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Still too much top down: stakeholders queuing up to demand consultation

A month ago, we published a Briefing Paper entitled Exit from Lockdown: the case for consultation. In it, we made the case for decision-makers at both central and local levels to engage and consult on issues which affect millions of people. It acknowledged the difficulties; the need for speed, the challenging trade-offs, and the inevitable winners […]

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The resurgence of the experts? What impact on consultations?

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Right in the middle of the current health emergency, many commentators have observed that at a time of national crisis, people tend to cling to the words of people they believe to be ‘experts’. It is worth recalling that a few years ago, a leading politician claimed that we had all had rather too much of ‘experts’ and

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Citizens’ Assemblies – the best form of co-production?

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Citizens’ Assemblies have become extraordinarily popular. And rightly so. Trust in elected bodies – Parliamentary or Municipal is at a low ebb. Campaigners for causes like social care, public transport or climate change believe that politicians just cannot deliver. And, it’s a wonderful way to respond to growing public expectations for greater participation – fuelled

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The spectre of inequality

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Consultation as one of the ways to address Yuval Hariri’s latest warnings. Consultation professionals are essentially concerned with process. We are not supposed to be pursuing our own political, social or economic agendas. Our role is to facilitate informed debate, though, over the years, many have argued that improved education, liberal values and the wisdom

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A decade of debate?

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Is The Economist right to be optimistic about technology? Every so often, The Economist publishes one of its weighty editorials, designed for maximum influence, and chose the imminent start of the ‘Twenties’ decade to discuss Pessimism v progress. Summarising crudely, its argument goes as follows:- There’s a lot of techno-pessimism. “The new technologies that dominated the last decade seem to

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“Get Xmas Done!!”

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

“For goodness sake, just get Xmas done!” “We’re fed up. For months, we’ve heard little else.” “No ifs; no but’s. Let’s stick to the agreed date.” “December 25th it is. If it can’t be done by then, our leader will die in a ditch rather than extend it by a single date.” “And as for

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The end of Tokenism

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

If consultation standards have risen, who should take the credit? This is a Summary of Rhion Jones’ address to the LG Comms conference in Manchester on November 6th Back in 1969, an American academic called Sherry Arnstein published a Ladder of Participation which, to our dismay, has been taught in colleges and universities to this

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How objective can you be in consultations?

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Can consultees ever provide you with unbiased opinions? Last week, we were approached by someone working in the NHS, seeking advice about the wisdom of consulting the public about the location of a new facility. Apparently, there were two viable options, but, paraphrasing a little, the suggestion was that consultee views would merely reflect their postcodes.

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Consultation at a time of disappearing trust

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Is a disillusioned public more or less likely to embrace public consultation? Week-by-week, the political hysteria-level rises, and it is a common assumption by the commentariat that trust in politicians and the political process is at an all-time low. Does this mean that attempts to engage and consult on important issues will become more difficult?

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Finally…food for thought!

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

How seriously are we considering the VERY big issues? Three years ago – with the Referendum aftershocks still resounding, we speculated whether the BREXIT planning period would usher in a period of fundamental re-thinking about all those issues that might be affected by the decision to leave the UK. We wondered whether we would see

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Tuesday Topic

Still too much top down: stakeholders queuing up to demand consultation

The resurgence of the experts? What impact on consultations?

Citizens’ Assemblies – the best form of co-production?

The spectre of inequality

A decade of debate?

“Get Xmas Done!!”

The end of Tokenism

How objective can you be in consultations?

Consultation at a time of disappearing trust

Finally…food for thought!

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