In this way, the UK reliance on convention is essentially the ultimate variety amplifier - it enables it to respond to any situation exactly how it is, rather than having to construct some magic all purpose model that somehow pre-empts every situation. - ThreadSky

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backseatpolicy.bsky.social • 91 days ago

In this way, the UK reliance on convention is essentially the ultimate variety amplifier - it enables it to respond to any situation exactly how it is, rather than having to construct some magic all purpose model that somehow pre-empts every situation.

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backseatpolicy.bsky.social•91 days ago

The downside of this is that it relies on both parties acting in reasonably good faith (the ‘good chaps theory of government’), and while for the most part I’d say it does happen in the UK, it’s a bit more difficult in places with worse political culture.

backseatpolicy.bsky.social•91 days ago

Despite having used money laundering as an example, I have no idea if this is how regulation is actually done (by the sounds of your piece, it seems like it’s a bit closer to European traditions than UK ones).

backseatpolicy.bsky.social•91 days ago

However more widely, once you notice this, you begin to see it everywhere in the UK - be it in the constitution, the obsession with conventions, in the constitutional monarchy system and in common law.

backseatpolicy.bsky.social•91 days ago

It also explains an awful lot about a lot of things, such as the frustrations the UK and other UK-inspired countries (like Norway and Sweden) has with the EU, the relative efficiency of Common Law countries over Civil Law, and the UK’s historic success at systems building compared to everyone else.

backseatpolicy.bsky.social•91 days ago

backseatpolicy.bsky.social•91 days ago

TLDR: The reason why the UK has historically been so successful is that it is the ultimate viable system - able to immediately identify when systems are failing to adapt to their environment and modify/bypass them as needed.

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