Rather than (at this point) post a specific policy, I would like to propose a broader, overarching political philosophy which can serve as a future framework for detailed proposals.
That framework is a mirror of the technical shift which is already happening to the Internet - the Web3 Revolution (a change in the online world which the latest generation of voters are very much aware of & support!)
I propose Reform fully embrace what I’m calling “Web3 Government”
In practice this means that all existing Government activity and all future policy needs to be examined against the following 4 key principles:
Decentralisation - Power distributed across regions, citizens, & digital systems.
Direct Democracy - Citizens vote on policies, not just representatives.
Transparency - Public-led accountability via blockchain & open data.
Digitisation - Efficient, accessible governance through modern tech.
Examples of some of these themes being applied globally already exist in the likes of Estonia, Switzerland etc… however the UK needs a complete root-and-branch administrative revolution to undo the “Wartime” style of big, centralised government that we’ve had for nearly a century.
These principles form the backbone of a set of cohesive economic & modernising policies which I’ll post in due course
I would say that in general the average englishmen is socially rightwing/traditionalist and economically protectionist/nationalist (which some may consider left wing).
I think that the philosophy that should be pushed here is for a traditionalist, protectionist nationalist country.
I believe that all three aspects are the majority view and therefore more easy to implement.
People in general want the point of government to be to increase the conditions of the people of the country. Which is not the current “line go up” motivation of the current political elites.
Some things matter more than maxamising econmics at all costs, replacing the population with legal workers is not beneficial to the population, whatever the economic arguments (which I consider dubious to begin with).
May I suggest that the overarching political philosophy of any movement that aims to restore order and put decision making in the hands of the people should be classical liberalism, that is:
Commitment to freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, capitalism (as opposed to monopolistic corporatism), strong borders and a merit-based immigration system, and a crackdown on left-wing/corporate propaganda that appeals to people’s logic as opposed to their emotions – to name but a few. Summed up in J.S. Mill’s classic and profound statement: ‘the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.’
For over a century, many of us have falsely believed that we live under such a system, but all the while Fabian socialists in Government, the media, and the so-called ‘capitalist class’ have been conspiring to bring about ‘change’ and deconstruct our country, its institutions, and our identity, piecemeal. Achieving such a goal would require a systematic dismantling and restructuring of every institution in Britain. However, sadly, this is unlikely to happen in our lifetime. The problem with classical liberalism is that people are now so programmed into socialist thought that it would require substantial reprogramming via the media, government, and the education system. And this, paradoxically, would be antithetical to the liberal ethic.
It seems that we’re faced with Rousseau’s dilemma when advocating for early socialism:
namely, that to get unruly individuals with a mind of their own to submit to the group, they must be ‘forced to be free’. It seems that our aim is the opposite, we have to force people to be free en masse! This is a much harder undertaking for us than it was for Rousseau and the totalitarian socialists who followed him.
Agree this is all a great approach. It also serves to present a forward rather than backward looking approach to right wing politics, using technology to achieve our aims.
Decentralisation - Power distributed across regions, citizens, & digital systems.
Direct Democracy - Citizens vote on policies, not just representatives.
Transparency - Public-led accountability via blockchain & open data.
Digitisation - Efficient, accessible governance through modern tech.
