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Matthew Flinders and David Blunkett

About Matthew Flinders and David Blunkett

Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield and Professor of Politics in Practice, University of Sheffield respectively

Time to ditch algorithmic government

November 15, 2020 by Matthew Flinders and David Blunkett Leave a Comment

‘The UK has, as Peter Hennessy has eloquently warned, a constitution that relies on the “good chaps theory of government”. That structure now looks incredibly vulnerable when faced with a prime minister and key advisers who reject the rules, lack self-restraint and engage in populist posturing. The result is sacrificial statecraft wrapped around a naive vision of populist technology. Ditch it now.’

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