The Grave Importance in our Ability to have Trust in Governance

Trust thought for the day - is about the grave importance to the UK as a society of our ability to have trust in governance.

As I say in my report - "Citizens trust governance most when they can see it is working – when governance institutions visibly stand up for the public interest; when they can see values upheld, laws enforced, breaches published."

Also: "The main cause of distrust in (tech) governance, particularly of citizens and civil society groups, is the perception that governance is more concerned with putting the making of money ahead of societal values, people and planet."

There are supposedly no current plans for criminal prosecutions to be brought against many individuals within the Post Office, particularly the CEO and Chair, for their wrongful persecution 700+ sub-postmasters. If they don't go ahead as a matter of urgency, there will be a significant loss of public trust in the UK legal system.

Certainly it is already shaky, with so many convicted despite zero evidence and the fact that the only reason criminal proceedings were brought was the dogged work of a small number of postmasters, not justice doing its job.

Another once revered British institution ruined by incentives with rewarded the dogged pursuit of money at the expense of everything else.