like it.
Whether at central Government level, local Government and in business, even amongst families, this country has a problem with dealing with things honestly, ethically etc.
It has/we have become a truly unprincipled society.
Thanks Richard, this sounds really important and interesting.