“Ursula #vonderLeyen faces blowback over diplomatic ‘overreach’…
She’s repeatedly staked out public positions that go well beyond the consensus between the bloc’s members”
Don’t exceed your brief, Ursula.
#Iran #Ukraine #Trump #BoardofPeace #Kallas #DemocraticDeficit
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Elections without meaningful authority cannot substitute genuine self-governance. Political participation in Kashmir remains symbolic, not substantive.
#SelfGovernance #DemocraticDeficit #Kashmir
stratheia.com/human-rights...
Chichester residents have been denied our vote for the second year running by West Sussex County Council! We object to this #DemocraticDeficit.
Without ideology, politicians chase power, voters chase patrons, and democracy loses direction. Pakistan needs convictions, not scripted slogans.
By Faizan Shaukat
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/17-Jan-2026/...
#PoliticalIdeology #DemocraticDeficit #GovernanceCrisis #Accountability
When politics runs on slogans instead of principles, accountability collapses and governance drifts. Pakistan’s crisis is ideological before it is electoral.
By Faizan Shaukat
Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Jan-2026/...
#PoliticalIdeology #DemocraticDeficit #GovernanceCrisis #Accountability
Pakistan’s problem is not the absence of elections—but the absence of civilian control over real power.
#CivilianSupremacy #DemocraticDeficit #PakistanPolitics
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If there were awards for systemic flaws in our political system I think Premiers & PMs being able to unilaterally decide what electoral reform will look like or in this case whether it happens at all would win top prizes in the #conflictofinterest and #democraticdeficit categories.
#MorganMcSweeney
#DemocraticDeficit
#CorruptPoliticans
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-most-p...
Peter Oborne
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/the-...
29/31 The approach creates significant democratic deficit, eroding public trust by feigning consultation while pursuing fixed agenda.
It substitutes propaganda for evidence-based policy.
#DemocraticDeficit
What a great Nation Scotland is. Couldn't be more different from England. Both countries have very different values but Scotland gets what England wants. How fair is that? This "Union" is not good for Scotland. #democraticdeficit #scottishindependence
In Doncaster and North Tyneside the new mayors were each backed by just over 10% of the electorate. #DemocraticDeficit
The new (Labour) Mayor of the West of England Combined Authority has won the backing of 7.5% of the electorate… #DemocraticDeficit
Poll: American Institutions? 1 in 5 Say "Let Them Burn" (Dec. 31, 2024) www.apmresearchlab.org/motn/poll-am... #ConstitutionalCrisis #DemocraticDeficit
Turkey’s Climate Law is being written.
But where are the people?
Where are the youth, farmers, unions, local voices?
Who is this law really for?
#DemocraticDeficit #CallToThought
Turkey’s Climate Law is being written.
But where are the people?
Where are the youth, farmers, unions, local voices?
Who is this law really for?
#DemocraticDeficit #CallToThought
#BigMoney
#Plutocracy
#WhenMoneyTalks
#DemocraticDeficit
#CorruptPoliticians
#CaptiveState
#Integrity
#Honesty
#Transparency
#NolanPrinciples
@brumlabour.bsky.social
@bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social
@brumcjc.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/is-this-mill...
#HS2GravyTrain
#Ecocide
#DemocraticDeficit
#InstitutionalCorruption
#CaptiveState
#ProfitBeforePeopleAndPlanet
HS2 may have reduced the planned number of HGVs using Dobbins Lane but residents are still furious
www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/politic...
It would solve a few problems, temporarily, until the problems it doesn't solve overwhelm us.
#ClimateChange
#BiodiversityCrash
#InequalityWidening
#DemocraticDeficit
With apologies to Paul McCartney and John Lennon and thanks to Laura Manston
#EnglishDevolution #DemocraticDeficit
A statement from me on the attempts by Surrey County Council to evade democratic accountability by postponing the 2025 local elections.
#DemocraticDeficit #Democracy #LocalGovernmentReform #NotInMyName
1. The Seven Principles of Public Life The Seven Principles of Public Life (also known as the Nolan Principles) apply to anyone who works as a public office-holder. This includes all those who are elected or appointed to public office, nationally and locally, and all people appointed to work in the Civil Service, local government, the police, courts and probation services, non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), and in the health, education, social and care services. All public office-holders are both servants of the public and stewards of public resources. The principles also apply to all those in other sectors delivering public services. 1.1 Selflessness Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. 1.2 Integrity Holders of public office must avoid placing themselves under any obligation to people or organisations that might try inappropriately to influence them in their work. They should not act or take decisions in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends. They must declare and resolve any interests and relationships. 1.3 Objectivity Holders of public office must act and take decisions impartially, fairly and on merit, using the best evidence and without discrimination or bias. 1.4 Accountability Holders of public office are accountable to the public for their decisions and actions and must submit themselves to the scrutiny necessary to ensure this. 1.5 Openness Holders of public office should act and take decisions in an open and transparent manner. Information should not be withheld from the public unless there are clear and lawful reasons for so doing. 1.6 Honesty Holders of public office should be truthful. 1.7 Leadership Holders of public office should exhibit these principles in their own behaviour and treat others with respect. They should actively promote and robustly support the principles and challenge poor behaviour wherever it occurs.
Institutional Corruption in Keir Starmer’s ToryLite, Centrist Labour, Food Bank Britain is the gift that keeps on and keeps on … taking … the p*ss
#DemocraticDeficit
#Oligarchy
#CorruptPoliticians
#LabourFriendsOfApartheid
#LabourFriendsOfGenocide
#TheWindsors
#CharlesWindsor
#InstitutionalCorruption
#BritishClassSystem
#FeudalValues
#DemocraticDeficit
#BillionaireClass
#FoodBankBritain
www.republic.org.uk
#SocialJustice
#Equity
#TheWindsors
#InstitutionalCorruption
#FeudalValues
#DemocraticDeficit
#ProfitBeforePeopleAndPlanet
#FoodBankBritain
#TheWindsors
#FeudalValues
#CorporatePillaging
#InstitutionalCorruption
#FoodBankBritain
#DemocraticDeficit
www.republic.org.uk
#TheWindsors
#FeudalValues
#CorporatePillaging
#InstitutionalCorruption
#FoodBankBritain
#DemocraticDeficit
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Balance showing old papers in an anarchic way.
Please repost my articles for #MaximumReach, we need to get rid of that #DemocraticDeficit hitting the U.S. and Europe! Let's build #equilibrium and #momentum together!
