Reform is the act of changing an existing law, system, or institution in order to make it better. This often involves internal changes or modifications without drastically altering the overall status quo. For example, the civil rights movement in America resulted in reforms to laws and policies covering voting, employment, and racial equality. These reforms did not radically change the country’s political structure, but they strengthened long-denied human rights protections.
Similarly, the movement for reform of the bureaucracy seeks to increase transparency, efficiency, and accountability through public pressure and increased evaluations. This type of reform usually includes a reduction in red tape, and the use of technology to reduce processing times.
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which entered the 2020 election as the single-issue Brexit Party, is now poised to win a general election and topple Labour, Sky News reports. Its manifesto puts ‘gender war’ issues and an end to diversity in schools at the forefront of its offer, accusing ‘divisive woke’ ideology of having captured the public institutions.
It also calls for ethics reform to create a transparent government beholden to the American people. The party opposes the partisan gridlock in Washington and supports common sense economic policies that restore the middle class and rebuild American’s manufacturing sector. It believes that nationalizing Reserve Banks and allowing the governors of each state to select their own board members would help to balance increased White House control over the Federal Reserve Board.
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