When: Tuesday 27th January, 7.00 – 8.00pm, followed by drinks
Where: 58 Victoria Embankment, Temple, London EC4Y 0DS
British politics feels stuck. Governments of recent years have seemed increasingly hamstrung by a web of problematic concentrations and dispersals of power, thwarting their attempts to make people’s lives better. Left feeling disempowered, an alarming proportion of people believe that politicians are either corrupt or useless, that the real levers of power are hidden and that everything is a scam. Extreme voices – promising simple, all-or-nothing solutions – have scarcely had greater appeal.
In this febrile context, the challenge for government is to be bold enough to discard outdated ideas that impede state delivery, and to shift power decisively in favour of the British people – rendering more extreme solutions unnecessary.
To mark the launch of Power Failure: A new theory of power, a report by FGF Policy Associate Phil Tinline, panellists will rethink how power operates in the British state – where it lies, how this undermines effective government, and what needs to change to make it work for the public.
Join us in person on Tuesday 27th January at 7.00pm and hear from a cross-party line-up of thinkers and former insiders, including:
- Paul Ovenden, former No.10 Director of Political Strategy
- Polly Mackenzie, former Director of Policy to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
- Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner at Public First and author of the 2019 Conservative manifesto
- Phil Tinline, author, journalist and Policy Associate at The Future Governance Forum
- Nathan Yeowell, Executive Director, The Future Governance Forum (Chair)
