What we want now
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A written constitution
An end to monarchy
An elected head of state
A House of Commons elected by proportional representation
An elected, regionally representative Senate
State-funded political parties
A ban on corporate donations
Strict limits on individual donations
Proper regulation of think tanks and lobbyists
Proper controls on the media
An end to the honours system
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We need democracy without privilege
Politics for people
Funding the Future
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We need a welcoming country free from prejudice and discrimination.
Agreed
I would add: Publicly owned NHS, trains, and utilities.
I learned only yesterday of SubCos: NHS-owned private companies.
https://keepournhspublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SubCosBooklet2025-WEB-EMAIL-r-1-1.pdf
Sorry Bill, first and foremost its a macro problem so what we need is a welcoming world where country’s work together to create peace and stability. We need to restore the post World War 2 objective.
Of course that’s what we need and have needed for decades – pity there isn’t a hope in hell we will get it. The political parties – or rather ‘political factions’ are quite happy with the existing system of corruption from the top down.
Maybe the best battering ram would be to get ‘donations’ banned – through a campaign to ‘clean up politics’ maybe by the Greens. That could open up the way for some of the other things. But will they do it?
I have been a memember of republican organisations sincde 1988. I am not holding my breath yet.
I fear that the population at large has been fed a diet of bread and circuses (of which the monarchy and all that it entails has been the biggest circus of all) for so long that the bond looks impossible to break.
Perhaps the break up of the UK into its component countries would be a catalyst for a break with all that, but even then I think in the public mind these roots go extremely deep.
I don’t use social media except for YouTube and this blog, and now some other blogs I see through great links that people post here, such as “the nerve”. So I’m perhaps not best placed to comment, but this post would lend itself well to the clickbait YT numbered list format such as: 9 things you didn’t know about X or Y.
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State owned utility companies and railways.
We have 11 points, and some of these may not be independent of each other. Some obviously are; honours and moonarchy, eg. I don’t think it follows, for example, that getting proportional represntation would also involve limiting corporate donations. And, no matter how hard we tried, it’s hard to see this programme happening in less than 10-15 years. So where do you think we should start? What are the priorities? What should come first?
Whichever one you want.
Electoral reform related ones, probbaly + donations.