Special Episode: Democratic Yorkshire

In this special edition of The Hidden Power podcast for Democratic Yorkshire, Philip Tottenham talks with Ed Straw, and Professor Malcolm Prowle on the subject of the day and panacea England's ills - Regionalisation.

Talking Points:

- The experience of government: consultancy, Thatcher, Blair, powerlessness at the centre of power

- Problems with centralisation. How we experience it.

- Devolved parliaments and regions. Wales, Switzerland, Germany

- How this might look for Yorkshire. Some of the challenges and pitfalls.

- What’s the next step? Talking about it. Taking an interest. The long road ahead.

Links:

Wikipedia on Regionalism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)

Localism - a tangible route to Regionalisation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localism_(politics)#:~:text=Localism%20can%20also%20refer%20to,power%20becoming%20centralized%20over%20time.

From the time of the Scottish referendum on independence:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/17/scotland-independence-referendum-england-counties-devolution

Widely respected community action group Locality:

https://locality.org.uk/

Some links from Malcolm:

Has Devolution Worked - a 2019 Institute for Government report reflecting on the first Twenty years:

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/has-devolution-worked-essay-collection-FINAL.pdf

Some reflections on Government dysfunction (Malcolm Prowle, LinkedIn):

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7130931236369231874/

Ed Balls and others on regional inequality in the UK for the Centre for Economic Policy Research

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-tackle-uks-regional-economic-inequality-focus-stem-transport-and-innovation

From Ed:

Northern Independence Party:

https://www.freethenorth.co.uk/ourfuture

Charter to End Westminster Rule:

https://citizen-network.org/library/charter-to-end-westminster-rule.html

A Nation Trapped Inside England (YouTube):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=C2DFTj0Ot2o

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