We are told the British state is reforming itself, but current devolution proposals merely relocate centralised power rather than dismantling it. We don’t need “devolution by permission” from Westminster; we need a radical, high-trust constitutional rewrite.
The decline in public confidence is a statistical freefall, quantifiably demonstrating that citizens doubt their leaders’ intent and competence. This decline represents a collapse of both transactional trust (belief in the government’s ability to deliver services) and, more dangerously, generalized trust (belief in the inherent honesty and integrity of the political class itself).
