Sentences with phrase «sofa government»
"Sofa government" refers to a type of government where important decisions are made without proper planning or discussion. It suggests that decisions are made casually, often on a whim or without careful consideration of the consequences. Full definition
He laughs that Fox is attacked for having no minutes of meetings, but New Labour turned it into a «whole system of sofa government».
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«This will lead to even more sofa government than we've already suffered from him and his colleagues.»
Your point was about «below» and there's a clear difference between «My door is always open,» as those soft skill managers who provided one of the cues for sofa government used to say, and the sort of structure which instantiates open debate.
Nor will the Carswell agenda itemised at his press conference — changing the law so that erring MPs can be recalled, or regaining control of the UK's borders, or even disrupting sofa government — be advanced by his departure for Ukip.
Straw may have carefully pointed out that «I've never been a fan of sofa government», but Grieve's point had been well and truly made.
Mr Grieve said if a precedent had been set «all the discussions will be treated as if they could be released» before warning: «This will lead to even more sofa government than we've already suffered from him and his colleagues.»
So called «sofa government» afforded him near presidential status and as Boulton carefully records, Blair's meticulously planned exit strategy was designed at least by those closest to him to maintain that aura no matter how contradictory of Britain's constitutional tradition it might be.
The quality of official advice or government records is no worse and emails and «sofa government» have led to far more change than FOI.
A lot of Bower's description of this kind of «sofa government» as well as the monumental, debilitating and violent rows between Blair and Brown, is well known.
In its report An End to Sofa Government, the taskforce argues Tony Blair's off the cuff «sofa» style of politics has damaged public faith in government.
David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has made much of his intention to abolish «sofa government» and run the country by cabinet committee.
Some commentators suggest it revives the Blair - era reliance on «sofa government».
Blair responded post-1997 by crafting a Presidential Premiership, giving political appointments such as Jonathan Powell and Alistair Campbell the authority to instruct civil servants, and instituting what David Cameron in opposition called «Sofa Government» - in other words, making decisions in meetings unminuted by Whitehall.