Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label Ian Kennedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Kennedy. Show all posts

Thursday, December 12, 2013

MPs' pay: rejection of Ipsa proposals would be a disaster, watchdog warns

Sir Ian Kennedy, the chair of the independent watchdog on MPs' pay, has warned it would be a disaster if political pressure led to parliament rejecting his package of proposals including an 11% pay rise.

Writing in the Times, he said: "I know there is a tension between the reasoning and the politics, but we were asked to fix the problem for a generation, not for a news cycle. That is what we have done.

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