Sue Gray announces the introduction of citizen's juries aimed to 'bypass Whitehall', sparking a contentious debate. Critics argue that these assemblies risk undermining the sovereignty of Parliament, especially after the UK's departure from the EU. Opinions suggest that Labour's proposal to implement these juries is seen as an abdication of responsibility, allowing politicians to avoid making difficult decisions and giving a semblance of legitimacy to unpopular policies. Concerns are also raised about the democratic integrity of these juries, described as undemocratic, with suggestions that they may be undemocratically selected and could serve to further exclude the public from political decision-making.
Translation: Carefully appointed ‘citizens assemblies’ will be used give a veneer of legitimacy to policies too unpopular/ridiculous to win a referendum or risk being included in an election manifesto. https://t.co/x5S5VxUKfS
Labour will further exclude the public from political decision-making by outsourcing policy to unelected panels of people, who will be tortured into submitting to the will of the fake experts that will bore them close to death, before providing them with rigged questions, and… https://t.co/vWGItBvLMt
Politicians get to pick the question and the juries Beloved by the middle classes as they will be disproportionately selected and no doubt paid for the privilege They are a system to allow politicians to avoid taking ownership of decisions Undemocratic in the extreme https://t.co/rbpYmko9ew
We already have this, it's called Parliament. https://t.co/oRsBU27Jfd
I mean we literally have a Parliament already. Abrogating responsibility rather than taking the hard responsible decisions is clearly the Labour way. https://t.co/83w9gwcCfz
We do not need “citizens assemblies”. We do not need anything else - least of all dubious self-selecting ochlocratic groups to ‘decide’ (?) issues - that waters down Parliament. Now we’ve left the EU, our Parliament is sovereign. Yet again Labour wants to outsource responsibility https://t.co/7ofOYBfsHv
Sue Gray announces citizen’s juries that will ‘bypass Whitehall’ - positive if used effectively and government appreciates Comms challenge associated with them https://t.co/8DD4x2q6Ni