> The impacts of poor governance at the country level are felt everywhere and cannot really be offset by regional authorities Reguonal authorities seem to have

> The impacts of poor governance at the country level are felt everywhere and cannot really be offset by regional authorities Reguonal authorities seem to have just enough power so that central government can blame them when something goes wrong, but nothing of substance. The pinnacle of their day seems to be a pay dispute with the bin collectors or blocking someone from converting their loft because they submitted the request on the wrong kind of paper. The only chance for UK to turn around is constitutional change, for example federalisation