Richard Murphy is absolutely right. If the Left adopts MMT as its macroeconomic framework it will find its arguments are much easier to make. Neoliberalism cannot be defeated by operating inside it.

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How To Improve The UK: Parliament

9. One group that Parliament severely lacks are working-class MPs. We would introduce a Representative Democracy Reform Act with rising quotas and implement the Sutton Trust’s recommendations to...

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8. There is a major problem with toxic work culture. Bullying, harassment, and sexism still persist despite numerous instances being reported which is unacceptable. Every other workplace has...

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Parliament | People Power Parliament is an archaic institution that is out of touch with ordinary people and modern customs, and needs to be updated in order to better reflect modern life. Its working practices and customs…

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7. The oath of allegiance that MPs swear should be to their constituents, not to the monarch. We literally had a civil war about whether Parliament should be subservient to the Crown.

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Parliament | People Power Parliament is an archaic institution that is out of touch with ordinary people and modern customs, and needs to be updated in order to better reflect modern life. Its working practices and customs…

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6. Experiment with changing the seating layout to a semicircle as studies show that face-to-face seating encourages adversarial and combative behaviour.

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A really useful video about some of the options available to us if we admitted the truth about how the UK economy actually functions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufst...

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Parliament | People Power Parliament is an archaic institution that is out of touch with ordinary people and modern customs, and needs to be updated in order to better reflect modern life. Its working practices and customs…

How To Improve The UK: Parliament

5. Debates should not be allowed to become theatrical performances with MPs shaking papers and braying like donkeys. It is embarrassing to watch professional representatives acting like children.

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4. Select committees should be given more power to summon witnesses, task them with evidence-based lawmaking, and hold ministers to account if they cannot provide reputable sourcing for their claims.

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Parliament | People Power Parliament is an archaic institution that is out of touch with ordinary people and modern customs, and needs to be updated in order to better reflect modern life. Its working practices and customs…

How To Improve The UK: Parliament

3. The Executive currently dominates the Parliamentary agenda and backbench MPs have little input. There should be more Opposition Days and be expanded to include backbenchers as well.

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Parliament | People Power Parliament is an archaic institution that is out of touch with ordinary people and modern customs, and needs to be updated in order to better reflect modern life. Its working practices and customs…

How To Improve The UK: Parliament

2. The formal language expected from MPs in the chamber e.g. “my (Right) Honourable Friend” or referring to the House of Lords as “the Other Place” etc. is pompous archaic theatre that...

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2/ ...the number of late-night sittings (dependent on the urgency of the issue), and allow remote or proxy voting for MPs with caring/parental responsibilities.

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