Tuesday Topic
The death of geography
Will face-to-face consultation make a comeback? The inexorable rise of digital engagement is undisputed. It has been a significant feature of the last fifteen years; and the pandemic has certainly…
Read moreThe journey to Barnard Castle: a seasonal Ghost story
Hearken ye, and, on the Christmas when mixing and mingling is largely frowned on, listen to the tale that shocked the nation and became a morality play. It is said…
Read moreThere’s no vaccine for climate change!
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Read moreConsultation and the resurgence of evidence
Will Big Oil face the same legal challenges as Big Tobacco? A recent Special Report in The Economist had a section heading called ‘Courtrooms are the new battleground for climate…
Read moreSomewhere between engagement and consultation
The fudging of accountability. 2020 continues to throw up novel situations and dilemmas that have previously not troubled us. Who might have guessed that on the day that this Topic…
Read moreSins of Omission
If consultation was not undertaken – how to retrieve the situation. When coronavirus sent Whitehall – and everywhere else – into a flat spin, Government responded with a flurry of…
Read morePutting the GOVE into GOVErnment: Consultation and his recent lecture
Public servants need to understand the Downing Street approach to their future At the beginning of July there were two important speeches. One came from the Prime Minister – a typical bish-bash-bosh tour…
Read moreStill 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…
Read moreThe resurgence of the experts? What impact on consultations?
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…
Read moreCitizens’ Assemblies – the best form of co-production?
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…
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