There’s nothing wrong with the government appointing people with experience into government, appointment to the Lords is just how we do it in this country.
The Americans do the same thing but without the ridiculous ceremony, nobody elected their Secretary of State (Foreign Secretary equivalent), the last Labour government did it. I hope the next one does well.
The alternative is that you appoint MPs who often don’t have any real clue about the department they’re running, but get departments based on the MP’s status within the party and the level of prestige of the office. You get the rare exception like Ben Wallace at defence, but you’re still limiting yourself to three or four hundred people when you should have the absolute best.
They’re still accountable to the people, if we don’t like what the government’s doing we can get rid of it.
There’s nothing wrong with the government appointing people with experience into government, appointment to the Lords is just how we do it in this country.
The Americans do the same thing but without the ridiculous ceremony, nobody elected their Secretary of State (Foreign Secretary equivalent), the last Labour government did it. I hope the next one does well.
The alternative is that you appoint MPs who often don’t have any real clue about the department they’re running, but get departments based on the MP’s status within the party and the level of prestige of the office. You get the rare exception like Ben Wallace at defence, but you’re still limiting yourself to three or four hundred people when you should have the absolute best.
They’re still accountable to the people, if we don’t like what the government’s doing we can get rid of it.