Posted 2/22/2024, 1:08:12 AM
Sen. Lee, Ex-UK PM Truss Compare Rise of Unaccountable Bureaucracies Threatening Democracy
- Sen. Mike Lee and former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss discussed similarities between US and UK governments, including rise of unaccountable bureaucracies ("quangocracy")
- Truss served briefly as UK Prime Minister in 2022 before resigning after pushback from establishment
- Quangos are taxpayer-funded organizations that create rules/regulations outside of democratic accountability
- Both speakers argued these bureaucracies threaten republican democracy by making laws without accountability
- Truss believes systemic change is needed in UK to reduce power of bureaucracies and restore parliamentary sovereignty