GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS

EARLY WARNING | The Geographic Component of Governance

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

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EARLY WARNING | The Geographic Component of Governance
Britain’s Houses of Parliament: now but a symbol of tradition and the concept of balanced governance. The House of Lords forms the left-hand portion of the structure, but the current Labour Party Government has moved rapidly to eliminate the historical meaning of the Lords, to the extent that British Government now essentially means the governance of the United Kingdom’s urban areas. The House of Lords has become a rubber stamp of urbanism, and the same path is being travelled by a number of “upper chambers” — houses of review — in Western parliaments

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