This follows three successive failures to meet criteria on how to develop a National Action Plan.
But should it?
And what would it mean if it was?
Join us online next week at one of two events and feed directly into what action the OGP should take.
Register here for Wednesday 5th October at 12-00 to 13-15
Register here for Friday 7th October at 13-00 to 14-15
Paul Braithwaite, OGP Senior Regional Coordinator for Europe, will be on hand to answer questions about the process.
Crucially, following discussion, you will also be offered the opportunity to vote (anonymously) on what you think should happen. This will be communicated directly to those determining the UK’s status.
If you are not able to make it, please forward the invitation to a representative from your organisation or to interested colleagues.
The government have been inactive since 7 July when all the ministers resigned. Following that was a six-week period of naval gazing while a bizarre demographic of old white men and any foreign interest that could stump up a fiver and pretend to be under 26 decided who’d be our next ‘leader’. It might as well have been decided with a game of rock, scissors paper. That segued into a period of mourning for the queen and now party conference season. There was a brief respite, if you can call it that, during which we were given a budget which wasn’t a budget because if it was a budget the government would have to provide independent forecasting. I’m sure Mr Praline could express the lack of any detectable activity in the government far better than me, but by my reckoning (030/9/2022 – 9/7/2022) = 83 days of inactivity. That said, the covert deviousness dates back to at least 2016.
We have to keep complaining otherwise this just becomes normalised. You have my full backing, even if I usually remain silent.
