Quote: Sal Paradise " Have you ever tried to get the train from Leeds to London in a morning? There are a few more than the local MPs travelling. If you want to decentralise then you have to give the biggest city in the country swift access to the regions otherwise you will stifle it. '"
I haven’t and I’m not saying it is easy. However, my guess is that more people suffer more often on local lines doing daily commutes - and it could be improved relatively cheaply. I’m taking inspiration from a Dispatches on Channel 4 from a few weeks ago. Fair though
Quote: Sal Paradise " I agree with the second point. '"
We’re off.
Quote: Sal Paradise " My two points
For the NHS, moving away from comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery is a hard sell to snowflakes - and the wider public, I reckon. There’s always been a bit of wriggle around ‘comprehensive’ and even ‘free’. However, initially it looks like a right wing policy for the right wing choir. Happy to hear more if I’ve missed your point.
Your second point is more interesting to me. Are you imagining a looser federation or commonwealth of nations rather than the current Union? How much autonomy would the individual countries have? How would joint decisions be made? I’d suggest [ireplacing[/i the Lords, but yeah - constitutional reform works.