I have a proposal with regard to Parliament, the building itself and what should go on in there.
I think that the present Houses of Parliament, the Parliament building should be kept intact and opened as a museum – open to the public with free admission.
I propose an entirely new Parliament building be built in Hyde Park next to Speaker’s Corner – the bastion of Free Speech.
Maybe it should be called the General Assembly.
The main assembly hall of the building should be a C shaped design.
As for what happens in this new Parliament, the General Assembly. ….
There will be no Government – at least not as we know it nowadays.
The General Assembly itself will be the Government. It will be the ruling body.
All the Members of the General Assembly will be considered as being equal in status.
There will be no head of state, no Prime Minister, or President.
There will be no second chamber.
There will be no political parties.
All political parties will be banned.
Likewise, there will be no interest groups, or lobbyists allowed. Lobbying will be outlawed.
Members of the General Assembly will independent individuals, drawn from local communities who represent the interests of the people in that constituency. They will probably be people who are intelligent, honest, rounded, mature and well regarded, well respected in the community. They will act out of a sense of duty. They wish to serve their community and country to the best of their abilities.
They will need to sign a contract before becoming Members of the General Assembly. They must be made aware that if they do anything untoward, they will be prosecuted according to the terms of the contract. Punishments for transgressions will be severe, including life imprisonment.
Given the constraints placed upon them, it will perhaps be a job few people would be willing, or able to do.
Members of the General Assembly will have to be properly paid. They need to be recompensed for the sacrifices they will have made.
Members of the General Assembly will be entirely independent - free to vote on the issue put before General Assembly as they wish. They will vote according to their conscience.
Important issues will be properly and thoroughly debated in the General Assembly. Experts will be brought in to inform the General Assembly about all aspects of that issue. Each member of the assembly will then vote on the issue at hand. Laws will be enacted by majority decision.
All debates must be viewable by the public – so a channel should be devoted to this. Each and every debate had can therefore be then watched if people so wish. Everything will be totally transparent.
Each member of the General Assembly will based in London and have a counterpart who is based in the region whose role is to concern himself or herself with local issues.
Anyway, these are the bare bones of the matter. The finer details can be worked out at a later stage.
I will expand on this in the series I’m doing entitled, “Forgin
